“Anxiety over depression” – what a grave mistake

“I miss the comfort in bein’ sad.”

Kurt Cobain
“Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle”
In Utero, 1993

In a recent post I said I’d take anxiety over depression any day.

That’s insane. And not at all what I meant to say. Quite the opposite, actually.

I’ve found anxiety to consistently be much for insidious and grueling than depression. So – correction:

I’ll take depression over anxiety any day.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve lived with depression for so much longer. Maybe anxiety was there but, if so, it was just a baby monster then.