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short film shows how kindness can help depression

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Touching short film shows how the smallest act of kindness can help someone with depression.

A gift from a friendly neighbor gives Nadine something to live for.

One small act can mean the world to someone.

Depression can be a dark and lonely place. And yet, even the smallest dose of compassion contains the power to help lift someone out of the fog.

Animator Emily Johnstone created a touching short film that brilliantly explores this concept.

As the story goes, according to The Marginalian, a physicist going through his own dark night of the soul was given a plant bulb in a small pot. The gift had unexpectedly helped him regain a sense of hope and purpose.

That (seemingly) simple gesture was shared by Johnstone’s college professor, and became the basis for “Bloom.”
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