Making Good Use of Depression
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Douglas Eby
Douglas Eby is author of the site - Talent Development Resources - and a writer and researcher in the areas of gifted adults and the psychology of creativity and personal growth.
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By Douglas Eby
Published on 03/16/2008
Depression
can be a profoundly damaging and disrupting condition, spiritually and
psychologically corrosive, preventing us from living fully and
realizing our talents. But a number of people also say the experience
has had real value for them.
Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison first planned her own
suicide at 17,
and attempted to carry it out at 28. Referring
to her bipolar disorder,
she has said, "I have felt more things, more deeply..."
Depression
can be a profoundly damaging and disrupting condition, spiritually and
psychologically corrosive, preventing us from living fully and
realizing our talents. But a number of people also say the experience
has had real value for them.
Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison first planned her own
suicide at 17,
and attempted to carry it out at 28. Referring
to her bipolar disorder,
she has said, "I have felt more things, more deeply..."