I not only have depression. I also have, linked to it, ADD. Adult-style. (Apparently that makes it different somehow from the kind kids have, though exactly how I'm not sure.) But my ADD often gets set off to the side in my self-reflection and self-analysis sessions. I tend to focus on the depression because those effects are more noticeable, more intense.
Maybe I just feel more accomplished at coping with my ADD than I do with my depression, so I don't need to focus on it? I do often forget it's there.
Or maybe thinking about it too much makes me feel more "broken" - just one more thing wrong with me...
I am an everyday person. A face in the crowd. Perhaps you've even passed me on the street. And I have depression. This is a collection of my experiences coping with depression on a daily basis. A chronicle of the life of my depression, if you will. But it is also a forum through which I fight current social stigmas and taboos about depression and mental illness. Please comment and share with the world out there. It's important.
About Me
- Nina
- I'm an avid swing dancer, a proud Minnesotan by birth, and I've got a soft spot for Boston. I love anything British, used bookstores, and delicious smells emanating from the kitchen.
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