Depression Validity Debate
The cluster centers on debates about whether depression is a legitimate clinical illness, a rational response to life circumstances, or over-simplified, with frequent analogies criticizing advice like 'just cheer up'. Discussions include personal experiences, stigma, causes, and misconceptions around mental health.
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This reads a bit like asking a depressed person why they don't just stop being sad.
That's like telling a depressed person they shouldn't be depressed.
come now... not all depression is clinical.
This is not true. Many suffer depression for no identifiable lifestyle reason.
I agree, I wonder if depression is not always rooted in some random, mental problem but rather a reasonable reaction to reality.
Oh, depression definitely exists. It tends to be over-simplified and is too stigmatized, but it most definitely exists. Keep in mind that "depression" is a very general spectrum disorder with many different forms. Saying someone has depression is a bit like saying "they're sick"; but they could have the common cold, flu, COVID-19, ect.It's worth noting that there are people out there with what I'll call "inexplicable depression". In other words, ev
There are a lot of people suffering of depression, I don't think that what you implied there is valid.
> Not sure why you got downvoted...Depressed people tend to discount all explanations that start with "it's only in your head." Right or wrong. I'm just pointing it out.
Maybe don't insult people whose experience with depression is not exactly the same as yours?
It's unlikely to have been a temporary problem. Depression is pervasive, all encompasing, and, seemingly, far outside your expreiences to have made such an uninformed comment.