{"id":4696,"date":"2016-04-05T01:03:50","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T05:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2016-04-16T05:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T09:40:41","slug":"2016-d-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/index.php\/2016-d-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"#dSavannahDefects – D is for…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"D\"… depression<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I suffer from depression. It is a liar, that depression, but its words ring true. It is a dark hole I find myself in, a hole that I often have a difficult time escaping. It is a heavy weight on my chest. It is the words ‘you’re worthless’ whispered to me in the dark, in the daylight. It is the feeling of intense lethargy, of being unable to move, nor really wanting to.<\/p>\n

Depression goes far beyond being sad about something. It is sadness times 1,000. Times a million.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t make logical sense, the depression. It can look at all the great things in your life and dismiss them. Tell you that you don’t deserve them. That it’s a fluke you have them. That you could lose them all at any minute. And when something bad happens, the depression whispers “I told you so.”<\/p>\n

And when you pair anxiety with depression (and I have both), you simultaneously feel like you need to do all the things, yet don’t have the energy to do them.<\/p>\n

Here’s a great quote, attributed to Stephen Fry:<\/p>\n

If you know someone who\u2019s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn\u2019t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.<\/p>\n

Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they\u2019re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It\u2019s hard to be a friend to someone who\u2019s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed.<\/p>\n

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… doctors<\/strong><\/h2>\n