prozac nation – elizabeth wurtzel
me: i finished prozac nation!
friend: did you like it?
me: yes
me: i think in the middle i decided that it actually made me feel Less depressed because i have so clearly not been that low before. it was very empowering or something to read about some feelings i recognize and others that i don’t.
in some ways the end is more depressing because its abotu our pill popping culture.
which is more what i think i expected the whole thign to be about, and its somethign i think about a lot.
but it was good, and thought provoking.
friend: i agree
i read it b/c i thought the same thing, but it’s so much more insight into the world of depression
it’s amazing to imagine ever feeling like that even though everyone says you shouldn’t
me: yeah.
i have had days where i am physically unable to get out of bed, though, and i know what it is like to know that you should act a certain way and then act differently anyway.
there are things i recognize in the feeling.
so it’s interesting to see someone else explore them so honestly and articulately.
friend: it’s interesting to realize that as low as i’ve been i’ve never been that low. i feel lucky i’ve never been there, but it’s scary to know that you could
me: i feel like i have enough of a sense of self-confidence and worth that i would have to really make myself fall anywhere near that low, but i also think that i could do it if i tried, and i have to choose not to, and i feel confident in the fact that i am not in very much danger of wanting to try, but it is powerful to have the reminder that the potential is there, and hear someone else talk through it.
yeah. scary but also comforting. i think it’s good to realize that it’s a part of being human, not just in our own heads alone.
or at least a part of being human right now in our culture.
which is why i really think its interesting.
modern culture clearly does something to the chemical structures in our brains.
friend: well said
me: thanks :)
friend: :)