On the above schedule, you are usually assigned less than 20 pages of reading for each day. The reading assignments should take you less than 90 minutes to complete, and you are expected to have them read by the time class starts. It is best to jot down ideas for discussion as you read. This way, after reading, it should take you just a few minutes to consolidate and write out your topics. I think depression is not really an illness at all.
All humans are where their own mortality.
These sorts of things are naturally depressing, so we should expect humans to be somewhat depressed. I did not understand Freud's anal stage. The discussion will be lead by the students based on the topics they have prepared. Students are encouraged to initiate and perpetuate lively discussions about the assigned readings. If there is too much silence, I will begin calling on people to present their topics to the class for discussion.