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zeroniusrex t1_ixtny0v wrote

Andrew Solomon said in a TED talk that the opposite of depression isn't happiness, but vitality. That stuck with me for how true it feels to me.

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[deleted] t1_ixty3wt wrote

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indiefatiguable t1_ixurzx1 wrote

I think depression and resilience go hand in hand more than being opposites. It takes an enormous amount of resilience to keep going through the motions of life when everything seems pointless and impossible.

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raginghappy t1_ixxpr4w wrote

>It takes an enormous amount of resilience to keep going through the motions of life when everything seems pointless and impossible.

Or fake ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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