Friday, May 22, 2015

Naked, Covered in Ram’s Blood, Drinking a Coke, and Feeling Pretty Good


One man's journey to Senegal to investigate a tribal cure for depression

I’m not depressed now — but I was depressed for a long time. I lived with blinding depression and had long stretches when everything seemed hopeless and pointless — when returning calls from friends seemed like more than I could do, when getting up and going out into the world seemed painful, when I was completely crippled by anxiety.

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