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Originally Posted by looksee

reasoning that could have been conscious or unconscious

A nominal level either/or mutually exclusive categorization. Freud promulgated this observation. Derrida challenged it.

Originally Posted by looksee

this person might not even have been aware of his own depression.

The DSM-5 notes types of clinical depression. Self-awareness may be problematic sometimes.

[ChristopherRay]

Just go beyond the wish to prove anything and your soul will prove itself

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Originally Posted by ChristopherRay

Just go beyond the wish to prove anything and your soul will prove itself

Differences between religion and science. No "prove" in scientific method. Science suggests. Religion relies on faith. Repetitious affirmations. Science challenges suggestions by testing the null hypothesis.