this is a point i dont think can be made enough:
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/kurt-vonnegut-at-the-blackboard.php?page=all "The truth is, we know so little about life, we don’t really know what the good news is and what the bad news is."
'up' and 'down' are too restrictive, they leave out all the truth. when my therapist says 'have you been below that middle line' i just want to respond 'how would i tell?'. i've gotten a lot of value from depression.