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Sisyphus happy: the experience of depression
Author(s) -
BURNARD P.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00936.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , existentialism , legitimacy , psychology , personal development , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , epistemology , political science , philosophy , politics , law , economics , macroeconomics
Depression has been well documented, in the academic sense. This paper offers one person's experience of periods of depression. It describes symptoms and personal ideas about this commonly experienced condition. It raises questions about the legitimacy of psychiatric and psychological theorizing, and draws from various existential positions to support the text. The author suggests that depression is not, particularly a ‘learning experience’ and, far less, a form of personal growth.