‘Like seagulls, flying from one thermal to the other, trying to stay above water. Whatever does it for people. Drinking, gambling, drugs. Art. Sex. Time with friends. Family. I don’t know, it just feels ridiculous that our baseline is feeling so depressed that we want to off ourselves and that we have to spend all this time and energy trying to keep ourselves topped up on serotonin. Has it always been like this?’
‘I don’t think it has. I don’t think it's like that now. It’s you. You’re not well.’
‘Maybe. But when there’s so many people like me, isn’t that the norm?’
Paddy Dobson
19th April 2023