How depression feels for me
"What I had begun to discover is that, mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience, the grey drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain. But it is not an immediately identifiable pain, like that of a broken limb. It may be more accurate to say that despair, owing to some evil trick played upon the sick brain by the inhabiting psyche, comes to resemble the diabolical discomfort of being imprisoned in a fiercely overheated room. And because no breeze stirs this cauldron, because there is no escape from the smothering confinement, it is natural that the victim begins to think ceaselessly of oblivion."
-William Styron
@Bobby2060
I agree 100% with this! Depression is horrible and very isolating and this explains it so well and clearly. Thankyou for sharing this with our community :) <3
This quote! I love Darkness Visible - I can recommend reading it to anyone who wants to understand what is like to have depression or who are struggling with this disorder and looking for comfort in the truth. Great book.
@Celaeno
Now im intrigued to read the book :P
@JoyIntoDarkness, yes, definitely do, if you can ^^ It's a Styron's memoir on his own struggle. It's not comforting in a sense that it's postive, but because it shows the real face of depression.
