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>For instance I bet a great swathe of the unemployed would not be depressed if they had a job. I think this is worth a rephrase. Something like: I bet a great
by bluntfang 6y ago
>For instance I bet a great swathe of the unemployed would not be depressed if they had a job.
I think this is worth a rephrase. Something like:
I bet a great swathe of people wouldn't be depressed if they didn't have to trade their time for food and housing tokens.
- podgaj 6y agoI agree, and this is why I say the majority of mood disorders are environmental, even ones as bad as mine.
- nverno 6y agoThat is an unconvincing rephrasing though. The benefits of hard (rewarding?) work to mental health seem obvious [to me subjectively ofc]
- bluntfang 6y agoIt seems you're equating the requirement for a job with hard and rewarding work. What makes you think people won't do hard or rewarding work without the forced incentive of housing? What makes you think most people are doing "hard" and "rewarding" work at their jobs?
- nverno 6y agoincentives drive outcomes- incentives to work cause people people to work [paid or unpaid, for pleasure or profit]. I wasn't making judgements on the reasons we need to work, only taking issue with the idea that working was causing depression.
- JimTheMan 6y agoI suppose I am speaking from experience. I feel no financial pressure but am greatly unhappy after being made redundant. Work gave me purpose that is hard to replace.