It draws a person downward into the lower depths, as it were. The eyes of the soul or the person's inward attention become focused on these lower regions. All the happiness, joy, and brightness that attended the life on the first story disappear. The energy that accompanies the normal activities of life disappears. The sense of purpose that underlay the ordinary activities of daily life is lost.
Nothing seems worth doing.
All one's past activities seem impossible now to be carried out. Here most of all changes occur. The person focuses on the dark because it seems inescapable. Now nothing is assumed in place and firm. Instead, all the pillars come under scrutiny.