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I have a completely unscientific, subjective theory that some significant portion of depression in the population as a whole is caused by the economic circumstances that some people live in. Things like being trapped in a dead end job to keep healthcare benefits in the USA, living in a never ending treadmill of debt.
I have a completely unscientific, subjective theory that some significant portion of depression in the population as a whole is caused by the economic circumstances that some people live in. Things like being trapped in a dead end job to keep healthcare benefits in the USA, living in a never ending treadmill of debt.
I have a completely unscientific, subjective theory that some significant portion of depression in the population as a whole is caused by the economic circumstances that some people live in. Things like being trapped in a dead end job to keep healthcare benefits in the USA, living in a never ending treadmill of debt.
Also, we always like to think we will be happy “once I have…X” and then we get X and say well actually what I need is Y.
Most unhappiness is driven by vanity and desire (a bargain you make with yourself where you chose to be unhappy until you get something) to be better than our peers.
Until you can be content with nothing you wont be content even with everything.
If people can be happy in concentration camps we can be happy in dead end office jobs. They cant stop us from being happy.
I have a completely unscientific, subjective theory that some significant portion of depression in the population as a whole is caused by the economic circumstances that some people live in. Things like being trapped in a dead end job to keep healthcare benefits in the USA, living in a never ending treadmill of debt.
I'm puzzled by those who disagree with this statement. How is it surprising that depressing circumstances would lead to depression?
I have a completely unscientific, subjective theory that some significant portion of depression in the population as a whole is caused by the economic circumstances that some people live in. Things like being trapped in a dead end job to keep healthcare benefits in the USA, living in a never ending treadmill of debt.
I'm puzzled by those who disagree with this statement. How is it surprising that depressing circumstances would lead to depression?
SSRIs raise extra-synaptic serotonin levels within the first hour of taking them. However, their efficacy against depression takes weeks or even months to manifest. We've known this for decades, and as a result the "chemical imbalance" theory of depression hasn't been a real contender in depression research for a long, long time. The key thing to understand is that serotonin levels don't have to be low for SSRIs to i…
Anti-depressants mechanism of action is more complex than 'corrects a chemical deficiency.' I hope such people considering treatment know that while theories may change as we learn more: medications still have to be evaluated against real-world results. So the effectiveness of a drug remains the same.
One of the most interesting things I heard recently that really hit me like a bolt of lightning… Depression is a disease of despair, and all these treatments are really just treating the symptoms. In other words, people experience despair because of some underlying situation - examples: death of child, lonely, broken home. “Normal” things, and we try to treat it with pharmaceuticals. It would be like treating depress…
There are probably a million different causes for depression and im convinced for all but the most extreme cases that usage of anti depressants is a mistake. I think viewing depression as a disease instead of a symptom is a mistake. So many people eat food completely devoid of nutrition, stay indoors all day, have erratic sleep schedules, drink absurd amounts of alcohol and smoke weed all day. Why are we giving these…