This was an excellent link. Thank you.

It reminds me of how I got out of a severe depression years ago. One day I simply decided to stop using the word depression. I was reading a lot of books and going online to "research" depression and I made myself stop that. I forced myself to use other words to describe my state...such as "sad" "frustrated" "lonely" "angry" --- I could use any word but what I called (to myself) the "d" word. That, along with some other things, and time...and I was out of that state. So it is worth considering doing this.

I may do it now. It makes me a bit nervous, because it isn't easy. We can become quite used to describing ourselves as depressed. It is a hard habit to break.

I loved this article you included a link to...the writer is very smart. They point out that sometimes meditation isn't good or even possible when depressed. I agree that when severely depressed that meditation might just become so much rumination.

But if you are fighting your way out...or not wanting to fall into...severe states...then meditation can help. And structured meditation is best. I use counting of breaths now because it is very structured. But if the meditation isn't going well I keep it short. I was doing 30 minutes but I think I am going to cut my meditations to 22 minutes.

Good luck, all!