A Reflection on Depression

Suffering a Human Condition Despite Inhumanity

C. Seals
Be Yourself
Published in
5 min readDec 16, 2020

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When I learned that Martin Luther King Jr. suffered from depression throughout his life, starting with his childhood when he tried to commit suicide by leaping from the second story window of his house, he became more human to me, a relatable figure beneath the extraordinary and untouchable civil rights icon.

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I have to live this kind of life, to write the things I need to write.