My latest video discusses just how depression actually feels and why it is so, so far away from merely feeling sad or miserable. Imagine trying to ask someone that is steaming drunk to act stone cold sober and you may get some idea of how it feels for a severely depressed person to be told to act happy. I hope you like it.
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Living with a black dog Winston Churchill used the metaphor of the black dog to describe his bouts of depression. In the only sentence I will ever be mentioned alongside Churchill, I too am the non-too proud owner of a black dog. I have referred to my previous struggles with depression…
This is one of the first posts that I wrote and it remains one of the most popular, receiving regular visits. It can be very difficult to understand just how depression feels unless you have been there. I certainly had no idea, and that made it all the more terrifying…
I often get asked whether I am scared that depression will come back. My two bouts of depression were far and away the toughest times of my life, but no, I don’t worry that it will inevitably return like some horror-film monster. Here are a few thoughts on the question…
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2 thoughts on “Vlog – How it Feels to Live With the Black Dog”
Hi Matthew, I can totally relate to this! It is really hard describing how depression feels especially when you are not actually going through it at the time. All I know is that I wanted to get out of it, but just couldn’t. I didn’t want to see anyone, do anything or be bothered at all. I know some people find that hard to imagine, but you have articulated it really well.
Thank you Judy. I’m glad it resonates. It’s such a difficult thing to go through and I want to do what I can to help people to understand it, both those that struggle with it and also those that care for them.
2 thoughts on “Vlog – How it Feels to Live With the Black Dog”
Hi Matthew, I can totally relate to this! It is really hard describing how depression feels especially when you are not actually going through it at the time. All I know is that I wanted to get out of it, but just couldn’t. I didn’t want to see anyone, do anything or be bothered at all. I know some people find that hard to imagine, but you have articulated it really well.
Thank you Judy. I’m glad it resonates. It’s such a difficult thing to go through and I want to do what I can to help people to understand it, both those that struggle with it and also those that care for them.