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Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world doesn't stop and suffer with me.

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Elizabeth Wurtzel
Age: 52 †
Born: 1967
Born: July 31
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Autobiographer
Journalist
Lawyer
Writer
New York City
New York
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel
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Depression
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