Violet Mistress

Put simply, it may be. However, we are individuals, and thus, we cannot understand exactly what the other person is going through. We can only imagine, and try to empathize. We may have gone through it ourselves even, but there are varying degrees of severity. We can certainly help people out of their depression, however, by exposing them to a positive environment and reassuring them of their abilities, because often depression and low self-esteem go hand in hand. And by doing this constantly, and I emphasize constantly, you can help the person regain his/her confidence and happiness back. Sure, good things might be harder to find in some people, but there is always something good in people, even the smallest thing. Always a silver lining, as my sister would say. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if every single patient who is diagnosed with depression actually have it. This is due to the fact that we probably have a lesser capacity for suffering than people who have to deal with the things that depress us every day. But due to the luxuries that we now have, we don't usually deal with these things every day. Not anymore, at least. I don't claim to be a depression expert, this is just my opinion.

Well, let's take a good look at exactly, what we dream about. For instance, two nights ago, I had a horrible nightmare about a chainsaw-wielding maniac chasing me around what appeared to be a large pit railed with cheaply made wood. This could very well come from my subconsious mind, seeing as I had played Resident Evil 5 (if any of you are familiar with it), just the week before. Although I cannot say for certain, because none of us know what lingers in our subconsious mind. Most of my dreams are about things I've already encountered. Some have even given me ideas for new stories. When I'm sleeping, it offers my mind the opportunity to run wild. Apparently, people have over one thousand dreams per night, but we only remember one or two of them. Where do the rest go? Possibly in our subconsious mind, where they can later be brought out when some sort of trigger is excountered. I by no means claim to be an expert on the subconsious mind, but it's quite possibly it's where our dreams come from. Besides, a thousand dreams is a lot for the brain to proccess. It's a lot of work to store the memories of those dreams. It's possible the brain just discards them as soon as they take place. Because the brain is constantly working (even when you sleep), it's quite possible it just keeps the dreams entirely out of the area dealing with memories. (My opinions would probably make more sense if I knew what area of the brain works when we are actually dreaming).