The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality.
—Andrew Solomon
In The Noonday Demon, Andrew Solomon redefines depression as the loss of inner aliveness. Recovery isn’t just about feeling “happy”—it’s about feeling again, fully and deeply.
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