Since mentally healthy human beings must grow, and since giving up or loss of the old self is an integral part of the process of mental and spiritual… - M. Scott Peck

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Since mentally healthy human beings must grow, and since giving up or loss of the old self is an integral part of the process of mental and spiritual growth, depression is a normal and basically healthy phenomenon. It becomes abnormal or unhealthy only when something interferes with the giving-up process, with the result that the depression is prolonged and cannot be resolved by completion of the