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[Unedited] Andrew Solomon with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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How Do You Feel After Depression?

In the depression, in the depression, of course, what you feel is a terrible numbness. And part of what's so alarming is that you can't feel overjoyed at joyful things, whit you also can't feel very sad sad things. I remember having the sense my first depression was fairly soon after my mother had died and i had been in such a state of grief. That was a very hollow, empty feeling. If you're in acute, active pain, it motivates you to act. And if what you're in is a state of numbness, there's nothing to energize you or drive you forward....

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