When dealing with a depression the problem is not to bring…
““When dealing with a depression the problem is not to bring the depressed person back to his/her normality, to reintegrate behavior in the universal standards of normal social language. The goal is to change the focus of his/her depressive attention, to re-focalize, to deterritorialize the mind and the flow of expression. Depression is based on the stiffening of existential refrain, on the obsessive repetition of the stiffened refrain. The depressed person is unable to go out, to leave the repetitive refrain and s/he goes and goes again in the labyrinth. The goal of the schizoanalyst is to give him/her the possibility to see other landscapes, and to change the focus, to open some new ways of imagination.””
About This Quote
This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.
Depression is a rigid mental pattern; therapy should shift focus, disrupt repetitive loops, and open new imaginative pathways.
In simple terms: Depression is repetitive mental rigidity; break the cycle.
Key Takeaway
Redirect attention to new perspectives.
Themes
depression
mind
focus
imagination
therapy
change
Mood
hopeful
reflective
Type
therapeutic
philosophical
When to use this quote
- counseling
- creative arts
- mindfulness
- group therapy
Key Concepts
psychology
psychoanalysis
existentialism
Questions to Reflect On
- What new landscapes can you imagine?
- How to sustain new focus over time?
A Different Perspective
Change may be slow and resisted.