The experience of a loss of energy, hope, and sight of what could be resulting from a prolonged lack of creative expression for the true self. Usually brought on by an identification with experiences which started the repression, creating a very stiflingly false or limited self-concept and/or world view. Healthy depression allows the system a period of withdrawal or deep rest, which would allow the investment in the false self-concept or world view to relax, while hope or sight of what could be returns. Unhealthy when the individual is unable to withdraw and the congestive constructs are not allowed to relax and weaken, which compounds the congestion further. This compounding of congestion can eventually lead to a loss of the will to live.
