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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:09PM (#15402033)
I didn't want to be too negative. My point is that it's really hard to distinguish between truly unselfish behavior and non-assertiveness or passive-aggressive behavior. Selfish behavior seems easier to identify.
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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by KirinDave on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:36PM (#15402296)
Why is that observation important to the discussion at hand?
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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:44PM (#15402407)
Because people who think of themselves as unselfish but are just passive may get depressed because they never get their way. For example people may be unhappy with their pay but are afraid to ask for more.
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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by KirinDave on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:07PM (#15404089)
That's not even remotely with the subject of the conversation was. It's not the subject or germane to the paper linked at hand. Could we please not politicize this?
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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by maxxxxx on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @04:40PM (#15404410)
Just curious: What was the discussion about?
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