'Author Eric G. Wilson has come to realize he was born to the blues, and he has made peace with his melancholy state.
'The English professor at Wake Forest University wants to be clear that he is not "romanticizing" clinical depression and that he believes it is a serious condition that should be treated.
'But he worries that today's cornucopia of antidepressants - used to treat even what he calls "mild to moderate sadness" - might make "sweet sorrow" a thing of the past.' (NPR article & audio stream).
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