I also wonder how much one can attack depression as an external thing, and how much one risks having deal with it as a shadow self through that approach. No real clue. I run up against that one sometimes, but my most closely analogous thing is the whole chronic pain / spine injury thing, and while being very damn proactive on both dealing with the pain and doing other things to keep my body healthy is very good, it's all too clear that this is my body, and it's the only one I've got. In many ways I'm more healthy and fit than most people I know, but there are still things that are not insignificantly broken.
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I also wonder how much one can attack depression as an external thing, and how much one risks having deal with it as a shadow self through that approach. No real clue. I run up against that one sometimes, but my most closely analogous thing is the whole chronic pain / spine injury thing, and while being very damn proactive on both dealing with the pain and doing other things to keep my body healthy is very good, it's all too clear that this is my body, and it's the only one I've got. In many ways I'm more healthy and fit than most people I know, but there are still things that are not insignificantly broken.