Indulgence

Wurtzel, Elizabeth. Prozac Nation. New York: Riverhead Books, 1994. 247.
And instead, his indulgence actually made me worse. A psychologist once explained to me that the worst thing a therapist can do to an extremely depressed patient is be nice. Because that kindness creates a stasis, allows the depressive to remain comfortable in her current miserable state. [...]

Love as Medicine

Wurtzel, Elizabeth. Prozac Nation. New York: Riverhead Books, 1994. 246.
And then Rafe came along, and he tried to love me, I really believe he did, but there was no amount of love that would have stitched my wounded psyche at that point. In fact, compared to all the other forces at work in the world, love [...]