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Many psychiatrists and psychologists view depression as frozen anger. In this theory when the depressed person cannot release his or her anger, it turns inward and the person becomes depressed. Sigmund Freud discussed the basic psychoanalysis of depression in his book, Mourning and Melancholia [1].
“Depression is frozen rage.”
–David A. Seamands
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Berman, C.W. (2016). Depression: Natural Responses. In: Surviving Dementia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35102-5_4
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