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The black hole syndrome
How it feels to be in it
Pros and cons of being in it
What causes it?
How to get out of the hole
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The black hole syndrome
You might have seen it:
the face of a classmate, pale and expressionless, devoid of energy, where once the summer bloom and the smile there is only bleak nothingness
the sad blue eyes of someone who suffers from clinical depression, who speaks with no emotion or enthusiasm
the stuttered gait of a man in his thirties who talks and moves like an old man, slowly and with much effort, he has nothing to look forward to and nothing to leave behind
the frightened look of a young woman uncertain of her fate as a new mother and unhappy to get everything she's always dreamed of having
In the next four Bon Journal entries, I attempt to analyse the so-called "black hole syndrome." Perhaps you've fallen into it at some stage in your life.
Note: this is not medical analysis or advice by any means.
9 January 2005 Sunday
Related links:
Before the sun appears
Black moods
Fear of running and running from fear
Hitting rock bottom
Transforming depression - book review
SAD or MAD?
"Depression I know so well right now" Sonnet I
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