what do you think about people who take pills to make themselves better and what things could people say or do to help their parents/girlfriend/boyfriend/friend/bestfriend.

because I am struggling with to help my girlfriend and im a just wondering what I can do to help because I feel like im worthless and I don’t know what to do when she is crying her eyes out.

because I love my girlfriend so so so much I really do and want to make her happy but I really don’t know what to do or say.

thank you looking forward to your reply

james franko.

I was just wondering wether you take into count how many teenagers try to end there life because I know with friends and family being on that kind of state of mind , and also im doing a project for my school project , I would like to know wether in the last 10 years the rate od diagnosed deppersion has been raised, and secondly do you think that being depressed or suffering with depression is a state of mind , a disease or a trend because I know that people think that suffering with depression is a trend and to make them seem cool what do you think about that ?

And if it turns out the hygiene hypothesis is correct? Or (unlikely) there is some pathogenic trigger?

It’s quite amazing you know where to look for the cure, considering people don’t even know the cause.

Hey guys, no need to figure out alzheimers. I’m sure if those people just ate better and had more meaningful lives it wouldn’t happen.

What worries me, frankly, is that some naive parent will think your services are all their kid needs to “get over” their depression.

It’s funny, people never see the schizophrenic screaming at invisible people and say “you know, if only that person had eaten right and had their spiritual priorities straight, they wouldn’t be arguing with a giant purple cat right now”

Well maybe in less advanced religious societies.

Your opinion is idiotic and harmful. As above, “views” don’t matter. This is like saying “people who are overheating don’t need to cool down, they just need to change their views about temperature.”

Or saying to a person who just had six shots of vodka, “you can drive, just choose not to be drunk.”

Or saying to someone who is paralyzed from the waist down that they should simply choose to walk.

It is endlessly frustrating that still, with so much more awareness, people insist on holding onto their myths of cartesian dualism, where some magic outside self can simply repair non-functioning parts of the physical brain.

“I think everyone naturally goes through some depression at one point or another in their lives– does this mean that they need to be on antidepressants? I don’t think so.”

Sigh. There is a great deal of confusion with the word “depression” and how people who have never experienced it perceive it. I do think part of the problem is over-diagnosis, leading to confusion amongst people.

But, no, people do not naturally go through depression. It is not the same thing as being sad, or in a bad mood.

The easiest way to understand this for depression-naive people: If it’s “about” something, it’s not depression. Depression isn’t about anything. As in, changes in external circumstances are irrelevant (baring super extreme circumstances, like a preference not to be tortured)

That’s not to say depression isn’t a real thing. I just think they hand out these mind altering medications all too readily.