Philosophy

Philosophy- the cure for depression.

Philosophers- are and were the depressed?

"I think you just have to say to yourself, fuck it, if people can't handle it, that's their problem. You still get people who belittle you for talking about depression etc, or who pity you. But so what. What are they doing with their lives?...

Since I've started speaking and writing about my experience of mental illness, a lot of my friends have quietly told me about their experience of depression, or panic attacks, or anxiety, and asked for a recommendation for a therapist or a good self-help book. Their emotional problems can be really scary experiences for them - just as it was for me when I was 18. But I hope it's slightly less scary if such experiences have been somewhat normalised, become more part of our general conversation, if the shame and terror around them has been slightly reduced, and if they know examples of people who have come through such experiences and not been permanently damaged...

He sees social anxiety as an illness of liberalism, without wishing away the society that goes with it. "I would say not that I'm recovered, but recovering," he says. "We're all socially anxious."


It's stuff like this which is helpful for everyone to read over, especially when you have those 'freaking out' days, you end up beating yourself down over.