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Brought about by many things: the mournful strumming of a Spanish guitar on the radio, those soft and misty days where the sky drizzles but never storms, or an idle thought that tugs you downward toward the still places in your mind.

It's not that you're sad, no, but you wouldn't say you're happy either.

The soul slumps a little, and you're not really tired, but you don't have much in the way of energy. Hours might tick by as you sit alone, not doing much of anything.

There's a lack of connection. You're just sort of drifting, and you look up to find it's 3 am. Not sure how you found yourself there again, but 3 am suits you. When the city falls asleep, it leaves this big space behind that makes it easier to breathe.

Because you are a responsible adult (or try to maintain the appearance of one), you'll trundle off to bed soon. You have work or chores in that bright, busy world the rest of humanity swims in, but wouldn't it be grand to linger in this deep, cool place you've found? You could spend days here - months.

There's no real leaving it though; I seem to carry it with me wherever I go.
 
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My guitar teacher captured such a song. His lyrics were haphazard I thought.

I like days that threaten rain whether they deliver or not.
 
NEVER!!!!!!!!

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Never as in "Hi Never; Welcome back, good to see you," or "Never do I experence melancholia because I have the hearts of five women within?"
 
I will now interrupt this meditation on melancholia to explore the delight one feels when you meet someone you haven't seen in years, and the combination of surprise and pleasure experienced when you realize how glad they are to see you.

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I will now interrupt this meditation on melancholia to explore the delight one feels when you meet someone you haven't seen in years, and the combination of surprise and pleasure experienced when you realize how glad they are to see you.

:heart:

:heart:

An infrequent and wonderful sensation. :rose:
 
I treat melancholia by getting patients to do or experience what normally brings them joy. They always respond. The aroma of orange blossoms or wood smoke never fails to lift my spirits. And all of us have such joy anchors.
 
in my observations only:

melancholia is a strangely satisfying place to visit for artists of many genres, inspiring creativity on the flip side - the mind's balancing act. extended stays, however, are detrimental and if the pull is too strong... disturbingly bad.
 
I have lingered in that deep, cool place; I have spent days, months—years—there.

It does have a grandeur, a poignance that bright, busy world seems to lack, but, like so much that is grand, it is not welcoming, it does not concern itself with whether you are part or not—it is more sublime than beautiful and sometimes coolness drifts into coldness.

But it is significant. Uniquely significant. It means something and there is nothing that can take anything away from that.

I second!

Thirded! Fourthed! Fifthed!
 
Wow, Never!

One of the best brains to ever grace the GB.

Looking fabu, too.
 
melancholia is a strangely satisfying place to visit for artists of many genres, inspiring creativity on the flip side - the mind's balancing act. extended stays, however, are detrimental and if the pull is too strong... disturbingly bad.

Nonsense. Lookup the diagnostic symptoms, its not pleasant at all, you cow.
 
I would like to second that bovine emotion vis a vis Butterbutt.

Never was always a bit downbeat.
 
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Brought about by many things: the mournful strumming of a Spanish guitar on the radio, those soft and misty days where the sky drizzles but never storms, or an idle thought that tugs you downward toward the still places in your mind.

It's not that you're sad, no, but you wouldn't say you're happy either.

The soul slumps a little, and you're not really tired, but you don't have much in the way of energy. Hours might tick by as you sit alone, not doing much of anything.

There's a lack of connection. You're just sort of drifting, and you look up to find it's 3 am. Not sure how you found yourself there again, but 3 am suits you. When the city falls asleep, it leaves this big space behind that makes it easier to breathe.

Because you are a responsible adult (or try to maintain the appearance of one), you'll trundle off to bed soon. You have work or chores in that bright, busy world the rest of humanity swims in, but wouldn't it be grand to linger in this deep, cool place you've found? You could spend days here - months.

There's no real leaving it though; I seem to carry it with me wherever I go.

Seeing you posting again made me happy. :)
 
so... this isn't lits official lars von triers discussion thread?

damn it.
 
Nonsense. Lookup the diagnostic symptoms, its not pleasant at all, you cow.
i said strangely satisfying, not ''pleasant''.

for myself, and other artists i know, we have found this to be so, because it frequently inspires a creativity which can draw on those sensations. i also stated to V I S I T - NOT to stay trapped in. i am NOT speaking of clinical depression, nor would i ever suggest it to be the case for that sad illness either. you really are a sorry excuse for a person.

to be clear, for others, not for the buffoon, i was addressing the more poetic/literary concept of melancholia - a depression of mood brought about by the kinds of triggers Never suggested in her original post, not the mental health illness of depression. her opening post does not sound like the black dog that is so devastating to so many.
 
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i said strangely satisfying, not ''pleasant''.

for myself, and other artists i know, we have found this to be so, because it frequently inspires a creativity which can draw n those sensations. i also stated to V I S I T - NOT to stay trapped in. i am NOT speaking of clinical depression, not would i ever suggest it to be the case for that sad illness either. you really are a sorry excuse for a person.

Melancholia is clinical depression, Pumpkin. I'm a sorry excuse for a person and know how to diagnose melancholia, too. Not knowing makes you a pleasant dolt.
 
Melancholia is clinical depression, Pumpkin. I'm a sorry excuse for a person and know how to diagnose melancholia, too. Not knowing makes you a pleasant dolt.

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlənkəli

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Definition of melancholy in English:

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1 A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause: an air of melancholy surrounded him he had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work at the centre of his music lies a profound melancholy and nostalgia

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1.1 another term for melancholia (as a mental condition).
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1.2 historical another term for black bile.

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1 Having a feeling of melancholy; sad and pensive: she felt a little melancholy a dark, melancholy young man with deep-set eyes
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1.1 Causing or expressing sadness; depressing: the melancholy tone of her writing

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Middle English: from Old French melancolie, via late Latin from Greek melankholia, from melas, melan- 'black' + kholē 'bile', an excess of which was formerly believed to cause depression.
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melancholic
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