Reflection helps us create a cache of positive images to block fear and deal realistically with negative events. Brain breakthroughs remind us that human intelligence is in some ways as complex and difficult to understand as it was for Greek scholars. Homer's epic poems in the eighth Century fail to mention doubt or depression since people in Homer's stories simply lacked free will. They acted because of driving inner voices or were driven by gods. People are living longer and for some this means longer bouts with depression.
Research continues to tap at doors yet blocks still prevent genuine cures for depression.
A friend lets you down after making a promise to help you, you feel too tired to work, you lack money to pay your bills, or you just slip into the blues for no apparent reason. We learn more and recover better when we know others too look for answers. When this new understanding benefits those who suffer depression, we'll all capitalize from the most powerful force on earth, the brain, as it transforms despair into learning. And . . . Two hundred cell types also equal numbers of different star clusters in our universe.