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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by thesimpsons1022 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:47PM (#13117674)
do you know that depression is a real disease and not some frame of mind you can choose to be in or excuse at will? i get the point of your post but the terminology is really wrong.
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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by striking on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:57PM (#13117754)
From Wikipedia:

> A DSM diagnosis distinguishes an episode (or 'state') of depression from the habitual (or 'trait') depressive symptoms someone can experience as part of their personality.

Depressive mood != depressive disorder. The terminology isn't wrong.

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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by thesimpsons1022 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:27PM (#13119183)
perhaps. but the original article was talking about actual depressed people.
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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by samirillian on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @03:11PM (#13117859)
Fair point. The research was already mixing philosophy with psychology, so I just ran with it.
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Re:The sad truth about depressive realism (2006) [pdf] by dgreensp on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @11:40PM (#13120517)
I read "optimal strategy" as slightly tongue-in-cheek, considering we don't have direct control over our moods.
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