Depression, noun
1. The act of depressing.
2. The state of being depressed.
3. A depressed or sunken place or part below the surrounding surface.
4. Sadness; gloom; dejection.
5. Psychiatry. a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged than that warranted by any objective reason.
6. Dullness or inactivity, as of trade.
A sunken place below the surrounding surface
I went to the pub with some old friends the other night. I call them old friends but really they're just people I know. I sat in virtual silence for over an hour and listened to their endless chatter about mortgages, and work, and holidays in Dubai, and financial investment. It was most odd. Not once, did one person ask another person how they were.
Eventually I decided to ask the question - to Steve, my old friend from the discotheque years. 'How are you?' I said.
'Fine,' Steve nervously replied, returning almost at once to financial investments and holidays in Dubai.
I spent the rest of the evening drawing pictures in my head - Polar bears. Bipolar bears.
They said we should do it again sometime.
I nodded.
