{"id":212,"date":"2007-05-01T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/05\/chris-roses-depressionfull-monty-style.html"},"modified":"2007-05-01T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-01T13:15:00","slug":"chris-roses-depressionfull-monty-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/05\/chris-roses-depressionfull-monty-style.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rose\u2019s Depression\u2014Full Monty Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another poignant testimony is the 4,500-word article entitled “Hell and Back”<\/a> by Chris Rose, a columnist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, who reported on the post-Katrina life, and, as a result, got sucked down the “rabbit hole” (as he describes it) of depression. It’s worth reading the entire article (click here<\/a>), which elicited more than 2,000 e-mails from readers. <\/p>\n

Here’s a snapshot of the moving essay:<\/p>\n

“Before I continue this story, I should make a confession. For all of my adult life, when I gave it thought — which wasn’t very often — I regarded the concepts of depression and anxiety as pretty much a load of hooey.<\/p>\n

“I never accorded any credibility to the idea that such conditions were medical in nature. Nothing scientific about it. You get sick, get fired, fall in love, get laid, buy a new pair of shoes, join a gym, get religion, seasons change — whatever; you go with the flow, dust yourself off, get back in the game. I thought anti-depressants were for desperate housewives and fragile poets.<\/p>\n

“I no longer feel that way. Not since I fell down the rabbit hole myself and enough hands reached down to pull me out.<\/p>\n

“One of those hands belonged to a psychiatrist holding a prescription for anti-depressants. I took it. And it changed my life.<\/p>\n

“Maybe saved my life.<\/p>\n

“This is the story of one journey — my journey — to the edge of the post-Katrina abyss, and back again. It is a story with a happy ending — at least so far.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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