Response Letter To Depression

his is the first time that I ever write a letter to an author, but I really appreciate your writing, “Depression” because I had depression a few years ago and can sympathize with your words that describe how depression feels like. But I also have different opinions about chemistry and the use of medication. Now, I am writing this letter to you, and it would be a good chance that can help me organize my thoughts and feelings that rose while I was reading your work. I think I have never read any words that portray the feelings of depression better than your work does. You said, “My depression had been a sucking thing that had wrapped itself around me, ugly and more alive than I. It had had a life of its own that bit by bit asphyxiated all of my life out of me” (230). When I was depressed, I felt like depression is the only force that drove my life, which made me do nothing, think nothing, care about nothing but just feel depressed endlessly. It made me think about 5 years ago before I came to the U.S. when I thought

I personally think that not using medication for depression is very dangerous. Depression is officially classified as a mental illness, and it is extremely hard for one to fight against it alone. I understand that we cannot exactly measure depression even with the highly advanced science, nor “the rebuilding of your self cannot be achieved with any drugs that now exist” (232). However, they can give the seed of hope to people who does not know where and how to start or completely lose their control to monstrous depression. If one can overcome depression alone with their strong personality, it would be the best scenario, but it is not the case for most people. Therapy and chemical medication will help patients light the fire of life that was once extinct, and “love, insight, work, and, most of all, time” will come after as you said