Sunday, June 10, 2007

Writers Are Twenty Times More Likely To Suffer From Depression

Over At Bloggin In Black, the latest post is about writers and depression:

According to the NYT:



Monica continues:



According to Shelia Goss, many authors suffer from depression, but feel too embarassed or ashamed to talk about it, and thus they have no way of knowing that they aren’t alone.

I know at least one author who constantly suffers from self-doubt and depression, and she’s a great writer. I wonder how prevalent this really is.

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