The Distorting Lens of Depression

Stuart Fitzwilliam
Jul 21, 2017 · 3 min read
Your mind is lying to you.

Depression changes not only the way you think, it also changes the way you see the world. It can be a hard thing to describe if you haven’t experienced it , but one way to think about it is that depression places a lens between you and the world around you.

This ‘lens’ changes the way you perceive the world and, to a greater or lesser extent, it changes everything. But you don’t know this is happening.

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Stuart Fitzwilliam

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Runner. Writer. Creator of Imaginhero.com and CardsForCalm.com. British-Australian in Southern California.

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