> Writing about a lack is difficult, and perhaps no one has ever captured exactly what it feels like to be depressed, simply because one can’t describe a negative.
For those who haven't seen it, Allie Brosh's comics on the subject come as close as any other work I've found to "describing the negative" here:
Allie Brosh is wonderful. Her toys analogy in part 2, and "Depression feels almost exactly like that, except about everything" is just so perfectly spot-on.
For those who haven't seen it, Allie Brosh's comics on the subject come as close as any other work I've found to "describing the negative" here:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adventures-in-...
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-par...
Often the best way to grapple with the intangible is to do so through humor.