Is my condition actually an illness, or is it an adaptation, really? — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
, as I don't usually talk to other people. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
I find myself observing, and also not doing it, which makes me think: Is my condition actually an illness, or is it an adaptation, really? — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
symptoms are very often adaptations to pathogens — unenlightened
Why not? — EugeneW
I had a fair share of all and they are just reactions of the lightning-shaped chaotic brain to the linear environment it's pushed in. — EugeneW
"Well, if I kill myself, something really cool will happen a few days later like aliens will visit us or something and I will f****** MISS IT" — universeness
Why so many people are depressed? Sign of the times. — EugeneW
Normal people are damn boring. — dimosthenis9
Boring,' is not a label that should ever be applied objectively to any individual or group. 'Boring,' is always a subjective label and is nothing more than a circumstantial opinion. I — universeness
When I think about that, I just remember the things I like about being alive, like being able to drink water and pet dogs. I also have very ambitious vices as everyone else, but I would not change the first two for anything. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
When I think about that, I just remember the things I like about being alive, like being able to drink water and pet dogs — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
Sure it is. My personal opinion and nothing else — dimosthenis9
I don't talk to other people because I'm a very solitaire person. This can be but I think is not the reason for my depression, although may have worsen my ability to understand it. I'm just not good at making friends in the real, "Physical" world. And as I don't usually do, I also lack most of the "Social abilities", so to speak. However that is not important to me. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
depression is an adaptation to traumatic experiences. This is actually in line with physical illnesses to a large extent, in the sense that symptoms are very often adaptations to pathogens - coughing, raised temperature, and so on. — unenlightened
Severe clinical depression simply happens. Someone can be living a very happy and productive life then suddenly, for no psychological reason, they become depressed. — I like sushi
I also have very ambitious vices as everyone else — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
For instance , withdrawing from social situations is an adaptation that protects one from being exposed to painful reminders of one’s loss of competence, and situations which may even deepen the feelings of worthlessness. — Joshs
Do you think something like 'that's just who I am and who I choose to be and I am perfectly happy with the advantages of being a more 'solitary' person,' or 'I accept these as shortfalls and I have tried to combat this but I have been unable to, I would like to be less solitary,' or 'I suffer from SAD, social anxiety disorder' Do you think that named medically recognised conditions such as SAD help or do you think they are medically contrived for the sake of political correctness? — universeness
What evidence? — I like sushi
Well... I have always refused any kind of drugs and I stand on my position. I prefer this to kill me rather than alter my brain. — ithinkthereforeidontgiveaf
Turn it into something else - music, art, drinking water and patting the dog as has been mentioned. — Cuthbert
the horrible antinatalists — universeness
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