This chapter explores the introspective journey of accepting and interacting with depression as a means of self-transformation, highlighting the importance of maintaining objectivity and valuing the viewpoint of depression. Drawing on examples like Carl Jung and Leo Tolstoy, it delves into persevering through despair to emerge renewed.
“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.” Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Amiel’s Journal Depression is the darkest of human experiences. It saps our energy, weakens our will to work, destroys our desire to socialize, decreases our motivation to exercise, and sometimes even jeopardizes our […]
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How Depression Facilitates Self-Transformation first appeared on
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