Terrific blog piece on depression

[Dr. Richard Grossman]

Hi everybody,

Here's a great blog piece on depression by a young woman, Allie Brosh, who's obviously a talented writer. 

The blog is entitled Hyperbole and a Half and the piece is called:  "Depression Part Two"

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html

Thanks to Micaela [my daughter] for knowing I would appreciate it and sending it my way!

Richard

[Hopalong]

I loved it...read it a couple days ago.

She is a blogger to watch...any comedian any good, imo, knows tragedy too.

Thanks,
Hops

[BonesMS]

Hi everybody,

Here's a great blog piece on depression by a young woman, Allie Brosh, who's obviously a talented writer. 

The blog is entitled Hyperbole and a Half and the piece is called:  "Depression Part Two"

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html

Thanks to Micaela [my daughter] for knowing I would appreciate it and sending it my way!

Richard

Thanks, Richard.

I saw it through Facebook and I was nodding in agreement all the way through the article as I was reading it.  I kept saying to myself....YEP!  YEP!!  YEP!

Bones

[river]

Loved it.  The expressions!   

r. 

[lighter]

Dr. G:

I just sent this blog to a friend struggling with depression.... really REALLY struggling. 

We spent an hour on the phone yesterday, and they're struggling very hard with trying to sound/appear normal in their life right now, and not always pulling it off.   They know it. 

It's painful in many ways, and I don't know what to do to help. 

Because I read this blog recently I knew what not to do.... I resisted the pep talks.  I didn't offer up suggestions to "feel better," and I just let the friend talk and not try to change how either of us felt about it.  We ended up laughing a lot, and it felt very good to have that at least.  Pure and unfettered with attempts to provide quick fixes, kwim?   I couldn't find the solution, but I could just be there to listen, understand and not judge. 

I think my friend will read this and find some humor in the struggle, which I appreciate myself very much.

Thanks for sharing,
Lighter