“It was not being depressed that inactivated me in a political sense, but being well! [...] I think we should acknowledge that distress, depression, and other forms of “mental illness” are necessary components of social change. [...] Depression can be a tool that can be wielded; it can be a tool for insight, for passion, for action.”

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“[...] I am quite the fan of Professor Randolph Nesse’s theory of depression. Nesse and his colleagues speculate that depression could act as a biological constraint system that helps to minimise wasted effort and loss by forcing the individual to slow down, reassess, and potentially change strategies.”