This is Part 2 of a series on De-pressure = depression. Here's where we left off in Part 1 (which I recommend you read first if you haven't already.) Survival Mode puts us in a state I call the "Froth", which feels like the electrical charge I experienced in the story about the aspirational project above. It seems the difference comes down to what we do with the Froth. Do we escape it, using whatever behavior or medication we can get our hands on, or do we ride the wave of it, allowing it to elevate us? What if the agitation we are avoiding creates the exact conditions required for growth? How would we see pressure if it became a good thing, not a bad thing? If we can't get rid of pressure, can we change our assumptions about it? So back to the original question examined in this piece - does de-pressure equal depression? In other words, if depression is not being able to get oneself moving, does pressure help get one moving? I'm not a doctor or a psychologist, so consider everything I'm saying the musings of a lay person, not as advice at all. I know nothing about depression in the clinical sense of the word. That's not what I'm exploring here. This series is exploring how pressure is a natural part of life and how too much pressure can make us anxious and how too little pressure can make us lethargic. All that said, when I ...