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One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church.
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