Neutralized Towards All Things

"Waiting hurts.  Forgetting hurts.  But not knowing

which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful."

Jose N. Harris

When a person is depressed, it doesn't take much to find them frozen in place.  There is no flexibility left in the body, the mind, nor the spirit.  In a sense the depressed person has become neutralized towards all things except the churning within the mind.

When a person is depressed, it takes great effort to put on an acceptable persona when a friend approaches.  They remain somewhat withdrawn and interact as though they were playing an expected role.  When asked, those covered in emotion will simply pass their lack of involvement on being tired. The visitor too easily agrees and leaves.

Unfortunately, pain is a part of life and to the degree we suffer depends upon our response.  We always have choice and granted it might not be a great choice; but nevertheless, it is an action that can initiate our way back to living. Even if the action does not direct us to where we most want to be, at least it is a beginning.  A new movement out of depression towards living life.