The day I stop feeling: How to survive depression when you don't even know about it

"The Day I Stopped Feeling" is a book for those who keep functioning on the outside while something inside has been slowly shutting down for years. It is not written for the stereotypical image of depression that cannot get out of bed, but for the professional, the partner, the friend who delivers on everything - yet can hardly feel anything any more.Drawing on his own experience, the author offers a sharply honest description of the exhaustion that does not disappear with sleep, the life lived in shades of grey, the body speaking when the mind can no longer find words, and the sense of watching your own life from the back row of an empty cinema.The book moves through five stages: the fog of not quite knowing what is happening; the cracks created by numbness, avoidance and self-deception; the moment of finally naming what hurts; the day-to-day coexistence with that state without letting it take the wheel; and, ultimately, the threshold of finding the courage to feel again. It does not offer magical formulas or clinical diagnoses, but an honest map to help you recognise where you are standing."The Day I Stopped Feeling" is not a substitute for therapy or professional help. It is an uncomfortable yet necessary mirror for those who suspect they are not "broken" but dimmed, and who need words for what they have been carrying in silence for far too long.