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Originally Posted by wiretwister
again I wish you complete recovery ... but I know no one who has been depressed (not talking about feeling sad or even seasonal) ... but laying down and trying to off yourself depression ... and even if they survive and have a great joyful life now .... does not still entertain the random su thought ... does not under certain conditions fall back into a period of depression even if slight and short lived ... I (personally) do not believe it ever leaves you ... it is always in the back of your mind ... if this is not your experience then I am so happy for you ... I would love to be wrong ... so many have been managing this for so many years ... some get better ... hell I am better than in years ... but many do not ... maybe those that are "cured" just leave ... good for them ... but it is not my experience ...
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Maybe you are right. William James wrote about this in "Varieties of Spiritual Experience..." He said that people return from a "dark night of the soul" experience in two different ways. The first category is people who do not have a dark thought left and who have a light and cheerful disposition. The second category is the one you describe...people who remain somewhat somber. Leo Tolstoy is the classic example. He wasn't cheerful before his suicidal period...and he did not become cheerful after he got through his suicidal period.