On May 24, 2011, at 11:51 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:
> "Depression is anger turned inward." Dr. Melfi
>
> Google turns up a couple hundred thousand results when you enter this phrase. How old is it anyway?
It's a psychoanalytic cliche.
Freud has some wonderful stuff on this in Mourning & Melancholia:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18937858/Freudmourning-Melancholia