EP03. Devil's Advocate: Living in the gray zone

As a matter of F | EP03. Devil's Advocate: Living in the gray zoneMental illness, especially depression, is invisible, unless the symptoms become critical. This creates a large area of a gray zone.Yet, the illness is still there, and the one carrying it is suffering. Because of this invisibility, many individuals with depression face a dilemma: constantly having to advocate for the validity of their current condition versus challenging self-questions like, "Am I really sick, or am I playing sick?"While navigating the process, its bureaucracy and the pressure of constantly having to prove oneself as 'properly sick' to fit into the "really sick" category is immense. Even in sickness, you need external validation. Just like in a debate, you try to advocate your argument, but you are met by a devil's advocate. He constantly challenges you, forcing you to confront the self-sarcasm black magic show performed by a demonic figure like Behemoth. And in this gray zone, you realize that the challenger is actually your own self.Nevertheless, standing in the middle of the gray zone, our primary role is not to argue with ourselves but to simply advocate for our own suffering.