Mike Drops, Walks Away

“Eventually your brain believes that your problems are too insurmountable to get out of bed. And beyond that it starts looking for other escapes. This is not a mood. This not something you shake off. This your brain being broken. It’s lost the ability to process so it wants to shut itself off.” Mike Monteiro shares a few thoughts about his fight against depression in a short, excellent piece: This is about the time I chose not to die.