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Why I am opposed to antidepressants. Because I think depression has something to tell me. Because often depression is an appropriate reaction.Because I am terrified of changing the functioning of my brain in any way.Because I believe depression is me, and that without it I would not be me.Because I can't imagine my life without the time off I get from periodic depression.These are the typical idiotic reasons people give for not wanting to feel better. So in this respect, I am quite normal.

Susanna Kaysen

Why I am opposed to antidepressants. Because I think depression has something to tell me. Because often depression is an appropriate reaction.Because I am terrified of changing the functioning of my brain in any way.Because I believe depression is me, and that without it I would not be me.Because I can't imagine my life without the time off I get from periodic depression.These are the typical idiotic reasons people give for not wanting to feel better. So in this respect, I am quite normal.

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