Thanks so much for this input, Scooter. you know, many years ago, when I was in the middle of a badass treatment-resistant depression, I knew I needed to keep writing, but it was no fun and I was again amotivational. I conducted a little experiment back then. I forced myself to write, at least a little, no matter how bad I felt. Then, I reviewed it later when I was more euthymic. what I learned was that the overall quality of writing carried out while depressed was really no different than the quality carried out when I was not really depressed. The big difference was, when I reviewed what I was doing while I was still depressed, I beleived that that writing totally sucked. It was only later that I could see it actually was not that much different than any of my other wiriting.

I thought this was very interesting. I canonot accurately judge the quality of my work during a depression episode. My judgment is markedly impaired.