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by Anthea Rowan
Anthea Rowan is a British journalist based in Tanzania. See full bio
June 9, 2009, Depression

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How can you Get A Life when you can't take a shower?

By Anthea Rowan on June 9, 2009 in Living Around the Blues

I have lived with Depression for most of my life.

I am lucky.

I have lived with it; it has not lived within me.

It means the difference between being able to get up and walk away. And being stuck with it: day after day after unrelentingly black day. It means the difference between being able to get up in the morning and face a new dawn. Read More

Keep it coming

Submitted by David Petropoulos on June 9, 2009 - 12:32pm.

Beautiful thoughts. Sincerely,David

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