Depression... is good?

Depression is an evolved response to critical thinking? Makes sense to me.

I've never made the connection myself. I've just assumed my bouts were always stress related and random. I'd drink a coke, procrastinate, and move on. But in retrospect, this article is spot on because rarely does procrastinating or moving on help (cokes are a shot in the dark). I dare say it gets worse with any activity.
Now I've always got defensive and reclused on occasion, particularly with big software projects, but it's just as part of my personality. I'm inherently anti-social. But I haven't had to deal with a significant bout of clinical depression for a long time. It only recently struck me as being terrifying that I still could get so incredibly depressed as I was over the past few days.

Coincidentally I'm juggling a complex project that could mean a promotion. One on such a scale that when I last had one, I was taking medication for this exact problem.

There was a lesser issue, and some soul searching had to reveal it, that I wanted 2 board games; Twilight Imperium and Arkham Horror. For various reasons I've always denied myself them. I purchased them online the other day and, as the materialistic creature I apparently am, I felt allot better about it and myself.
Though, I think it scratches on a more fundamental problem. I just miss my dad.