Depression: A Good Thing?

There is a new line of thinking out there that perhaps all depression is not pathology and not all depression requires treatment. Some are beginning to think that depression, mild to moderate depression, might even be a good thing. How so?

Posted on the web by Metacognizant:

"While it isn't for everyone by any stretch, depression, can more a more 'enjoyable' state than drug induced happiness. Some of us, when depressed, attain a keen (if painful) awareness of evil. Awareness is a good thing. Some of us, when depressed, are intensely creative. Creativity is a good thing. Very near all my poems were written while on the low end of a mood swing. Also, if you have bipolar disorder, then the depression alternates with a fun, manic euphoria, which 'leveling' (a psychiatrist's term, not mine) anti-depressants can smother. And some people appreciate strong emotion for its own sake. Whatever the emotion is, it's real. It let's you know you are alive and feeling. Did you ever pick a scab and savor the sting? Depression is an opportunity to wallow in oneself, which is a good thing unless you are too scared to venture into your own mind."

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