The deep pit

3 Mar 2016 | by Lydia Vulliamy

Lydia Vulliamy writes about the images people use to describe their experience of depression

‘I feel like I’m trapped in a black hole, no sunlight, just me alone in this black hole. I feel so scared.’ | Photo: Kevin Dooley / flickr CC.

I am privileged to hear some people’s accounts of the experience of depression, and often the metaphors they use are intensely moving.

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