Ways To Cope With The Depression Of The Dream Of Pandora Being Intangible.

[auroraglacialis]

Originally Posted by Human No More

That is not the case... I have felt both, and the numbness is far worse than depression. It brought be close to giving up, to losing everything I had gained in the months before

Yes, that is very true. I have experienced all these stages in the past decades of my life in various strengths, so I pretty much know about depression. And there is that distinction of emotional numbness which is "severe depression" and sadness/melancholy which is not as "severe". From that stems the paradox that if someone is in that numbness state and gets better, he actually from the outside seems to get worse, as the less severe stage is the one that expresses itself in sadness.

Sorry, but I find people who have convinced themselves they are happy to be one of the most depressing things in existence. Real happiness comes form coming to terms with your feelings and acting upon them for what is right for you, not suppressing things.

True - it is of no use to convince yourself that you are happy. But it is also not realistic to expect a state of continous happiness. Life as it is really is a series of ups and downs, of light and darknesss. And indeed happiness comes from the ability to feel emotions, to act upon them. And that is what I meant by getting out of the emotional numbness - personally (and I have to say that probably this differs for each person) this is what changed in me - I am more "in touch" with emotions and feelings now. For me, this inevitably means also a lot of sorrow and grief, but at least it allows for happiness also.

Greetings, Aurora