This is a much needed piece, but some might misread it.People need to emphasize that your while your extremely depressed you are: lethargic, bedridden, aloof, etc.; nothing is going to get done. Retrospection and therapy; however, can help you reflect back on the experience and this is where your creative ideas/results come from. Yes, you will have exceptional ideas when depressed, but you will either be unable to communicate them or indifferent to express them. It’s disgusting that depression has become fetishized as a new accessory and a badge of honor, especially when people with depression would do anything for it to go away. (I want to emphasize “extreme depression aka major depression”, since there are obvious differences with depression and MAD).