events, and situations acquire their meanings through processes of human interpretation" (I. P
             14. David Karp.) In Chapter 2, "The Dialectics of Depression" Karp's goal is to let people hear
             how people about the depression experience.
             "Depression is an insidious vacuum that crawls into your brain and pushes your mind out
             of the way. It is the complete absence of rational thought. It is freezing cold, with dangerous
             horrifying, terrifying fog wafting throughout whatever is left of your mind." (Unemployed female
             administrator) This is the reoccurring theme that depression is an illness of isolation a dis-ease of
             disconnection. It is easy for me again to relate and back up the truth of this powerful statement.
             The people around you slowly begin to fade as we (those who struggle with a particular illness)
             stand back and watch the light of earth fade as we drift back into the dark holes of space. A
             feeling that only those who struggle can comprehend. David Karp and is interviewees do a
             wonderful example of distinguishing the feeling of remote isolation.
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