I'm Looking For Genuine Connections With Kindhearted People
"When something doesn't exist and you feel it should, create it yourself."
Advice I have finally decided on following. There's a lot of people out there who need help, but are left out in the cold. I've been systematically crippled in the past by the question of how exactly I can contribute to a better world, but a few days ago I had a very promising idea. I'm going to create my own talking/support group, with the goal of reaching those who are left unfulfilled by the available options in life. Mental health, in particular existential depression, is my 'field'. It makes sense that this is how I will be able to make the biggest contribution. Perhaps I can learn some things from the participants myself.
There does not seem to be a Wikipedia entry for 'existential depression', but I think it's interesting that in the one for 'existential crisis' we find the following line:
"Existential crisis is considered by many to be a direct consequence of depression."
So what then, is an existential depression? I think a reasonable explanation could be that with an existential depression, the 'depression' part is the consequence and not the cause, of the existential crisis. The lack of meaning in life has had a very paralysing effect on me since I was a child. As the question of meaning cannot reasonably be solved, the crisis doesn't go away and therefor, neither does the depression. In this sense, existential depression is a chronic condition only solvable by an acceptable answer to: "What is the meaning of life?"
If any of this seems all too familiar to you, I would greatly appreciate some interaction with you. I plan to do this group both in the U.S. (in the summer) and in Belgium (in the rest of the year) but I was thinking I could also start it online, to reach out to even more lost souls. Not with answers, but with experience, compassion and an open mind.
Advice I have finally decided on following. There's a lot of people out there who need help, but are left out in the cold. I've been systematically crippled in the past by the question of how exactly I can contribute to a better world, but a few days ago I had a very promising idea. I'm going to create my own talking/support group, with the goal of reaching those who are left unfulfilled by the available options in life. Mental health, in particular existential depression, is my 'field'. It makes sense that this is how I will be able to make the biggest contribution. Perhaps I can learn some things from the participants myself.
There does not seem to be a Wikipedia entry for 'existential depression', but I think it's interesting that in the one for 'existential crisis' we find the following line:
"Existential crisis is considered by many to be a direct consequence of depression."
So what then, is an existential depression? I think a reasonable explanation could be that with an existential depression, the 'depression' part is the consequence and not the cause, of the existential crisis. The lack of meaning in life has had a very paralysing effect on me since I was a child. As the question of meaning cannot reasonably be solved, the crisis doesn't go away and therefor, neither does the depression. In this sense, existential depression is a chronic condition only solvable by an acceptable answer to: "What is the meaning of life?"
If any of this seems all too familiar to you, I would greatly appreciate some interaction with you. I plan to do this group both in the U.S. (in the summer) and in Belgium (in the rest of the year) but I was thinking I could also start it online, to reach out to even more lost souls. Not with answers, but with experience, compassion and an open mind.
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