In some cases, some people do get depressed in the middle of their grief and they really need to be treated for depression.

We all move uneasily within our restraints.

Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job, or broken up with someone. But these experiences carry with them feelings. Depression, instead, is flat, hollow, and unendurable. ... You're frightened, and you're frightening, and you're 'not at all like yourself but will be soon,' but you know you won't.

I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.

Most people don't have the advantage of being able to evaluate their doctor in advance.

People are more impulsive and they get slightly less impulsive as they get older and the impulsiveness interacting with the depression is particularly devastating and lethal, potentially lethal.

I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to write.