tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post50890098664673506..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: A Unique Perspective on DepressionJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-55552344021141642372021-10-02T20:33:03.801-04:002021-10-02T20:33:03.801-04:00One of the characteristics of depression is a lack...One of the characteristics of depression is a lack of self-awareness as the mind gets caught in some negative loop. I’ve had people tell me the same tale of woe five or six times in an evening without realizing they were repeating themselves. It’s a story they clearly retrace many thousands of times per day, but even if you bring attention to it, they won’t realize that’s what’s happening. <br /><br />It becomes Reality rather than some background mental machination. It’s what the world is and what life is and you live there. It’s a form of relentlessly reinforced self-hypnosis. James Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645526020049321126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-72436123901166503852021-10-02T14:58:49.353-04:002021-10-02T14:58:49.353-04:00I’m not sure this is true for everybody. I have ex...I’m not sure this is true for everybody. I have experienced excessive rumination and the inability to stop thinking about something but that didn’t feel like depression to me. I have also had periods of no energy, where everything was grey and lifeless and there was no point to anything. In those instance I wasn’t thinking of anything in particular. I assumed those periods were depression.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613937700623857325noreply@blogger.com