Someone Lost

Was reminded of the sad death of footballer Gary Speed today by a particularly striking article in the Sports Section of the online Guardian. Not the sort of thing you could have imagined being published thirty, possibly even fifteen years ago - and certainly not in the sports pages. So some progress has been made with regard to our understanding of what it is to suffer from depression. But still not enough. Possibly there never will be given the mysteriousness of the condition. I count myself lucky not to really be able to grasp it myself since I suppose that's evidence of having the good luck never to have visited for any length of time that awful place.