Or tired? Both lead to unwarranted angry outbursts IME.
True ... Also depression often causes sleep problems resulting in tiredness.
If You're Often Angry or Irritable, You May Be Depressed
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#12Or tired? Both lead to unwarranted angry outbursts IME.
I'll second this. I put myself in a downward spiral from bad sleep and being dependent on caffeine. I'm now aware of how I "feel" when I'm just really tired.
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#13Assuming a product person ( e.g Steve Jobs ) is easily Angry and Irritable with crap ( Which there are lots of it ), would that considered as depressed? Where do we draw a line where some body just have very high standard to everything ( Perfectionist ) or they actually have bipolar disorder.
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#14Assuming a product person ( e.g Steve Jobs ) is easily Angry and Irritable with crap ( Which there are lots of it ), would that considered as depressed? Where do we draw a line where some body just have very high standard to everything ( Perfectionist ) or they actually have bipolar disorder.
I've known many people who have Jobsian tendencies. They don't have depression, just a low tolerance for bullshit.
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#15If you ever feel angry, irritable, sad, apathetic, restless, tired or any way other than perfectly fine, positive and happy, then you're suffering from depression. Go to your nearest psychiatrist to be assured that you're a victim, that your brain is broken and there's nothing that you can do, and that the only path to feeling "normal" is becoming dependent on a high-priced drug cocktail that will alter your brain ch…
Because in your world the only way to help people with depression are anti-depressants? Unlike the real world where people have various options (e.g. psychotherapy)?
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#16Assuming a product person ( e.g Steve Jobs ) is easily Angry and Irritable with crap ( Which there are lots of it ), would that considered as depressed? Where do we draw a line where some body just have very high standard to everything ( Perfectionist ) or they actually have bipolar disorder.
The line between personality traits and mental disorder is usually drawn at "does this have a significant negative impact on the person's functioning?"
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#17Could also be too much coffee.
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#18Assuming a product person ( e.g Steve Jobs ) is easily Angry and Irritable with crap ( Which there are lots of it ), would that considered as depressed? Where do we draw a line where some body just have very high standard to everything ( Perfectionist ) or they actually have bipolar disorder.
I've known many people who have Jobsian tendencies. They don't have depression, just a low tolerance for bullshit.
> just a low tolerance for bullshit.
How about "just a low tolerance for what they perceive as bullshit"?
It seems many such people perceive things like manners, respect for other people, and anything that doesn't push their personal current priority as "bullshit".
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#19Or tired? Both lead to unwarranted angry outbursts IME.
Tired can be a consequence of depressed, or many other things, so this could be an indirect (even cyclical) reaction.
I'm a tad bipolar. When I have an angry manic the cause is direct, but when I have a "happy manic" that lasts for an appreciable time angry is soon to follow too, I think mainly because I can't sleep well in that state. When I'm down I sleep, in fact sometimes practically hibernate, but it often isn't useful/refreshing sleep so again anger comes from that.
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#20Assuming a product person ( e.g Steve Jobs ) is easily Angry and Irritable with crap ( Which there are lots of it ), would that considered as depressed? Where do we draw a line where some body just have very high standard to everything ( Perfectionist ) or they actually have bipolar disorder.
A lot of creative and successful ideas come from people of borderline/questionable mental health. That may the be reason these conditions exist in the gene pool: somebody has to ruffle feathers every now and then to keep societies from becoming stale. However, the journey may not always be pleasant.