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STORY OF A SURVIVOR | DEPRESSION EPISODE 2

STORY OF A SURVIVOR |DEPRESSION (John Folk-Williams) Story of a survivor | pirevolution "You look happy, but you don't feel happy. That's what depression does to you." I was amazed to learn the full scope of depression and how pervasive it could be throughout the mind and body. I finally had a coherent, comprehensive picture of what depression was.  https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression That was a big step because I could at last imagine the possibility of getting better. I could see that I wasn’t worthless by nature, that there were reasons my mind had trouble focusing and that the frequent slowdown in my speech and thinking was also rooted in this illness. Perhaps the right treatment could bring about fundamental changes after all. Depression There were still traps ahead, though. I became obsessed with the idea of depression as a brain disease. I studied all the forms of depression, the neurobiology and endless research ...