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cbbuntz t1_iwsbsom wrote

I didn't think that was ever the theory. I just heard that depressed people are more likely to accept bad news. Maybe that's just how I took it.

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iamwell t1_iwsbg1k wrote

Dammit, how can I go on?

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CaveatRumptor t1_iwsbgd2 wrote

The first study happened at around the same time as the beginnings of the revival of Stoicism as a practical philosophy in California.

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WaytoomanyUIDs t1_iwu6ojo wrote

No shit, depression can happen to anyone.

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vineyardmike t1_iwt60w1 wrote

No shit Sherlock!

My dad was an optimist. I love him but he had no sense of reality.

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rAbBITwILdeBBB t1_iwtws4h wrote

Yea, romanticize depression! That's not the leading cause of depression or anything.

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TricksterWolf t1_iwvgg7j wrote

No, that is not a theory. That is an insulting hypothesis with poor support.

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Ok_Discipline_5026 t1_iwsmy3f wrote

Depression in Canada can get you a suicide by government assistance. Makes you wonder how long before psychiatrists there just offer that as another option out

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