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Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by theonemind on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:15AM (#28499676)
> if they would have preferred to have never been born in the first place—that’s not a healthy or normal reaction, but rather, near-suicidal depression

This is a common misconception, and completely incorrect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism . This is a possible valid philosophical judgment that implies nothing about depression.

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Re:Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes by philwelch on Sunday September 12, 2021 @01:28PM (#28503039)
No, it’s a cognitive distortion associated with depression that some people have rationalized into a philosophical judgment, because it’s easier for some people to do that than to actually address the level of depression and misanthropy that they suffer from.
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