It can be defined by suicide attempts and drug and alcohol abuse; by eating disorders and emotionally paralyzing spells of depression; by dysfunctional relationships and general despair.
I've mined my despair in relationship to a world that is slowly dying.
In what she describes as times of deep love and deep despair, their relationship got even more serious.
"An autobiography in song, recounting a storied life, documenting strained relationships, and evoking perilous despair," was how Pitchfork described his work.
He finds himself caught between his bourgeois existence and his artistic development, between hope and despair concerning his relationship with Vera, which fails due to his obsessive behavior.
I agree that you need to put an end to your "self-destructive spiral" before it damages your relationship, but please don't despair.
Because so many of us are unable to effectively come to terms with these differences, the initial promise of our relationship may deteriorate into hopeless despair or separation.
While she often despaired of the relationship, she refused other offers of marriage, saying that she would "never marry anyone except Hamish".
After John Paul discovered Ste discussing their relationship with Finn, he grew in despair.
The play ends ambiguously on a note of triumph tinged with despair and all manner of relationships in serious disarray.
