>I wonder if you can be truly depressed if you don't fear anything? I would say yes, often times depression manifests itself not as a feeling of fear or dread

>I wonder if you can be truly depressed if you don't fear anything? I would say yes, often times depression manifests itself not as a feeling of fear or dread but as apathy. See for example Hugh Laurie's personal life [1,2] or Nine Inch Nails' Everyday is Exactly the Same[3] which captures that exact feeling. Or of course the wonderful Hyperbole and a Half's account of depression[4], especially the second part makes the point that depression at its worst is a void. No positive feelings, but also no negative ones. Now I made myself sad^H^H^H apathetic going through those sources. Why does Trent Reznor have to be so good at projecting? As for the anxiety bit (anxiety and depression are to completely different things), the article mentions her response to having her blood-co2 levels elevated, which seems to me to be a standard anxiety response. A feeling of restlessness and dread. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laurie#Personal_Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laurie#Personal_Life [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2316880/Playing-House-nightmare-says-Hugh-Laurie-250-000-episode.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2316880/Playing... (I know, I know, Daily mail but the quotes are worth it) [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Aj9_8t1eQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Aj9_8t1eQc [4] http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.nl/2011/10/adventures-in-depression.html http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.nl/2011/10/adventures-in-d...