We are people stuck between a village and a city, the middle ages and post modernity. Where previously our sense of self was wrapped up in a village economy, now we are seeking value in a different way.
Maybe axioms about 'dreams' are really important because, all codes broken, we can only find correct interface with the collective through dreams now. The collective economy is designed to interface with that kind of individuality previously held sacreligious possibly because it held no utility
In other words, maybe mic jagger was actually onto something.
Maybe depression is also an invitation to reflection, to getting back in touch with dreams, with the inner person. My sense of my own gnashing despair is that when it gets really bad the problem is a) blood sugar and b) is i am fighting something, trying to cordon it of with acrobatics, like trying to catch the wind in a jar rather than allowing myself to be blown. Or i am actually the wind.