Depression Can Be FunEssays, badly timed jokes, ordinary days

Archive

Eighteen years, and long gaps in it. The gaps are the honest part — 2013 has nothing in it at all and 2019 has one entry.

YearPiecesNote
200814The first year, and the loudest. I'd write most of it differently now
2009–201131Steady. The walking essays start here
20129
20130A bad year. Nothing written, nothing to add
2014–201622Slower and, I think, better
2017–201811
20191
2020–202219Everyone had opinions about isolation that year. I kept mine short
2023–202412
2025–20268Current

What I've taken down

Four pieces, all from 2008 and 2009, that described methods or went into detail I now think was irresponsible to publish. I don't restore them and I won't send them to anyone who asks. Everything else stays up, including the writing I find embarrassing, because a tidied archive would misrepresent what eighteen years of this actually looked like.

Why the gaps stay visible

A blog about low mood with no gaps in it would be a strange artefact. The empty years are part of the record.

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