Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.
Keith AblowMost of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression than there is in a bottle Prozac.
Keith AblowWhat about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?
Keith AblowBecause depression is so thematically powerful and so dark, when it's very severe, it can make people feel not only as if they've lost a loving connection, but as if the whole world is devoid of love. So if we wonder how somebody could take 149 people with him when he commits suicide, one answer can be that depression, when it's most severe, can make people feel that life is completely without value, not just for them but for anyone.
Keith Ablow