Too ‘depressing’ a topic for Valentine’s Day?

Anne Tyler Lord writes: “Some may think that depression is too ‘depressing’ of a topic for Valentine’s Day. But I think it is the best because it is one of the holidays where many people experience depression, right up there with Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

“And, what better way to care for your heart than to give yourself more tools to deal with those inevitable times during the writer’s life that get you down.”

From her post The Writer’s Life – Depression & Creativity – which includes a number of Ideas For Dealing With Depression & Our Creativity – even several links to my own posts. Thanks.

Here are a couple of related posts on The Inner Writer :

Amy Tan on Writing and Depression, and Using What is Beyond Our Ordinary Senses

J.K. Rowling on Writing and Depression

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