Prozac Nation
"...depression is not a sudden disaster. It is more like a cance: At first its tumorous mass is not even noticeable to the careful eye, and then one day - wham! - there is a huge, deadly seven-pound lump lodged in your brain or your stomach or your shoulder blade, and this thing that your own body has produced is actually trying to kill you. Depression is a lot like that: Slowly, over the years, the data will acumulate in your heart and mind, a computer program for total negativity will build into your system, making life feel more and more unbearable." (p. 21)
"And the scariest part is that if you ask anyone in the throes of depression how he got there, to pin down the turning point, he'll never know." (p. 22)
One of the worst aspects of the relationship between Martin and I was his lack of understanding. He never understood the way my mind worked, and I could never explain it because I didn't understand why myself. He didn't see that things could have been so much worse. They were bad, but they could be worse. I can't blame him for needed to get away from it though... I don't think I can be with anyone seriously again until I get away from it myself.
I can't say I liked Prozac Nation very much... Elizabeth Wurtzel somewhat annoyed me... but some of these quotes just hit close to home.
"It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated
everything, everything was a problem, everything
made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the
future, the lack of future, the uncertainty of future,
fear of future, fear in general - but it was so hard to
say exactly what the problem was in the first place."
Melanie Thernstrom (The Dead Girl)
"And the scariest part is that if you ask anyone in the throes of depression how he got there, to pin down the turning point, he'll never know." (p. 22)
One of the worst aspects of the relationship between Martin and I was his lack of understanding. He never understood the way my mind worked, and I could never explain it because I didn't understand why myself. He didn't see that things could have been so much worse. They were bad, but they could be worse. I can't blame him for needed to get away from it though... I don't think I can be with anyone seriously again until I get away from it myself.
I can't say I liked Prozac Nation very much... Elizabeth Wurtzel somewhat annoyed me... but some of these quotes just hit close to home.
"It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated
everything, everything was a problem, everything
made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the
future, the lack of future, the uncertainty of future,
fear of future, fear in general - but it was so hard to
say exactly what the problem was in the first place."
Melanie Thernstrom (The Dead Girl)