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Re:In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers ... by Aerroon on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:29PM (#26629099)
My theory is that any kind of strong mental effect can, but not necessarily will, help with depression. Be that very strong emotions, drugs, ECT, exercise etc. The trouble is that depression itself makes a person less likely to want to try these.
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Re:In the deepest despair, electroconvulsive therapy offers ... by adwi on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @09:31AM (#26634389)
I think that last part is a really important point; lots of talk here about logical solutions to the problem but depression isn’t logical. You may rationally know daily exercise could be as effective as your meds, but finding that motivation when you can’t get out of bed is a large gulf to cross.
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