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'No matter how blue the water or high the palm tree': Even paradise is no escape from mental illness

Sean Nee suffers from depression and anxiety. Some days are great, but on the bad days even the ideal surroundings cannot tip the scales.

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Dec 18th 2014, 9:30 PM