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0 pointspitaj7y ago0 comments

I may be wrong, but this how I understand it:

Depression is not hopelessness. It is not sadness. It is not unhappiness.

Depression is a chemical state in the brain which leads to lower general emotion levels. Depression is when you feel nothing. Depressed people may self-harm to "feel something".

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nixme7y ago

I'm not sure it helps to describe depression as a chemical state. Happiness and sadness are also "chemical" states.

nucleardog7y ago

It's helpful in that it's telling what it isn't.

Depression isn't just an error of thought. It's not a lack of understanding about how great your life really is. It's a hardware error causing the software to malfunction.

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