The Dark Wood

Linda Leeb
4 min readSep 9, 2018

Some years ago, I read William Styron’s memoir, Darkness Visible, recounting his experience with an episode of depression so severe and prolonged it landed him in the hospital. I’ve had some struggles with this illness myself, and I know many of you have, too.

Those of you who have been there will understand in a way that people who have not battled this particular demon can’t understand. For those of you who have not experienced it…

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