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An explanation of depression, and how it works

Seems pretty accurate, based on my limited knowledge.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/20...t-two.html

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Nothing makes sense. And nothing makes sense. Heh. Heheh. Hehehehehehehehe!
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RE: An explanation of depression, and how it works

Sounds about right. I guess. There's so much more to it but you wouldn't understand unless you experienced it for yourself. Depression is just one of those things. Kind of like drug addiction, unless you become an addict yourself you'll never know how painful addiction is or why the addict thinks the way they do. Or drugs themselves even, I could sit here all day telling you what tripping on LSD is like but you'd never truly "get it" unless you took some LSD and went through it yourself.



Those are probably bad metaphors but that's all I could come up with.


Yes, that's roughly what it's like. Kind of. That's like, the very basics of it.
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RE: An explanation of depression, and how it works

I remember reading that. It was so dead on.
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An explanation of depression, and how it works

Just look at a depression blog on Tumblr. That's pretty accurate.
"ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ɴᴏ ᴏʙʟɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ωᴇʀᴇ ғɪᴠᴇ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇs ᴀɢᴏ."
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