I feel like depression as a term is overloaded because it's a description of a symptom rather than a particular cause. If you're depressed because you have a c

I feel like depression as a term is overloaded because it's a description of a symptom rather than a particular cause. If you're depressed because you have a chemical imbalance then you're a great candidate for SSRIs and the like. Serotonin? In this economy? If you're depressed because your life is miserable in some fashion then there's a lot of potential options but this sounds like what you're talking about with K as one treatment. If you're depressed, you don't respond to SSRIs and "my life is good, why am I still like this?" describes you I think the parent is saying that transcendence is potentially one treatment for this.