Depression and Despair at Harvard - The Harvard Ichthus

Update 9/11/12: When I wrote this a few days ago, I never imagined the overwhelmingly positive response it would receive. Over 2,700 people have read this blog in just a few days. I’ve received dozens of encouraging messages from acquaintances, phone calls in which friends broke down crying sharing their own struggles, and emails from fellow alumni as well as a message from a student from my high school. If it wasn’t sufficiently clear from the fact that I posted this online for the world to see, please feel free to share this with others who you think might be helped by it. _____________________ Originally, I had intended to write today’s post as a reflection on last week’s debate “Good Without God?”, but in light of the events of last night, I felt compelled instead to share a story that fills me with such deep shame that I have only told my closest friends bits and pieces of it. I only write it now because my prayer is that this story may help others – either by sharing with them th

Update 9/11/12: When I wrote this a few days ago, I never imagined the overwhelmingly positive response it would receive. Over 2,700 people have read this blog in just a few days. I’ve received dozens of encouraging messages from acquaintances, phone calls in which friends broke down crying sharing their own struggles, and emails from fellow alumni as well as a message from a student from my high school. If it wasn’t sufficiently clear from the fact that I posted this online for the world to see, please feel free to share this with others who you think might be helped by it. __________________