That's the weirdest thing about being cut off from life. Everything gets washed out or muted or recedes into the background except for other people's laughter. Other people's laughter gets very loud and jarring. It penetrates. It is a reminder that other people live.

Kerry Kletter
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When you are in severe depression, you can easily get overwhelmed by the world around you. You feel alone in the world and wonder if there is anyone else in it. If no one else can hear or see or feel your suffering, then there is no one to feel sorry for you. The only thing that makes you realize that someone else does notice your suffering is other people's laughter.

That is what Nelson Mandela meant when he said, "That's the weirdest thing about being cut off from life. Everything gets washed out or muted or recedes into the background except for other people's laughter."

Source: The First Time She Drowned

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