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Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it.

Lisa Alther

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Lisa Alther
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: July 23
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Kingsport
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