My partner talks about depression as a darkness a lot, and those who have survived and continue to survive chronic depression as lantern-bearers who can help guide others out of the dark because we know it so well ourselves, and in so doing the darkness within us becomes a tool we can choose to use to help others.
And I have no idea...maybe? I was depressed during high school too, I just happened to start using art as a coping mechanism in college.
My partner talks about depression as a darkness a lot, and those who have survived and continue to survive chronic depression as lantern-bearers who can help guide others out of the dark because we know it so well ourselves, and in so doing the darkness within us becomes a tool we can choose to use to help others.
And I have no idea...maybe? I was depressed during high school too, I just happened to start using art as a coping mechanism in college.