Term
Depression
A condition in which low mood, loss of interest, and lack of energy persist for weeks and interfere with life. Burns describes it primarily through a person’s thoughts.
Feeling Good, David Burns
Explained in
- Feeling Good, David Burns
- Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, William James
A state in which strength, interest in life and the ability to feel joy disappear for a long time. James went through a severe depression as a young man.
- An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
In the book, a severe state of emptiness and powerlessness that the author distinguishes from ordinary sadness.