> Good advice for the mildly or maybe even moderately depressed, but for severely depressed people telling them to "just do it" is much like telling them to "ju

> Good advice for the mildly or maybe even moderately depressed, but for severely depressed people telling them to "just do it" is much like telling them to "just get over it", like telling a person with an eating disorder just eat better, or telling an alcoholic not to drink. At least wrt clinical depression-- there's a lecture by Robert Sapolsky where he makes the analogy to telling a diabetic to just will their body into producing more insulin.