Play and Depression

Dear Reader,

In the psychiatric world, we look at depression quite clinically. But there is also an experience. I drafted today’s newsletter between sessions of a recent psychiatric conference.

– Kourosh

The Weight

Depression is a slog through muddy water. Moving through, even the simplest gestures require deliberate effort.

When the world seems not in our favor, when nothing moves, we are more than not “inspired.” Emptiness pervades as we fall into depression, if not despair.

We care less, abou...