I'm with you. When I saw the prompt I thought I would have a hard time reading the entries. I checked myself into the psyche ward once for my depression. The whole experience was surreal, but I don't want to write about it.
I am glad you posted this.
The idea of "other" is something that all writers work with in one way or another and "crazy" is the otherness that pushes the most buttons. I did not "go public" until last year when a friend of mine who suffered from depression killed herself. I went on facebook and said that I had suffered from chronic depression for years and the response was almost nothing. I haven't told a lot of people about the hospital though. The thing I hate the most about depression is how debilitating it is. I have a hard time being an advocate for awareness. I am better at not apologizing for how I am, but at the same time I do wish I was able to maintain friendships and such.
My entry, Zoe Mellon is sort of the antithesis of me. She doesn't care that she is different, or at least pretends not too.
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Date: 2012-09-06 08:08 pm (UTC)I am glad you posted this.
The idea of "other" is something that all writers work with in one way or another and "crazy" is the otherness that pushes the most buttons. I did not "go public" until last year when a friend of mine who suffered from depression killed herself. I went on facebook and said that I had suffered from chronic depression for years and the response was almost nothing. I haven't told a lot of people about the hospital though. The thing I hate the most about depression is how debilitating it is. I have a hard time being an advocate for awareness. I am better at not apologizing for how I am, but at the same time I do wish I was able to maintain friendships and such.
My entry, Zoe Mellon is sort of the antithesis of me. She doesn't care that she is different, or at least pretends not too.