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I'm not scientific about it (n=1, after all), but I've realized from my own diagnosis and coming out of it that depression is a complex abstraction: 1. Reactio

I'm not scientific about it (n=1, after all), but I've realized from my own diagnosis and coming out of it that depression is a complex abstraction: 1. Reactionary primary emotion (e.g., shock, surprise, confusion) 2. Add the perception of injustice to create the secondary emotion of anger 3. Have anger directed toward meeting an unmet need 4. Give hopelessness about attaining that unmet need 5. END IF nothing gives that hope to meet that need that the anger was directed toward edit: fayled at phormatting

IceMetalPunk 4y ago
In my own struggles with depression, I can't really pinpoint any anger/injustice most of the time. It's more just "anxiety leads to inaction leads to ruined or missed opportunities leads to insecurity and low self esteem leads to hopelessness leads to 'why bother-ism'." Then again, my depression is comorbid with an anxiety disorder, so perhaps it's different from someone who has only the depression shrug
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago
  Beautifully put. I think this is very interesting to contrast with the also-well-put GP commenter. Different flavors of sadness.