True Deepali, I think realisation and acceptance play a huge role here. I guess the first common thing most of us do is “Denial” – the moment we step out of that into reality, it brings out a learning aspect and if we notice it well, we would be able to gain a lot from it, especially if we ask the right questions.

You are right, time is a huge concern here. The beauty of the emotions is still how we can make that magic happen in a small shift. I think we all would have done that at some part of our lives. Maybe the lesson is to bring that state of mind. Not at all easy from any perspective, but if we are able to do that, imagine how beautiful the solution would be and how fascinating it would be to get rid of the negative phase in a snap?!

Oh I would love that Lakshmi. It would be a great conversation for sure to know more things. I think these are the ones which actually bring out a fresh perspective and I am sure our readers would gain a lot from it :)

Always is mate, it is fascinating to gain some control on it though.

Thanks mate. I agree to both yours and Deepali’s view. Being an ardent fan of literature and subjectivity, I like the word balance. I like that you talk about the ‘Time’ aspect of depression here, an element which most of us tend to miss and assign a general judgement to the person/situation. If we look at the time causality here, it simplifies the things even further and gives us an option to treat the current situation in an isolated manner and maybe even preventing ourselves from taking things too personally.

This way, we can even look at these occurrences as individual scenarios and try to find a way around them which is indeed a splendid way to get back on the track of life when disappointments bring us down. Meditation, yoga, counselling are proven modes of treating depression – for me I guess it is always a matter of mind over matter. If we own up to it and make it a point to find a way around it, I would like to believe that we are more than strong and well equipped to make that happen!

It is even more lovelier when there is a difference in opinion and view of thought Deepali and I appreciate that :). Thanks so much for the alternate view point, which I had certainly missed. I think an intelligent argument sometimes is all it takes to get to the base of matters.

Interesting to know about the medical aspects of depression. I think my analysis stems from the liberal usage of the word “Depression” around. Sometimes it has even gone to the extent of being cliched where depression just simply means that people are sad. I respect the medical aspects of it and the manifestations are terrible.

However, at one point of my brain it says – although it is a physiological situation, it does stem from the emotional balance which means that somewhere we can start controlling it. I do agree that the severe cases are pretty hard to fathom and I might be running a risk of simplifying things here, but the thought says – it should be in our control. The society has been very judgemental in pointing fingers, like it always does – but somewhere for me, it is about taking up that responsibility to question that depression as well. Not that any of my logic beats emotion – the emotions are always much stronger, if we are just able to gain another level of control over them, it would be a pretty awesome thing.

Thoughts?