Interviews about depression from 1959

[Greyhawk]

Very insightful interviews of people who suffer from depression from 1959. The last guy puts depression into words exactly like I feel it. It's where my signature comes from.

"There is an old saying about this place called hell where bad people go after they die: the worst part about hell is not the flames, it's the hopelessness. And I think that, is the part of hell that a person in depression really tastes. The hopelessness, the terrible hopelessness that comes over. Everything is black. There's nothing cheerful in anything. All I could see was death. For instance I'd say, what's the use of getting up? What's the use of eating? I'm only going to die some day anyway. What's the use of doing anything? Because it's pointless. It's all going to end in death, whether I arranged to do it to myself or whether I just sit it out."

 

[Macedonian1987]

Very insightful and interesting interviews of people who suffer from depression from 1959. The last guy puts depression into words exactly like I feel it. It's where my signature comes from.

"There is an old saying about this place called hell where bad people go after they die: the worst part about hell is not the flames, it's the hopelessness. And I think that, is the part of hell that a person in depression really tastes. The hopelessness, the terrible hopelessness that comes over. Everything is black. There's nothing cheerful in anything. All I could see was death. For instance I'd say, what's the use of getting up? What's the use of eating? I'm only going to die some day anyway. What's the use of doing anything? Because it's pointless. It's all going to end in death, whether I arranged to do it to myself or whether I just sit it out."

I have seen this documentary long time ago, and it saddens me greatly to see her suffering. I wonder how much longer did she lived after that interview.
As for the hell part, I can say only this: If suicides are punished with hell, that would be an unfathomable and monstrous cruelty—to condemn a soul, already crushed and driven to the ultimate despair, to an eternity of agonizing punishment.

 

[vanillamilkshakes]

It's strange hearing them talk about shock therapy so casually. I feel awful for the abuse people must have endured back then simply for being depressed, especially when so few believed it was a real illness. It's sad that even 66 years later, there's still a stigma around depression.

 

[noname223]

Very insightful interviews of people who suffer from depression from 1959. The last guy puts depression into words exactly like I feel it. It's where my signature comes from.

"There is an old saying about this place called hell where bad people go after they die: the worst part about hell is not the flames, it's the hopelessness. And I think that, is the part of hell that a person in depression really tastes. The hopelessness, the terrible hopelessness that comes over. Everything is black. There's nothing cheerful in anything. All I could see was death. For instance I'd say, what's the use of getting up? What's the use of eating? I'm only going to die some day anyway. What's the use of doing anything? Because it's pointless. It's all going to end in death, whether I arranged to do it to myself or whether I just sit it out."

Very interesting and relatable video! Thank you for sharing.