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by formulaT 11y ago
White males being raped in prison does not figure very high in the liberal agenda. The prison rape elimination act was a result of lobbying by conservative and Christian groups.
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by formulaT 11y ago
I used the term physical as a quote from the author, who also used in quotes (hence the python style quotes in my post). But "physical" somewhat captures the medical view on depression, as something distinct from the ordinary spec
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by formulaT 11y ago
Other people in this thread have claimed, based on their own experience, that severe depression is nothing like sadness. So for me it's useful to see both sides (I'm not discounting either). It seems a bit one sided for you to c
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by formulaT 11y ago
In my experience, if there is something that is troubling or upsetting for me, I can tend to engage in distracting activities or thoughts so I don't have to think about it. This seems like a less extreme version of becoming emotionall
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by formulaT 11y ago
The main point is that there are a number of different axes along which "severe", "major" or "clinical" depression is said to differ from ordinary sadness, and that the qualitative distinction is used to justif
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by formulaT 11y ago
I disagree that because depression has these qualities that it cannot be thought of as extreme sadness. I think that human experience and emotions are complex, and that for various reasons, extremes of unhappiness may result in these sympt
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by formulaT 11y ago
While I don't hold strong opinions against the Fed's policies in general, I think there is legitimate cause for concern here. The Fed and mainstream economists argued that they really didn't want to bail out the entire financ
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by formulaT 11y ago
I'm glad that someone is challenging what the author calls the 'medical "physical" theory of depression/anxiety', although it's unfortunate that the only way to do this is to use another progressive narrat