Hi there, happy new year! And today I’m going to introduce you a group of Chinese patients who could be your future best friend from China.

They have a clinically diagnosed disease called political depression. Symptoms include a depressed or irritable mood for most of the day along with thoughts and feelings of sadness, emptiness or hopelessness. And most importantly, the loss of the thoughts and feelings of control over one’s destiny. The perception that work, education, imagination and perseverance do not matter and that there is a ceiling on one’s possibilities. This is a quote from Huffpost by Dr. Robert Lusson. And in my own words, it’s a feeling you find out you live in prison, that’s it.

I’ve been through this political depression twice. The first time happened quite subtly.That’s a long period after I read the Animal Farm by  ...