CWD Daily
Tips for Coping with Depression
If you are in a suicide crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline -
1-800-273-8255.
1-800-273-8255.
Tip of the Day
Depression is not
sadness. It is not the blues. It is an overpowering, all-consuming,
ever-present inability to think clearly. Most people who have never
been clinically depressed don't believe in it, I think.
Here is one great paragraph about depression, from an incredible blog, Hyperbole and a Half:
“I spent months shut in my house, surfing the internet on top of a pile of my own dirty laundry which I set on the couch for ‘just a second’ because I experienced a sudden moment of apathy on my way to the washer and couldn't continue. And then, two weeks later, I still hadn't completed that journey. But who cares – it wasn't like I had been showering regularly and sitting on a pile of clothes isn't necessarily uncomfortable. But even if it was, I couldn't feel anything through the self hatred anyway, so it didn't matter. JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.”
CWD Daily is written by Julie Aiken, a layperson whose only authority lies in 40 years of coping with depression. Nothing in the newsletter should be taken as medical advice. Please do no self-diagnose or self-prescribe. Above all, please get help if you need it.
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