Posts Tagged ‘despair’

Why Depressed Men Leave – 3

Written by john on February 26th, 2009
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I’ve written a lot about the form of depression in which men look outside themselves to find the cause for an inner pain that simply can’t be faced. They may feel anger, rage, a longing to act out fantasies, or a compulsion to blame and abuse those closest to [...]

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What Depression Can Do – 2: Shame and Despair

Written by john on August 18th, 2007
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What's it like, the mixing of shame and despair? I am full of the sense that I have no future, there is no point to living. This is no emptiness or lack of feeling, lack of affect, as they say. It is the intense feeling of hitting bottom, overwhelmed with shame, worthlessness, convinced [...]

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