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by sn_master 1354 days ago
What's the point of living if you are completely unable to enjoy life?

Those who haven't encountered true persistent depression have no idea what it feels like to be incapable of feeling any kind of joy. In her case she also had constant panic attacks and was unable to function in society.

Is it really living if your entire "life" consists of going in and out of mental hospitals and never being able to sustain a normal relationship or conversations with any other human?

Article says two doctors confirmed it. This wasn't just something that popped in her head one day.

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I have a panic disorder and I have had daily panic attacks from middle school until about 2 years ago. I have attempted suicide before. If a doctor were to indulge my delusions I would be dead now. That doctor is a monster. I refuse to believe that there was no way she could have found peace. Her doctors gave up on her.