Changing Your View of Depression

Freud pointed out that during bouts of depression the outer life may look empty, but at the same time inner work may be taking place at full speed.  Even this painful process can be honored as a necessary and valuable source of healing.  It is a time when we learn our limits -  " it may not be a conscious effort only; it may come upon us a s a captivating mood of depression, at least momentarily wiping out our happiness, and sending us off into fundamental appraisals of our knowledge, our assumptions, and the very pourpose of our existence". Thomas Moore Care of the Soul

... it is just something to ponder