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Andrew Solomon

“In the throws of depression, one reaches a strange point at which it is impossible to see the line between ones own theatricality and the reality of madness. I discovered two conflicting qualities of character. I am melodramatic by nature; on the other hand, I can go out and “seem normal” under the most abnormal of circumstances. Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, “never real and always true”, and that is how depression feels. You know that it is not real, that you are someone else, and yet you know that it is absolutely true. Its very confusing.”

Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression
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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
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