How I Defeated the Black Shadow Hovering above Me
positivelypositive.comHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, with invisible Dementors sucking the life-force out of me.Five years later, I’m very well aware that it was not a slump, nor a particularly difficult time.I was going through depression.Out of all the symptoms of depression I was experiencing, including sadness, emptiness, and the inability to focus and concentrate, I discerned the physical consequences first.The first thing I noticed was that I had severe food cravings, which, naturally, led to weight gain.
Secondly, I was suffering from extremely disturbed sleep patterns, unable to go to sleep, sometimes for as much as 48 hours, then being unable to wake up and get out of bed.Perhaps I was lucky that my emotional state was reflected in my physical.
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