One side is the reflected judgement, the other is the urge.So, it's an endless spiral out of control? Perhaps, the issue then past willpower is control? — Posty McPostface
It is a spiral out of control for the personality, for the personality which would be a lack of totality in relation to the negative emotions that have more power and more of a control on the personality. Nietzsche would say to empower the personality by all means... Which would be the integration of emotions into the totality of the personality, empowering not emotions themselves but that which they become a part of constituting, namely the personality. — Blue Lux
I personally, in my depression, have found myself wallowing in it — Blue Lux
Depression is willed because one does not want to free that emotion. — Blue Lux
I thought depression was remedied by realizing those feelings, and not suppressing them? — Posty McPostface
"Wallowing -- it's what I do." That was in his pig avatar phase. Perhaps he has relinquished the claim, but probably not. — Bitter Crank
wallowing (sorry Posty) in the same shithole month after month is certainly not going to result in progress. — Bitter Crank
I'm not buying this theory — Bitter Crank
Many people with depression actually exhibit quite a bit of will power. They do not feel like it, but they make themselves get out of bed, take care of the children, do their work, take the dog for a walk (the dog isn't depressed, after all and insists on it), and so forth. — Bitter Crank
I fail to see the benefits of depresson — Aleksander Kvam
"Depression is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign one has been trying too hard for too long." — Blue Lux
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