Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. ... It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. (J. K. Rowling)

Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. ... It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope.

J. K. Rowling

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