The role depression plays

Capital_Recognition · 2019-10-15T11:45:58+00:00

Depression mainly begins when frustration becomes so played out, that you give up.

It is the result of continuous anger, over a long period of time. The anger, of course, comes from a feeling of continued powerlessness. Then, you end up depressed after too much of this. It is you thinking you are essentially boxed in by whatever your problem is. That is when the depression hits.

You are in control of your life, yes. You can stop this in most instances if you're proactive in understanding your situation and in changing your path as a result. However, there can be chemical imbalances. But, those usually occur due to severe life trauma, or genetic factors at birth. If someone becomes depressed later in life, or due to one of these events, as long as they're proactive, they can change it by themselves and without intervention in most instances. Diet, sleep, and exercise play a major role in those who do have genetic chemical imbalances. Those that do... well, you would have noticed this since their childhood anyway.

thrwy75479 · 2019-10-15T12:02:11+00:00

One writer suggests in a talk that "depression is a signal that our deepest needs are not being met."

Given your daughter's age, and the importance of socializing, perhaps she feels lonely because she's excluded from social groups.

Hari has a book that goes more into it. Note that I haven't read the book, nor am I endorsing it.

It's simply another perspective on an issue your daughter may be facing, and that is a growing concern worldwide.

Redditgoodaccount · 2019-10-15T13:25:04+00:00

Depression can come from chemical reasons that's why you MUST have her checked by a doctor.

3gm22 · 2019-10-15T18:15:53+00:00

I have read, and agree, that depression is an illness of the past (and anxiety is of the future). We get caught in the past when we have trauma, even things like breakups, deaths, divorces, scandals, not necessarily physical trauma. Sometimes it is because we have low esteem, sometimes we tie our self-worth to our negative experiences, and we are unable to overcome these negative thought patterns and associations. If it gets bad, its a PTSD thing. A sure sign in ruminating, and failing to pursue what would be closure for these things, because they are too painful to physically do anything about them.

As individuals, we need to root our identity in something constant. That used to be the unconditional love of a mother and father. Not so much these days, as the family unit is constantly under attack and is being dismantled.

When coming back from these cases of mental illness, many people choose a place or hobby, free of distraction, where they can be at peace with their own thoughts. Nature makes for a great battery charger in that regards. It allows us to understand our existentialism, how temporal and transitory life is.

In your example, you made your self-improvement the sanctuary from which you redefined yourself. You loved who you are enough to make those changes. Many can not do that,they are damaged and nee mending to get there.

Depression is a choice, but not one we necessarily make. We, for many reasons, are unequipped to see, to understand, and to act on things that have happened to use. We "fall" into depression usually as a result of preexisting mental weaknesses resulting from immature and unsound thought processes, and even an erroneous understanding of our emotions as they relate to our experiences. Until we fix those thoughts and understand reality from a more wise perspective, it feels impossible to break free. In the worst cases, you experience existential depression, where you would rather die than continue the pain. That is where a good support system is paramount. That is where being exposed to goodness can save a person.

My incomplete opinion is that we live in a society now where men are not taken care of. We are thrown away in youth, in marriage, in courts of law, and by the people we trust the most. This has created a generation of men with very little self worth, or "beta". It is more complicated than this, but I think this is the best summary I can come up with.

Incels are a situation where single people fail to see the beauty in others, where we have been so cut off from being able to appreciate and show affection to others, because our standards are so unrealistically high. Its almost like all people mostly care about is their comfort/ money isn't it?? Incels are a creation of the toxic feminist agenda that has not resulted in an egalitarian society, but rather, has marginalized all the gender-specific contributions and beauty of the male sex.

Title	The role depression plays
Author	Musicgoon
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Date	October 15, 2019 11:13 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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