tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538119758525687531.post4287589956919760303..comments2024-03-19T16:12:52.149-07:00Comments on my dripping brain: depression or melancholyTim Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02077264442946829918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538119758525687531.post-84421390114437223292016-12-01T09:24:59.493-08:002016-12-01T09:24:59.493-08:00Thank you for reading and for your comment. I like...Thank you for reading and for your comment. I like what you said about melancholy being strangely sweet. And much like sehnsucht, it's a haunting savor. Tim Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02077264442946829918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538119758525687531.post-82607625398573280022016-11-30T18:05:16.060-08:002016-11-30T18:05:16.060-08:00I wish I had something more profound to say, but t...I wish I had something more profound to say, but this was so wonderful that I just had to comment anyway. I found your blog while looking around for people's thoughts on "Hymns To The Night" by Novalis, and at the sight of the word "melancholy" on the sidebar, I had to click the link. Your delineation between depression and melancholy is acute and really resonated with me. I've never thought to sit down and work it out myself, although it seems like it'd be very helpful to do so. I certainly fall on the side of melancholic and understand the real struggle when it's confused with depression (by myself or others). And honestly, that melancholy feeling, which in fairness does ebb and flow from day to day, is strangely sweet, and I think I'd miss it if it was ever fully alleviated. In my head, I relate it to the German idea of sehnsucht ...which no one I know has heard of, let alone understands, but it seems like given the topics of your posts, you're likely familiar with it. Anyway, I just mostly wanted to say thank you for this entry. It was quite a random, but strangely helpful thing to read :) Briar Rosenoreply@blogger.com