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Thank-you to Miller for some helpful reflections on depression, an area which is of great personal and vocational concern to him.  Anyone with thoughts of their own to share? 

seems depression is always a possibility for those of us who think a lot...a survey of harvard students showed that ten percent of them are clinically depressed, and half of them have times of depression when they can't operate...it seems to run in families...i think we don't realize we've been through a time of depression until we get on the other side of it, and look back...i am especially sympathetic toward students and friends who go through this. ...

exercise, good diet, certain vitamins help, and friends to spend time with...too much time alone is a problem.....active involvement with others, especially those who need the most help and encouragement, does take the focus off obsessive introspection...

i think we have to travel light, and not take on heavy responsibilities if we have this tendency...sin increases depression...appropriating God's forgiveness on a deep level is necessary...real love, especially unexpected, lifts us up..being a loner hurts...manual labor helps...being around real friends who are not judgmental does a lot, especially if they don't take themselves seriously...people with a humorous outlook, who see how fragile life is, what's important...what's not important to fuss about.

PS.  Miller later forwarded to me a link to Breaking the Silence, an article by a Harvard student seeking to advocate mental health reforms at Harvard.