Posted by sar on April 23, 2001, at 0:50:02
In reply to Visualisation of Depression, posted by Photographer on April 22, 2001, at 11:46:10
In my journal about a year ago I described myself as "a drunk rat trying to jump out of the cupboard only to hit my head on walls."
The reality of my depression is, 75% of the time, rather ugly and flat. When I think of nearly having died I feel ghostlike and broken and in the car I sometimes feel that I'm driving along a bluescreen rather than on the street.
I couldn't describe depression as a visual entity, except to say that when my mind feels bad my body typically does too, so when something eats at my mind, it will generally eat at my body, and I feel that in my stomach and around my heart and in my legs.
Reading *The Bell Jar* by Plath stoned blew me away...she was one of the amazing ones who managed to parallel extreme depression with extreme productivity. I would venture to say that most people (regardless of how depressed/happy they may be) do not have the energy or creativity to do that...
Good luck with your project.
sar
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