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Sometimes, says a fellow depressive, I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's how I feel anyway. Then, maybe, people would stop minimising my illness because they can actually see

"Sometimes", says a fellow depressive, "I wish I was in a full body cast, with every bone in my body broken. That's how I feel anyway. Then, maybe, people would stop minimising my illness because they can actually see what's wrong with me. They seem to need physical evidence."

Sally Brampton
People, Broken, Wish
Sally Brampton (2018). “Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression”, p.93, Bloomsbury Publishing

As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound of silence.

Sally Brampton
People, Silence, House

...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability

Sally Brampton
Love, Friendship, Relationship

I find it easy to spot a depressive. The illness is scrawled across them like graffiti.

Sally Brampton
Graffiti, Illness, Easy
Sally Brampton (2018). “Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing

In this cash-rich, time-poor culture of ours, the most precious commodity we have is time...volunteering our precious time, is in this brutally self-involved world, the most truly selfless act

Sally Brampton
Love, Friendship, Relationship

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