20230508 Struggling Through the Grey Mist

One of the problems of depression is that it leaves you psychologically raw.

It's not unlike the sensitivity a sunburn gives your skin. When you're sunburned, any irritation to your skin is exaggerated.

So it is with depression, any mental irritation is amplified.

Last week I had to suffer through an overlong drive home without the respite of good music. All of my standard channels had some awful thing; Mahler, The Beatles, Jose Mangin (awful DJ on liquid metal).

Normally this wouldn't be a bid deal. Last week it was.