How can I cope with the empty feelings of depression?

The tragedy of depression is the loss of interest in things that once enlivened. In depression, you don't care about the things that used to make you tick. Work may seem meaningless, your new car may lose its glamour, and even the thought of an upcoming vacation no longer fills you with excitement.

This emptiness and meaninglessness may be quite frightening to you. One way of looking at emptiness is to see it as something that creates a space for you to receive something new in your life. You can also see that emptiness offers you a sense of relief.

When you don't care about moving ahead at work, getting that new car, or planning an exotic vacation, you finally feel unburdened by the pressures of fulfilling all of these desires. Before your depression began, you may have spent a lot of time and energy striving for new experiences, new achievements, new possessions. Your depression may be a signal that your striving has become unbalanced.

Depression, and the loss of interest that comes with it, may provide a much-needed reprieve from the demands of being more and having more. The empty feelings of depression, while uncomfortable, are part of the terrain you must cross if you are to live a life guided by a commitment to honor your own interests and energies.

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