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do you know that depression is a real disease and not some frame of mind you can choose to be in or excuse at will? i get the point of your post but the termino
by thesimpsons1022 10y ago
do you know that depression is a real disease and not some frame of mind you can choose to be in or excuse at will? i get the point of your post but the terminology is really wrong.
- striking 10y agoFrom Wikipedia: > A DSM diagnosis distinguishes an episode (or 'state') of depression from the habitual (or 'trait') depressive symptoms someone can experience as part of their personality. Depressive mood != depressive disorder. The terminology isn't wrong.
- thesimpsons1022 10y agoperhaps. but the original article was talking about actual depressed people.
- samirillian 10y agoFair point. The research was already mixing philosophy with psychology, so I just ran with it.
- dgreensp 10y agoI read "optimal strategy" as slightly tongue-in-cheek, considering we don't have direct control over our moods.