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Having fought depressions myself, I recognize the pattern of "depressives talking bullshit". In depressive episodes your mind believes strongly in how hopeless
by bayesian_horse 7y ago
Having fought depressions myself, I recognize the pattern of "depressives talking bullshit".
In depressive episodes your mind believes strongly in how hopeless your situation is. When people challenge that conviction, you'll only come up with more reasons, no matter how hare-brained or even psychotic at times. It's just the way it works...
- belorn 7y agoParent did not mention the word depression, so I do not want to comment on their story, but I want to comment that major depression does have well documented symptoms of transient mental state where delusions and hallucinations feeds into depression. If I remember right from Robert Sapolsky, the mind is creating a plausible explanation for its current state, which is a thing the mind actually does for everyone, but with major depression it becomes quite extreme. It is not something a person can "snapp out" of or be talked into to see things rational. Robert Sapolsky see depression as mostly a biological condition with biological causes, and a common quote from his is that we don't tell people with diabetes to just get over it and start producing insulin.
- bayesian_horse 7y agoWell, if she is supervised for a few days in order to avoid suicide, and tries to convince everybody how bad her situation is, "depression" of one form or another is a pretty good bet. I don't think there even is an alternative explanation for recurring episodes like that.