From the album ‘A Few Small Repairs’, it’s one of a number of tracks that fall into the category of story songs and the jaunty melody belies the dark lyrics (which Colvin has referred to as a “murder ballad”) and you have to wonder how many listeners truly listened to or understood the words behind this effort. Probably the song she is most famous for is ‘Sunny Came Home’, a tale of an inmate released back into the world but who returned home with only vengeance on her mind as she proceeds to burn down the homes of her enemies. “I thought this is what it’s supposed to be like? This is what people walk around feeling? And I wasn’t euphoric, I was just balanced.Last week’s chain featured Sam Outlaw, who was christened Sam Morgan, and hails from Aberdeen, South Dakota, a state which is also the birthplace of singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin who was born some 250 miles further south in the town of Vermillion. Research suggests that the combination of medication and psychotherapy is the optimal treatment for people with more chronic or severe depression. I knew I could get better.” But after finding the right mental-health-care provider and right combination of medication and therapy, Shawn is now a strong advocate of getting treatment. “After a few hard falls, I knew it could be treated and that it was just a matter of riding it out - as excruciating as it was. And it took some time trying different practitioners and treatments. You might think that the person who sang, “Please no more therapy, mother, take care of me,” on her song “Polaroids” would have an antagonistic view of mental-health care. This included finding good mental-health providers. Find a therapist to overcome depression.“Would you think you were a burden if you were suffering from cancer? No, you'd be grateful for the support and do anything you could to treat it.” And based on her experiences, Shawn encourages others who may not seek help because they think they may be a burden or are embarrassed of their condition to also seek out help.
Meta-analytic reviews show that both depression peer-support groups and group therapy for depression are efficacious at reducing depressive symptoms. And I was lucky I found good people.” Shawn’s experience is confirmed by clinical research. “Some people go into a hole and never come out. This caused her to actively seek out people who might be able to help. It helped me feel less alone.” It seemed that people who had been through depression were in a better position to understand and to give strong advice. “I read books about people like William Styron who had been in the depths. One of the things that helped her have hope was realizing that others were struggling with similar issues. “I told my ex-husband, the father of my daughter, that if anything happened to me, that they should move into my house. I’ve said all of these things: ‘I don’t want to be in this anymore.’ ‘I don’t think I can do this anymore.’ It's unbearable pain.” She even went as far as to begin plans for her suicide. If this is the way it’s going to be, I have to stop this. But that’s not the case with me.” Rather, for her, it was simply the intense pain associated with depression and the fear that she would never recover that triggered suicidality. She said, “It’s a natural response when you are depressed to look for reasons. For Shawn, the desire for suicide was not necessarily linked to a negative event. She initially sought escape with alcohol: “I medicated my depression with alcohol for many years.” Eventually things got so bad that she, like many people who suffer from depression, contemplated suicide.
But as her symptoms grew, the need to escape also became extreme.
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