‘I was in a darker place than I’d ever been. ECT was my only hope’: how Ted Scheinman finally broke through his depression

Summary

Troubled from the age of three, by 35 the American journalist viewed himself as ‘the lowest piece of dirt on the Earth’ – and neither therapy nor drugs seemed to help. But there was one thing he hadn’t tried … Ted Scheinman can date the origin of his depression with laser accuracy. It was the day he went to the fair, aged three, and returned to his home in upstate New York clutching a Batman toy that he’d won. In the bathroom, he swooped his new doll over the sink. Scheinman had a vivid imagination; in a few years, he would want to become a playwright. To add sound effects and drama, he…

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