Posted by Depression isn’t just sadness from life happening (or not happening).
Depression is your body saying:
‘I don’t want to be this character anymore.
I don’t want to hold up this avatar you’ve created.
It’s too much for me.’
A spiritual teacher friend of his, Jeff Foster, reframes it beautifully:
Change ‘depressed’ to deep rest.
Your body is demanding deep rest from the exhausting role you’ve been playing.
Not broken. Not weak.
Just a soul-level call to drop the mask and rest deeply.
Powerful reframe. Hits different when you hear Jim say it.
Who Watches the Watchers? 