Being DEPRESSED is not like being SAD

[Jafar the wizard]

" Being DEPRESSED is not like being SAD .. not at all .. It's FLAT & HOLLOW ..
You're IRRITABLE .. PARANOID .. LIFELESS .. HUMORLESS .. CRITICAL .. DEMANDING .. & OVERSENSITIVE ..
You're FRIGHTENED & FRIGHTENING in the same time .. you're not at all like yourself .. & only GOD knows if you will ever be yourself again .. "

Kay Redfield Jamison

[uni]

Thanks for that quotation Jafar. I think it really describes depression well. I read a book once by that author, Kay Redfield Jamison, but forget the name of it. I was very depressed at the time and reading wasn't easy, but because I could relate so well to what she wrote about it helped me feel less alone.

[Jafar the wizard]

You're welcome Uni
One book I know for this writer : Manic depressive illness
it's not the only one of course .. But for a bipolar person it's the right one ..