By depression I mean not clinical depression, but what is popularly called depression: low mood, lethargy, the feeling that everything is meaningless, nothing will work out, emptiness, apathy, etc. In this state there is no acute mental pain (if there is, then this is a different state) and this state is not even devoid of pleasantness, because in it a person seems to relax internally. Like after an exam that you failed. Both upset and relaxed (because there is no longer any need to worry). A person can fall into this state after a long period of internal tension. And internal tension is the result of pressure on oneself. Making demands, claims to oneself, forcing oneself, strictly evaluating oneself, etc. In order to take a break from pressure on oneself, a person becomes depressed. Resting in it. And when he gains a little strength, he again begins to strain and bully himself. Trying to get rid of such depression without dealing with your habit of putting pressure and controlling yourself will most likely not work..