Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Dysthymia
All I do these days is sit at one corner of my safe apartment, next to my dog and read as many books as I can, between trying to play housewife (I still have a ton of chores left in neglect).
The things I learnt about the phenomenon of my behaviour through the books I read...
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“ 'If you read over your blog, I think you'll begin to see a pattern in your behaviour: You've been drunk pretty much the whole time you've been here.'
She was absolutely right.
'So is that what my problem is?' I asked. 'I'm just an alcoholic?'
'Your problem is that you're depressed,' Dr. Klein said. 'And you probably have been ever since you were a child.'
'Really? But why?'
'From what you've told me about your parents, it's probably hereditary.'
'So I was born depressed? That's so ... depressing.'
'What you have is dysthymia. It's a type of depression that's very common among people like writers and comedians. People who have this disorder are constantly doing things to entertain themselves and others as a means to cope with their depression.'”
- The Washingtonienne, Jessica Cutler
All I do these days is sit at one corner of my safe apartment, next to my dog and read as many books as I can, between trying to play housewife (I still have a ton of chores left in neglect).
The things I learnt about the phenomenon of my behaviour through the books I read...
****
“ 'If you read over your blog, I think you'll begin to see a pattern in your behaviour: You've been drunk pretty much the whole time you've been here.'
She was absolutely right.
'So is that what my problem is?' I asked. 'I'm just an alcoholic?'
'Your problem is that you're depressed,' Dr. Klein said. 'And you probably have been ever since you were a child.'
'Really? But why?'
'From what you've told me about your parents, it's probably hereditary.'
'So I was born depressed? That's so ... depressing.'
'What you have is dysthymia. It's a type of depression that's very common among people like writers and comedians. People who have this disorder are constantly doing things to entertain themselves and others as a means to cope with their depression.'”
- The Washingtonienne, Jessica Cutler
