> A habit of lying, for example, can contribute to depression and anxiety. Denial of truths that we'd rather not face can become expressed as obsessive-compulsi

> A habit of lying, for example, can contribute to depression and anxiety. Denial of truths that we'd rather not face can become expressed as obsessive-compulsive disorders. A hedonistic lifestyle can negatively impact cognition and lead to monomania. I don't really know if any of these are true and I don't understand the correlation of these things. I don't know what correlates lying with depression and anxiety, partially because I know liars who aren't depressed or anxious, liars who are depressed or anxious, and don't know how their lying has a causal factor to anything. This also goes on for hedonistic lifestyles- I've seen depressed dropouts drowning in hedonism and I've seen ultra-wealthy hedonistic celebrities and I don't understand the correlation or causation you're trying to make. Can you please clarify this point? I genuinely don't understand this because it doesn't match my model of reality, which doesn't show any apparent correlations of generic character flaws (such as lying a lot) with specific mood disorders (like generalized anxiety).