The seasons, friends, good food mean nothing. All you focus on is yourself and how bad you feel. William Styron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, joins Wallace on camera in recounting the oppressiveness of depression.
Nothing animates the body or spirit.
It's a total wipeout. The frank confessions of these two famous men on national television may help to break the conspiracy of silence that has long surrounded depression in men. Although recent surveys indicate that there are at least half as many depressed men as depressed women, a far smaller proportion of men seek treatment for their condition. Even health professionals are loath to diagnose depression in men. At the very nadir of Wallace's depression, his doctor told him there was nothing wrong with him.