The Valedictorian of Being Dead

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For years Heather B. Armstrong has alluded to her struggle with depression on her website dooce. It's scattered throughout her archive, where it weaves its way through posts about pop culture, music and motherhood. In 2016 Heather found herself in the depths of a depression she couldn't shake. Now for the first time Heather recalls the torturous eighteen months of suicidal depression and the month long experimental study in which doctors used propofol anesthesia to quiet all brain activity for a full fifteen minutes before bringing her back from a flatline. Ten times. The experience wasn't easy but a switch was flipped , and Heather hasn't experienced a single moment of suicidal depression since