Alexander Lowen. Depression and the body (№ 400280)

Every person in depression gets under fire from two sides. One half says, "Hang in there, fight, this is your only chance." Another says: "Give up the fight, you have no chance." However, he may refuse if he will face loneliness and death. And at the same time, if he refuse, he will spend his energy on the fight that was lost before it began, and which will inevitably end in depression and death.