Antea

“I didn’t know that depression isn’t a mood. It’s a set of conditions that cause a whole series of thoughts and behaviors to happen over a long period of time, often things that are wildly different from one another.”
― John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

“Depression steals your ability to feel happy and proud even at the moments you should be happiest and proudest.”
― John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

“Only decades later would it dawn on me that normal people who never deal with depression have a sense of self-worth automatically. Just by being a person on the earth, they feel themselves worthy of respect and love and all that other cool stuff.”
― John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

“Only by being useful or talented, and receiving external recognition, would I achieve personhood. I couldn’t imagine a world where I was a worthwhile person by dint of mere existence; I felt like I needed to earn it and prove it every day. Don’t worry, this feeling went away after only several decades.”
― John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression