Depression

 Depression is a state of a low mood or an inability to take action. Sometimes this can be a good thing because it allows us to fall into a trance where we think of the people in our life. It allows us to stop being a leader, to stop trying to be strong for others. Sometimes we can let others be strong for us.

My friend recently told me that she was depressed. Thinking of her missing from my life, with her gone, has filled me with an intense feeling of remorse and longing. I think taking it day by day and looking for the good things, the things that we enjoy doing, enable us to get through our depression. Sometimes it takes a big event to lift us out of depression, but these events can be chaotic and destabilizing for others., It's probably better to just wallow and live with this state of low mood. The Great Depression was alleviated, in part, by World War 2 (as far as I understand) which was an extremely detrimental and chaotic series of events. I think depression in a person can limit one's creativity.

Finding joy in the little things, the help the people provide and the hobbies and small things that you enjoy can help with it. The very word "depression" is scary, and perhaps it also helps not to dwell on this word. Maybe more people are depressed than we actually think.

They say religion can help with depression too, but believing in god has its own problems too. Perhaps when one is feeling very low, opening the Bible and reading through it can help. I was thinking of buying a vape, because that is something that really makes me feel good. But my lungs have been damaged so much, so far, that I think this may not be a good idea. Also, they are expensive.