When heroes depression teaches us how to handle our fear.

We are all inspired by heroes with infinite courage and infinite strenght. Those who never give up and who never fail. But we are more inspired by those who fall and who get up again.

No one achieves perfect wins all the time, we will fail and cry. We will feel that we are not worthy for our dreams, not enough skilled for our duties.

There are two critical moments in life when the "fear to fail" will hit you harder and bring you close to depression:

• When you start your journey and you see all the challenges coming.

• When you are close to succeed on your main goal and you realize that it was not the "endgame" but the start of another level of apocalypse.

That's normal to fear, this is "the growth path ". We are all normal humans seaking for greatness despite our imperfections. And we should never be ashamed of that. We need symbols on our way showing us the light again and again.

That's why we wrote the "prince depression" passage in Aurion. At some point in the story, Enkwo is totally overwhelmed by the challenges of the world out of Zama.

After his greatest victory, Enkwo finally realize that he is powerful enough to take back his kingdom. But the freedom of Zama is not the "endgame", it's just a checkpoint of a greatest and more difficult challenge.

Like a lot of us Enkwo had first to go through a denial moment (in good company with the funny Dramane)

Then when he hits the bottom, he decide to face the truth again, with a more calm and pragmatic mindset.

When fear is paralyzing you, one of the most important solution is to be honest with yourself. Don't deny your emotion, face them with calm and resilience.

The ultimate power to overcome fear, may lie in the love we have for someone else (our kids, friends, lovers, parents, cats, dogs, etc). And the fact we are willing to strive to protect this other one.

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