PSYCHIATRIST: So, how can I help you?
ME: I think I have mild depression.
Should I go into details?
“Why do we find it so hard to be honest about our feelings? Is it because life exhausts us so much that we don’t have time to share them? I felt an irresistible urge to discover others who felt like I did. So I decided, instead of searching for them in vain, to become the person they could look for—to raise my hand high and shout ‘here I am’ in the hope that someone would see me, recognize themselves in me, and approach me, so that we could both find comfort in each other’s existence.”
