HOW A MOMENT OF LIGHT RESCUED ME FROM DEPRESSION

Driving home from the memorial service for a friend who had committed suicide, I was feeling a range of emotions—shock, sadness, and confusion about whether I could have said or done anything to help.

I, too, had been feeling desperate with no way out. The thought that leaving this life was an option had crossed my mind, but I knew that it probably wouldn't solve anything for me or for those I cared for. Nevertheless, emptiness and unhappiness hung over me. Another friend had also recently taken her own life, and many people I knew were facing depression and meaninglessness.

April 5, 1999
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