There is a false moral imperative that seems to be all-around us that treatment of depression, the medications and so on, are an artifice, and that it's not natural. And I think that's very misguided. It would be natural for people's teeth to fall out, but there is nobody militating against toothpaste, at least not in my circles.
And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino … - Andrew Solomon
And I found out about the wonderful world of sign language. I suddenly realized: If we as a society recognize Jewish culture, gay culture and Latino …
- Andrew Solomon
People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be. - Andrew Solomon
People … don't want to be cured or changed or eliminated. They want to be whoever it is that they've come to be.
When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes. - Andrew Solomon
When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes.
You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triu… - Andrew Solomon
You need to take the traumas and make them part of who you've come to be, and you need to fold the worst events of your life into a narrative of triu…
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons, you banish the… - Andrew Solomon
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons, you banish the…
Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away… - Andrew Solomon
Listen to the people who love you. Believe that they are worth living for even when you don't believe it. Seek out the memories depression takes away…
The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me. - Andrew Solomon
The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.
We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. - Andrew Solomon
We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.
When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yours… - Andrew Solomon
When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yours…
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