Sir, – As a sufferer from depression, anything written about depression is worth reading. Peter Murtagh’s contribution (Weekend Review, November 26th) is revealing about a good human being who decided to leave this world.
Depression is all over the place, in so many people, dragging them down except they refuse to give up. It’s not really giving up: life is not there to be argued for, you either want it or it destroys you and there you live, somewhere in the middle, wondering will it be you the next day or even today to decide enough is enough, the black hole is too intense to resist. That’s a personal choice, despite the people it might destroy that you love and devote yourself to. But there it is. I hate this parasite inside me that makes another day insufferable, despite my beautiful child and fantastic wife and the people who know where I am some days when I don’t, even though I’m talking to them. Of course it’s a fight and staying alive is not winning, it’s just staying alive hoping the glass wall between you and beauty can be smashed some day, some day. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – Peter Murtagh’s piece about the tragic death of Kate Fitzgerald was a profoundly moving article (Weekend Review, 26th).
It saddened me deeply to learn that this article had been edited, and without flagging that such an edit had taken place. This is particularly so when this change altered the piece substantially. So much for being the “paper of record”. The only reason seemingly given for this change was that it followed “Legal advice”. And worst of all, this excuse was not published nor does it appear on the website, but on the newspaper’s Facebook page.
It is a sad day when the fine journalism this paper is known for succumbs to invisible censorship, sadder still when letters such as this pointing this out are likely to remain unpublished. – Yours, etc,
