Or she was, and she’s had a bad time of it:
Ally on Depression
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
Posted on 10/27, but I’d gotten out of the habit of checking so I just saw it.
She popped up in my Google reader–it had been SO long since she posted. Did you see her videos? Looks different than I expected. What happened with the book thing, did it publish?
Seriously, that’s probably the most chillingly accurate account of what depression is I’ve ever read or seen. All the people who think up those depression drug commercials with the little rain clouds and the little blobs and the small woodland animals need to read that episode of H&AH about 15 times.
I read it after it came out, and just wanted to hug her, she described depression so perfectly (I have it also, but am controlling it with meds). I still wonder, however: where was Boyfriend during all this? Did they break up? Hope not.
I don’t recall any mention about when the described events took place — it could’ve been a long while ago.