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MEMBER BLOG TAG: annie dillard

Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:05PM
 
MAKING PEACE WITH THE WRITER'S MIND
Tags: ANNIE DILLARD, otto rank. eric maisel, creative writing, depression
 

A few years ago I suffered a moderate depression. I get them now and then, and certainly I come by them honestly, as anyone who knows me can testify. Usually I go to bed for a few days and then shake it off, but in this case, after a month of lolling on the couch watching bad TV and mumbling about the pointlessness of all existence, my Best Beloved suggested perhaps I needed some help. And so, among other things, I sought out a therapist.

Well, not to besmirch the therapist, who was a lovely woman, but...
 
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