{"id":649,"date":"2007-11-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/11\/depression-life-with-no-filter.html"},"modified":"2007-11-20T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-20T10:30:00","slug":"depression-life-with-no-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2007\/11\/depression-life-with-no-filter.html","title":{"rendered":"Depression: Life With No Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also intriguing was Beyond Blue<\/a> reader Mary’s comment back on my post “Mother Teresa: My Saint of Darkness and Hope<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

I remember once reading in an article that said that people who are depressed have a more realistic picture of the world than those who don’t suffer depression. For some reason, those who don’t suffer from depression have a filter or a system that helps them not take in all of the stuff of the world and themselves and let it get them down. I always remembered that because I believe that is so true and that there is more than enough in the world to be depressed about. I pray that this too shall pass for you and all who suffer from the debilitation of depression<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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