Then again, as those who suffer from it know, intractable depression creates a planet all its own, largely … - Daphne Merkin

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Daphne Merkin

Then again, as those who suffer from it know, intractable depression creates a planet all its own, largely impermeable to influence from others except as shadow presences, urging you to come out and rejoin the world, take in a movie, go out for a bite, cheer up.

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Everything felt fragile and freshly come upon, but for now, at least, my depression had stepped back, giving me room to move forward. I had forgotten what it was like to be without it, and for a moment I floundered, wondering how I would recognize myself. I knew for certain it would return, sneaking up on me when I wasn’t looking, but meanwhile there were bound to be glimpses of light if only I stayed around and held fast to the long perspective. It was a chance that seemed worth taking.

Chance, Light, Long, Moving, Stepped, Worth

How much simpler it would be all around if you could put your mind in a cast, like a broken ankle, and elicit murmurings of sympathy from other people instead of skepticism (“You can’t really be feeling as bad as all that”) and in some cases outright hostility (“Maybe if you stopped thinking about yourself so much ”).

Bad, Broken, Mind, People, Simpler, Thinking About You

I always look to people and think whether they seem well-loved or not well-loved. That's one way I walk through life. Do they have some core that withstands the ravages? Everyone gets pulled down in life and has good moments. But it always interests me how people withstand things.

Everyone, Life, Moments, People, Things, Thinking

My mother is the source of my unease in the world and thus the only person who can make me feel at home in the world.

Home, Make, Mother, Person, Unease, World

There's something stubborn about families, unhappy ones in particular: they outlive themselves, and then they live on.

Family, Live, Ones, Outlive, Stubborn, Unhappy