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For every one of these anecdotes, there's another where the kid has a great childhood and school experience but still ends up depressed. Or one that is severely
by TaupeRanger 4y ago
For every one of these anecdotes, there's another where the kid has a great childhood and school experience but still ends up depressed. Or one that is severely bullied but ended up enlightened and happy. Psychiatrists can come up with whatever post hoc explanations they want, but as you said, it's multifactorial, and therefore does not admit simple explanations.
- jakeinspace 4y agoYeah, I'd fit in that camp. I don't think I've got any repressed childhood trauma hiding under 20 layers, ready for a psychiatrist to uncover, I'm just sad. There are good days and bad.
- likeabbas 4y agoAnyone can succumb to depression. I was giving my experience as an example to show that it’s important for people to understand why they are depressed, and that psychiatry may help you find the reason.
- TaupeRanger 4y agoMy point is that you don't know if psychiatry actually gave you the reason. It may actually have nothing to do with that.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThe link between childhood abuse and neglect and mental illness like depression is well documented.