Cancertastic!

Image of Metastasizing Cancer Cell

"Depression is one of the worst forms of suffering, because of the immense feelings of shame, worthlessness, hopelessness, and demoralization. Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem. Many depressed patients have told me, in fact, that they yearned for death and prayed every night that they would get cancer, so they could die in dignity without having to commit suicide."

- David Burns, M.D., Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Introduction p. xxx 

Also see Just Snap Out Of It.

An earlier reference to Cancer on this blog here.