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I beleive it is a scam. Every single person I've met who suffered from "depression" had a troubled past, and often a troubled present. Not saying the symptoms
by hirako2000 7y ago
I beleive it is a scam. Every single person I've met who suffered from "depression" had a troubled past, and often a troubled present.
Not saying the symptoms are mild. It's a nasty state to be in. Inability to sleep and concentrate, leading to all sort of physical issues and impossibility to learn and keep a job.
All that being said, the causes are rather clear. Hard to fix. All these pshyco active treatments are judge bandades, anything to keep the brain quiet which in my opinion often aggregates the issue. Dependence, side effects... A person is not depressed but doesn't have its full brain capacity.
It would be valuable if clinical consultants converted to social workers to help patients address the root causes instead of prescribing medications and whatnot. Thing is, it doesn't sell that well and isn't covered by your insurance. Medics and therapy sessions are.
- pickdenis 7y agoSee, I don't like calling it a "scam" because that implies malice. Hanlon's razor may apply here. "Depression" is our modern analogue of "hysteria" in the past; a blanket term for a wide variety of poorly understood diseases. The medical establishment's strange resistance to exploring gut flora and inflammation as a cause of these kinds of diseases, on the other hand, is something I might call a scam.
- markroseman 7y agoHave met lots of people who are depressed and don't have a troubled past or present. Your descriptions of etiologies, how medications function and help, etc. are simplistic and ignorant at best. My opinion of your opinion is not high, but luckily that's not a good basis for judgment.
- varjag 7y agoThere seem to be no shortage of people on HN who confuse clinical depression with some kind of angst or broodiness.