Depression is:

I’ve had a few different meaningful conversations about depression this week with humans I love, and then On Being with Krista Tippett released some amazing interview archives on the topic of depression, which I devoured. My reflection from both of those things led to me writing some of my own language about what it feels like for me to experience depression in different seasons of my life. Depression, like many aspects of the human experience can only be pointed to with words. Words are never enough, but they’re at least a step toward naming what cannot fully be names, and that, I believe, is enough.

poems, vulnerability, anxiety/depressionEmily DobbersteinFebruary 12, 2021poetry, poem, depression, seasonal depression, seasonal affective disorder, vulnerability, honesty, authenticity, spirituality, radical honesty, spiritual growth, trauma healing, healingComment

"- seasonal depression month 3 of 5"

I wrote this poem on a particularly hard day of managing Seasonal Affective Disorder a few weeks ago. It is month 3 of 5 of the coldest and darkest months in the mountains, and I’m feeling it.

poems, self-love, anxiety/depression, vulnerabilityEmily DobbersteinFebruary 12, 2021seasonal affective disorder, seasonal depression, anxiety, vulnerability, poetry, honesty, authenticity, winter, loneliness, isolationComment