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You have perspective People who are suffering from clinical depression may not have. The pain will be the same irrespective of their position in society. I kn

• lutusp 12y ago
  > You have perspective. People who are suffering from clinical depression may not have. You're using "perspective" in an unclear way here, as though it means optimism or a long view. In fact, studies show that depressed people often have better, more accurate, perceptions of reality than non-depressed people. This state of being even has an associated theory or school of thought: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism Quote: "Although depressed individuals are thought to have a negative cognitive bias that results in recurrent, negative automatic thoughts, maladaptive behaviors, and dysfunctional world beliefs,[2][3][4] depressive realism argues not only that this negativity may reflect a more accurate appraisal of the world but also that non-depressed individuals’ appraisals are positively biased." If this idea turns out to have scientific merit (which it doesn't at the moment), I would find that depressing.