Reflection

I do not need to learn about depression from the pages of a book. I have had my own.
The solitary torment of a depressed mind eludes any attempt to make it apprehensible to those who have not experienced it. And even for those of us who have endured those desolate months or years, no matter the generalized similarities of the depression, each of us has suffered uniquely and alone. Neither vivid description nor the empathy of others can pierce the darkness of the long night.
And yet, after depression lifts, it can only be remembered but not retrieved--thank God it cannot be retrieved! Just as physical pain loses its intense reality once it has been eased, the anguish of profound melancholia evades even the most determined attempts at clear perception when its dreadful grip has relaxed.--Sherwin Nuland

Interesting. I couldn't have said it better.