Depression Defined

Yay! I've always felt weird discussing my bouts of depression. They aren't deep enough or serious enough to be clinical, but they happen. And when they do, I...kind of enjoy it? It's a thing I haven't been able to describe, until I read this paragraph in "Lola and the Boy Next Door."

"...that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under it's heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It's mine."

Thank you, Stephanie Perkins!