Sadness is Not Depression — from The Neurons of Heaven

Tim Shapiro
4 min readJan 29, 2021
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Sadness and depression are not the same.

What credentials do I have to make this claim?

None except experience.

I am a melancholy sort. Give me a cloudy day, please. Sometimes the sun is too bright for my mood. I want to tell the sun, “Stop trying to make me happy.”

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Tim Shapiro

I am an ordained minister exploring life at the crossroads of spirituality, mental health, and brain science. I can be reached at timshapiro@outlook.com.