A massive celestial object orbiting our local star, Sol, and the gravitational influence of Jupiter leads to the outcome of that body intersecting the orbit of Earth and the sterilization of all cellular automata processes operating within the body of matter we refer to as a planet. The Earth is devoid of "life", and that would be perceived as "bad" from the perspective of most humans. Yet, objectively it is neither "good" nor "bad" but merely the parameters of the Cosmos in operation.

When someone makes a determination of good or bad they are merely subjectively perceiving the interactions within their environment in relation to their frame of reference as part of that environment. Their subjective perception are bio-chemical processes which occur as a result of the same parameters in the Cosmos that could lead to the outcome "sterilization of all life on Earth." What we can refer to as the concept good or bad is merely the Cosmos in operation.

What is good are the things which benefit us. Benefit is determined by what enables our process of cellular automata to continue operation. In most this goes hand in hand with bio-chemical interactions known as happiness, joy, meaning, purpose, intent, etc. To say the perception of a depressed mind is distorted in relation to what is objective is an incorrect conclusion.

The perceived reality of a depressed mind is only distorted in relation to the Orthodoxy of Normalcy. What is considered Orthodox by most humans, those who can be said to be normal, is itself a distorted perception of the Cosmos. Good and bad are just outcomes one perceives as favorable or unfavorable to one's own self-interest. How that self-interest is defined is subjective and will always be distorted due to the relative perception we have of our environment.

To me, my bi-polar - in which I spend most my cycle depressed - confronts me with the reality, the undeniable realization, that my percepton of my environment is determined by processes independant of my self-interest. Most people are never so confronted. The realism of depression is that confrontation which demands a response from our minds. It cannot be ignored. One cannot turn away from it. I am made aware of my relationship with my environment by virtue of how it influences my ability to perceive. I have parts and I am the sum of them and this sum is a part of the Cosmos. At least, that is how I perceive it and many who would be considered normal choose to actively deny it. I often comfort myself in this irony, as depressing as it can be at times.