According to Kierkegaard, in some cases there can even be something diabolical or demonic to the state of despair. The self in demonic despair is a self who clings to his or her despair. It is a self who is not, on any account, willing to let go of the despair; a self who would rather be right than be redeemed; a self who does not want to seek help even if that means living through “all the agonies of hell.”
