Depress to Express. From the Body, Not the Mind.

The Mental Pendulum

Many people live in a constant state of emotional imbalance: either they’re excited, euphoric, full of energy... or they feel empty, depressed, tired, lost.

This is the typical mechanism of the binary mind, which doesn’t know how to stay in the middle. It splits everything into right/wrong, good/bad, all/nothing.

But the body... doesn’t work like that. The body knows nuance, middle tones, cycles.And it invites us to live within them.

The Value of “Depression”

The word “depression” comes from de-primere — to press down.It’s not always something to avoid. In fact, it’s often a call to slow down, go deeper, and feel what we usually avoid when we’re constantly moving.

Depression — in its healthy form — is a way the body empties itself to listen again.

And it’s exactly there that we find forgotten fragments, deeper desires, authentic signals.The problem is not sadness. The problem is the mind’s judgment about it.

Depress to Express

These two phases are not separate .It’s not one and maybe the other. They are deeply connected.

You need to depress in order to express. You can’t open to life if you haven’t emptied first. You can’t say anything true if you haven’t listened first.

Those who try to express without going through the depression phase often end up creating from emptiness or seeking attention.Those who get stuck in depression without expression risk becoming stagnant and disconnected.

The body, however, lives these phases as part of the same breath: inhale and exhale. Contraction and expansion. Silence and sound.

The Body Understands the In-Between Seasons

The body knows autumn and spring.It doesn’t just live in summer and winter.

But the mind hates slow transitions. It wants everything now. That’s why it gets bored. The body, instead, enjoys nuance, slow rhythms, soft tides.

When you come back to your body, you stop chasing life — and start living it.

The Beauty of Embodied Balance

Living in the body means not being at the mercy of what happens, but rather being inside what happens, knowing it’s a phase, a movement, a wave.

Every wave that recedes prepares a more authentic expression. Every real expression is born from a sadness fully felt.

If we learn to stay present in the body — without fleeing into highs or sinking into lows — life begins to vibrate again. Simple. Human. Whole.

What you’ve just read comes from a daily practice of embodiment, deep listening and inner transformation. Many of the insights I share here are also the fruit of the path I’m walking with Gianluca Conte, creator of Biomagia — a portal for authentic, deep, and sensory-based growth. If you feel called to explore further, visit www.biomagia.it

👉 Read this article in Italian: “Deprimiti per esprimerti – Dal corpo, non dalla mente”