When I was given citalopram in 2005 and all of a sudden I couldn't walk fast, or ride bikes, or play video games, or draw... I was very upset because I was supposed to helping ended up ruining my life... but I didn't really care either because at the same time I was pretty anhedonic about everything.
It also bothered my eyesight, but I could still read and became fond of reading. And I was lucky enough to do a weekly collection of books by author Terry Pratchett. It didn't save my life, but it did help me, and a lot, to move on. Especially because in their books they spoke with humor about life, death, injustices... everything was of interest to me, they didn't talk about banal things, they talked about human miseries from a very optimistic, critical point of view and at the same time conciliatory.
For me, Terry Pratchett is a very important part of my life.
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Quan em van donar el citalopram el 2005 i de cop i volta no podía caminar depressa, ni fer servir bibicletes, ni jugar a videojocs, ni dibuixar... em va gafar un fort malestar perquè se suposava que allò que m'havía d'ajudar em va acabar de destrossar la vida... però tampoc m'importava gaire perqué alhora estava bastant anhedònic amb tot.
També em va fotre la vista, però encara podía llegir i em vaig aficionar a la lectura. I vaig tenir la sort de fer un colecció setmanal de llibres de l'autor Terry Pratchett. No em va salvar la vida però si em va ajudar, i molt, a seguir endavant. Sobretot perquè en els seus llibres es parlava amb humor de la vida, de la mort, de les injustícies... tot era del meu interés, no parlaven de coses banals, parlaven de les miseries humanes des un punt de vista molt optimista, crític i alhora conciliador.
Per mi Terry Pratchett és un punt i apart molt important en la meva vida.