
Saved by Supritha S
It’s Okay to Feel Bad For No Reason
Saved by Supritha S
don’t know why we take our worst moods so much more seriously than our best, crediting depression with more clarity than euphoria. We dismiss peak moments and passionate love affairs as an ephemeral chemical buzz, just endorphins
“Bad” feelings are not meant to be staved off. They are not meant to be inconveniencing. They are you, or something greater than you, telling yourself: Something is not right.
My depression was my experience of not being able to hold up my own life, and feeling depressed (pressed down) by my life as a result. I see now that we are all pressed down by the weight of our own lives, the weight of our history and our imagined futures. In that sense, we are all depressed to some extent! It’s only when it becomes virtually impo
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