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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi
I don't know. I'm just trying to understand this since my dear friend is going through depression right now. Not even sure if "going through" is the right terminology.
My instincts are just screaming at me: "yeah, we've all got problems, but that doesn't keep everyone in bed. It's like that scene in Talladega Nights..."
Of course I would never say this to my friend, but I can't how I feel. I guess that's the difference. I choose not to say what I feel. I exercise my willpower of my natural desires. Why can't people with depression exercise their willpower over their desire to stay in bed?
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Being depressed is like having part of your mind turned off. Your distress at life becomes so acute that your ability to care is kind of switched off as a survival mechanism so you can be alive without flinging yourself off of a building. Long term depression can mean that becomes permanent so that you feel like a ghost staring at your fading soul desperately trying to figure out how it works before it's gone.