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But I find any generalized public whining about the decline of the literary culture annoying, even when I essentially agree with the sentiment-in part, as you say, because of the helplessness it inspires.
As a writer and director, he has been less preoccupied with gags than with the fear and helplessness out of which they spring.
The earlier depression is diagnosed, the more responsive to treatment it may be [ 34 ] . The most reliable symptoms of major depression in patients with advanced illness are persistent dysphoria, anhedonia, feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and worthlessness, and loss of self-esteem [ 35 ] . The somatic symptoms of depression (such as changes in weight) are unreliable as they may reflect the underlying illness [ 36 ] . The screening question, "Do you feel depressed most of the time?"
In the New York Times Book Review , Susan Cheever says "the book brilliantly, heartbreakingly" lays out Harrison's helplessness.
Indeed, he has evolved into a "very fine person," according to his ex-wife--humbled by years of psychotic helplessness, buoyed up by the intellectual world's highest accolade.