Livre d'Or

Lots of interesting food for thought here - I can see why kaberett signal boosted! I think I'm going to sit on my impulse to dive in any further right now, and come back when my own reflections have had a chance to percolate and ferment some more.

In the absence of more new words now, I will share some old words, because I appreciate the care liv is taking throughout zir post re: not pontificating / privileging zir lack of actual personal experience, and instead seeking out the insight those who do have it might bring to bear. I can't speak for the various illness being discussed that sometimes involve violence to others, but in terms of emotional violence to self? One of the worst things about depression, especially severe depression, is that even when you're not depressed, chances are it's probably chronic, and one way or another you'll learn what you can do with your life has to take that into account.

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that is what i mean when i say 'depressed'
and 'history of depression' means there's no defense
perfect enough to keep it from coming back