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Dottoré!

Don't Look Back In Depression

"I did it all because basically, I’m an idiot."

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Carrying on ...

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Mariateresa Fichele

Dottoré, when I look back at my life, I see only mistakes.

My job, my marriage, the children — even getting a dog ... I did it all because basically, I’m an idiot.

But at the same time I say to myself, if I hadn’t been so much of an idiot, I would look back, and I wouldn’t see anything at all.”

And that reasoning, coming from a patient suffering from depression, actually sounded like a proud accomplishment!

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"Oh, to sleep as soundly as a man," marvels our Naples-based psychiatrist.

"Because the ceiling lamp isn’t moving"

Mariateresa Fichele

I can feel the earthquake. Or at least, I think I can, because the ceiling lamp isn’t moving. I run upstairs in a frenzy to check on my son. He is sound asleep.

My husband is asleep, too. He hasn’t felt the earthquake, but he has heard me move about. Of course he has.

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