The tone of the comics seems to be more hopeful and pragmatic lately. Very nice to see. To be clear, I’m not expecting a series about such a difficult, complex topic to be light and fluffy. In fact, I applaud your courage in depicting all of its nuance and ugly details so vividly. That being said, it’s refreshing to have some levity mixed in here and there. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m kind of approaching this like an 80s roommate sitcom except the roommate is your depression and it wants to kill you.
It’s the biggest thing I learned about depression (and low self-esteem, and anxiety disorders, and…): your brain is lying to you – like all the time. The challenge of course – as is evident with political discourse in North America especially these days – is that if you are told a lie often enough and consistently enough, you start to believe it’s the truth, even when you know somewhere deep down instead that it is a lie.
Also, depression is like being in an abusive relationship with yourself. It’s hard to escape too because while it is at least physically possible to leave an abuser, you can’t ever leave you and live free. It takes a lot to realize this; and it is step one to finding a way out. Thank you for showing this so distinctly.
the technique I learned from tech support
my brain causing me grief? well have I tried turning it off and on again?
The tone of the comics seems to be more hopeful and pragmatic lately. Very nice to see. To be clear, I’m not expecting a series about such a difficult, complex topic to be light and fluffy. In fact, I applaud your courage in depicting all of its nuance and ugly details so vividly. That being said, it’s refreshing to have some levity mixed in here and there. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m kind of approaching this like an 80s roommate sitcom except the roommate is your depression and it wants to kill you.
It’s the biggest thing I learned about depression (and low self-esteem, and anxiety disorders, and…): your brain is lying to you – like all the time. The challenge of course – as is evident with political discourse in North America especially these days – is that if you are told a lie often enough and consistently enough, you start to believe it’s the truth, even when you know somewhere deep down instead that it is a lie.
Also, depression is like being in an abusive relationship with yourself. It’s hard to escape too because while it is at least physically possible to leave an abuser, you can’t ever leave you and live free. It takes a lot to realize this; and it is step one to finding a way out.
Thank you for showing this so distinctly.
Thank you Felis, there is nothing more I can add to that.