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You would almost never have any clue whether I am depressed unless I tell you so, as my illness is a biochemical condition having little to do with overt mood and behavior (and I have been compensating for it a great deal for so many years). Although many laypersons and...
For me depression is characterized primarily by unusual sleep patterns (extremely heavy and lethargic sleep, far less common than the usual insomnia most other patients suffer), fatigue, mental misery even in the midst of usually satisfying activities and often what the experts term `anhedonia' (utter lack of pleasure on a...
Understanding, mental health care and socio-economic support are so pitifully inadequate in part because few patients or families want to speak openly, facing social stigma and becoming objects of popular prejudice. Yet few others are in a position to understand or care enough to help the situation. It is...
Privacy: Until now I have lived with my depressive illness kept in a tight, private, highly secretive compartment, as does nearly everyone who knows the risks of sharing such extremely sensitive matters. Even when events sometimes cause more people to know, the huge need for privacy remains. Only a handful...
| The decision marks a triumphant fulfillment of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's promise in August that she and O'Connor would help their male colleagues "look at life a bit differently." (Ginsburg wrote a brief concurrence, her first writing on the high bench.) Says law professor Susan Deller Ross, head...