norabaker
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| Introduction | I've lived with depression for a very long time. I withdrew from life at an early age, a combination of inheriting this illness from my father's family and the negative, fearful and emotionally cold environment in which I was raised. Finally diagnosed in my mid-forties, I was put on the SSRI Paxil, which worked well for 10 years, then "pooped out". Since then, I have become treatment resistant and go through several months of severe depression and several months of feeling human. I've read extensively on depression and mental health, and was in therapy for many years. I believe that we all are amazing and complex creatures with potential, no matter what life has blessed, or cursed, us with. Writing and drawing have helped me live with this illness. Some simple sketches appear below if you care to look. |
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