Posted by seldomseen on October 17, 2008, at 17:05:37
In reply to Re: Beauty and sadness » Jay_Bravest_Face, posted by linkadge on October 17, 2008, at 9:12:17
Personally, I do not think beauty and sadness are that closely linked.
Depression is just gray to me. Overwhelming grayness and sorrow. I don't feel things deeper or experience the world. I don't taste food, don't smell things. I can't find a single ounce of good in anything. It's just suffocating hopelessness and fatigue.
The meds lift that for me. I remember when I first started prozac. I remember eating a blueberry muffin and thinking "my god this is the best thing I've ever had". I remember when I started to notice the color in things and geometry and experiencing speed in the car. I remember the first time I felt thrilled about something in over a decade.
I also remember thinking "my god, what had happened to me".
So instead of separating me from me, I think the meds do just the opposite.
Everyone's depression is different.
Seldom.
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