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> 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:

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.




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.


I tried to describe it on my blog a little over a year ago: https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2015/10/what-it-is-like-to-live-w...

It's definitely a difficult subject to put into words, though. Maybe comics are a better format?




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