tl;dr... * sharing/talking is helpful if you have bipolar depression or any depression... [googles bipolar depression.... "The depression that people with bip

tl;dr... * sharing/talking is helpful if you have bipolar depression or any depression... [googles bipolar depression.... "The depression that people with bipolar disorder experience is generally of a melancholic or psychotic type and therefore more biological in its nature"] Biological depression? I gotta say that's hard to swallow. But anyway back to the talk... * Best cure: Get a beautiful wife (he shows picture of wife) and * Get good meds. Get therapist or doctor to advise and supply you the meds, don't just order a bunch and start munching. Well that's advice I suppose, if a bit unusual. He quotes Swartz with the "not even fresh air helps" thing, which is arguable. Getting out and lungs working and body moving is almost always a good thing. Physical attention helps to attract the beautiful partner which is the ultimate cure apparently. So in the end, there's no reason why depressed techies can't chess-move their way out of whatever holes they're in. Personally I can't help doubting depression as an illness. It could instead be some sort of ego malfunction. Something about self-expectations vs realities, the vast difference growing between those, acting as a crushing force, keeping you in bed. You've tipped your own chemical balance with your own free will though. That's why the meds work, because they tip the balance back and you follow/float along, until it all starts again (pending intervention/kick in pants by wife/partner).