The Writer's Darkness
September 16th 2008 22:03
The part of us that makes us writers is said to make depression more common. Personally I think depression is common everywhere, but more so among writers-especially young writers. Suicide is the third leading cause of death of young people.
I know I have faced the darkness numerous times, and somehow pulled through. I know it isn't easy, and it will never be easy, and I expect the darkness to haunt me until the end of time. This is a burden I will bear for now, until one day it destroys me. And I know that it probably will; I can see that happening. But I'll keep it at bay for now.
Depression is not easy. It never will be. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make it easy for yourself. Easier, yes, but never really easy.
Many many writers have struggled with this over the centuries. Many have overcome it; many others have fallen to its strength and died. That is one of the many sad truths of life. And many of us still struggle with it.
But there are others out there, others who are struggling in the same endless tunnel of darkness, others who long for the day a light of happiness may shine on their life. I hope that all of them can at least survive. I hope many of them overcome it completely.
Because we have lost too many voices already; so let us band together, and at the very least, come together to help each other through the dark.
I know I have faced the darkness numerous times, and somehow pulled through. I know it isn't easy, and it will never be easy, and I expect the darkness to haunt me until the end of time. This is a burden I will bear for now, until one day it destroys me. And I know that it probably will; I can see that happening. But I'll keep it at bay for now.
Depression is not easy. It never will be. There is absolutely nothing you can do to make it easy for yourself. Easier, yes, but never really easy.
Many many writers have struggled with this over the centuries. Many have overcome it; many others have fallen to its strength and died. That is one of the many sad truths of life. And many of us still struggle with it.
But there are others out there, others who are struggling in the same endless tunnel of darkness, others who long for the day a light of happiness may shine on their life. I hope that all of them can at least survive. I hope many of them overcome it completely.
Because we have lost too many voices already; so let us band together, and at the very least, come together to help each other through the dark.
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