Posted by Declan on October 10, 2006, at 15:46:20
In reply to “Everyone should be depressed” (?), posted by pseudoname on October 10, 2006, at 14:06:19
Goodmorning to you...I had a laugh over this. "Sometimes the label "mentally ill" or the idea of physiological brain disease seems to be liberating for me in that normal, healthy, fault-excusing way. But the effect is short-lived."
There's this classical pianist here who one day found pus coming out of an eye. It turned out he had these brain tumpours, and ones in his spine as well. He'd thought he could beat it, but in the end was more or less resigned to handling his lot as well as he could. His last line was something like 'It will be a great comfort to me when death comes in its own time'. I think he meant something about acceptance. The way this lovely young man dealt with his cancer reminded me that depression can be just as difficult to handle in a way that one can be satisfied with after the event.
poster:Declan
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