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starrylizard) wrote2010-09-23 05:44 pm
starrylizard) wrote2010-09-23 05:44 pm
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Stephen Fry on Depression
I have had many friends over the years ask me about depression in one way or another and the basic question is always: "Why can't I shake it off; why can't I just kick myself out of this?" closely followed by: "Is it even real or am I just some emo pansy?"
If you've ever tried to answer these questions, it's hard to find the right words. I always start with: YES it is real. NO it won't just go away. PLEASE talk to people about it. Don't hide it until it become far worse. But somehow the right words to really describe how it feels to be depressed are really hard to articulate.
So, I was reading this little article, on CNN of all places, about Stephen Fry being a National Treasure in the UK.
The thing that actually caught my attention though is the quote they use from the book he wrote about suffering from Manic Depression.
"I think of it as being the weather, the point of the weather is that it is not under our control, we can't make it sunny when it's stormy, we can't make it rain when it is dry and hot. But it is also true that it's real.
"The classic mistake is to somehow imagine that it's your fault and that it isn't really there and that if you snap your fingers then the dark clouds will rise." ~ Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry is a very wise man. I want to read his book.
If you've ever tried to answer these questions, it's hard to find the right words. I always start with: YES it is real. NO it won't just go away. PLEASE talk to people about it. Don't hide it until it become far worse. But somehow the right words to really describe how it feels to be depressed are really hard to articulate.
So, I was reading this little article, on CNN of all places, about Stephen Fry being a National Treasure in the UK.
The thing that actually caught my attention though is the quote they use from the book he wrote about suffering from Manic Depression.
"I think of it as being the weather, the point of the weather is that it is not under our control, we can't make it sunny when it's stormy, we can't make it rain when it is dry and hot. But it is also true that it's real.
"The classic mistake is to somehow imagine that it's your fault and that it isn't really there and that if you snap your fingers then the dark clouds will rise." ~ Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry is a very wise man. I want to read his book.