Deconstructing PAD

[Sempu]

i have had the strong emotions, longing, nostalgia, and sense of home-fulness from Avatar; I also have over twenty-five years of experience working in the field of self-development and self awareness, which I have been using to try to help some people who have posted here and at A-F regarding depression. The condition of PAD is one that I find complex and fascinating, and I also think it is one that is hard for many people - younger people especially - to understand. I want to help.

I've been depressed before, and I know what that's like, too. Some people - who it would be easy to envy - never get depressed. My brother, for instance. But I can do something he can't, which is relate to people who have depression, and show them a way out. So it's a blessing, and also because I have learned so much about how the human heart ticks through being on this path.

I see a lot of friction between one group of people who argue that PAD is a wonderful thing they want more of, and a larger group of people who cannot understand why anyone would want more of something labeled "depression." Let's see if we can bring some light to that rift in this thread.