We
are usually unaware of our vital need for meaning. We see it in others, but we don’t
see the strategies that we are using. Depression is the alarm bell that tells
that this need is unmet, but instead of using this signal to be guided to the
appropriate solution, we usually try to suffocate it. The main strategies used
to respond to depression are:
·
expand our Ego;
·
reduce the outside world;
·
cancel the outside world.
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