The Black Dog (10 years on) 3: THE DARKENED CAVE…
I touched on the surprisingly physical reality of the black dog yesterday. It’s surprising, because, of course, depression is as much about emotional pain and scars as anything else. But here’s the really weird thing: the emotional anguish actually feels physical at times. I think I really get now why people talk about feeling heart-sick. It is a piercing constant, perhaps a little like having […]
The Black Dog (10 years on) 2: TECTONIC VULNERABILITY…
The thing about volcanoes is that they’re as immovable as mountains. Rock solid in fact. But of course that’s the deception of appearances. And in geological terms, they’re savage beasts, easily provoked to ire by invisible tectonic interference. It probably seems a totally incongruous metaphor for the Black Dog – but probably only to those whom he’s […]
