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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by iak8god on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:18PM (#13367976)
> If everything was going well (including your own health), you would not be depressed.

This is tautological, and hence true, but an uninteresting point. Just pretend it says "... Depression is when you feel down even when all is going well except of course for the disorder in your brain."

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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by ZeroFries on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @02:58PM (#13368375)
No, I'm saying depression is when you feel down but cannot account for the cause.

- Depression is when you feel down even when all is going well except of course for the disorder in your brain."

I'm saying this is not a possible situation. The disorder is a result of things not going well, including your own physical health.

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Re:When You Are Depressed, Make Something by iak8god on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @04:50PM (#13369441)
Oh. Well, no, that's not what depression is. That's what sometimes causes people who are not clinically depressed to say "I'm depressed about X," but that's not what depression is.
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