I've always looked at non-clinical depression as just negative emotion signaling something is wrong (and usually try to not call it depression), say the exact opposite of the flow state you go into when you are doing something really engaging, the feeling that something is right.
I find a good formula is "Struggle to find something worth doing -> take on a lot of projects and challenges I feel are just about within my reach -> just about manage to reach the targets I've set myself -> brief period of downtime to recover/reset" and then repeat. Now d... (read more)
I've always looked at non-clinical depression as just negative emotion signaling something is wrong (and usually try to not call it depression), say the exact opposite of the flow state you go into when you are doing something really engaging, the feeling that something is right.
I find a good formula is "Struggle to find something worth doing -> take on a lot of projects and challenges I feel are just about within my reach -> just about manage to reach the targets I've set myself -> brief period of downtime to recover/reset" and then repeat. Now d... (read more)