How depression works
Feb. 9th, 2015 12:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cosmolinguistElsewhere, a friend relates having been told by someone else "You've had [good thing] and [other good thing] happen, how can you be depressed?
To which I said: Because that's not how depression works, is why. Sheesh. It's a disease. That's like saying "but you're so tall, how can you have eczema?" The two things are just completely unrelated.
To which I said: Because that's not how depression works, is why. Sheesh. It's a disease. That's like saying "but you're so tall, how can you have eczema?" The two things are just completely unrelated.
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Date: 2015-02-09 09:09 pm (UTC)Because that is pretty much one of the clearest indicators of depression-- feeling down or even just 'meh' in the face of things that should objectively make you happy.
Did your friend appreciate your analogy? I liked it. :)
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Date: 2015-02-10 07:35 am (UTC)