While in a depressive and/or ADD state, is like a tetris game. One that you are losing. You can’t make the little squares go where they belong, everything’s a mess, and everything keeps dropping out the bottom of brain into some oblivion you’ll never find again.
The mind in a (less) depressive and/or ADD state is like a tetris game. One that you are winning. All the squares are being effortlessly maneuvered into their appropriate holes, and you can even match up all the colors. You have a nice solid block of matching blocks that don’t fall out of your mind until you want them to–generally because you’ve completed the block.
My mind is just starting to remember how to use the controller to maneuver the blocks.
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March 20th, 2010 at 2:02 pm #
after reading your last three posts, i’ve cried like a baby, because you’ve named so precisely all kinds of things that i’ve been feeling for years and never able to flesh out so that i could look at them sort of objectively and have even a second of freedom from them… it’s so nice to be free.
March 21st, 2010 at 8:08 am #
This is such a great description. I’m a very visual person and tend to describe my depression and anxiety in metaphorical or more visual senses because it makes it easier for me to understand, as well as communicate it to other people. And what you’ve said is exactly what it’s like for me. Thank you for posting it.