Depression

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Thank you for coming forward in creating this discussion and sharing openly about yourself.
I've been depressed for a while, or I think I have cause I'm not sure how others feel. But one day I've been so depressed, that when it climaxed I suddenly felt very empty and desireless.. but soon afterwards I felt a surge of creativity and purpose again. It almost felt like it became the complete opposite, which reminded me of a concept someone had shared with me, it is called Enantiodromia. From wiki:

Enantiodromia (Greek: ἐνάντιος, enantios, opposite + δρόμος, dromos, running course) is a principle introduced by psychiatrist Carl Jung that the superabundance of any force inevitably produces its opposite. It is equivalent to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order to restore balance.

I think this feeling and experience is very unique to us here right now, and perhaps in time/space we and all else aren't as seperate and lonely that this kind of perspective is very valuable.

It has also reminded me of a passage I've read in dao de jing:

Under Heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness.
All can know good as good only because there is evil.

Therefore having and not having arise together.
Difficult and easy complement each other.
Long and short contrast with each other;
High and low rest upon each other;
Voice and sound harmonize each other;
Front and back follow one another.

Therefore the sage goes about doing nothing, teaching no talking.
The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease,
Creating, yet not possessing,
Working, yet not taking credit,
Work is done, then forgotten.
Therefore it lasts for ever.