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Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by Trasmatta on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:00PM (#31029714)
> Honestly depressed people can't get shit done as you do, I live with somebody with it and they can't wake up, have a business or deal with commitments as you've done, to me it seems you are mostly sad because you want to always be on a peak, winning, sort of like a cocaine addict, hence my earlier comment about addiction

This isn't true, depression has a pretty wide spectrum, and some depressed people are fairly high functioning. There are vast differences in severity, and it also surfaces differently in different people.

Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by WHA8m on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:51PM (#31030559)
Yes, but every depressed human will eventually break because of that. No way you're getting trough with that - given, the 'highly functioning' is a displacement for your depression. They have been depressed before, but afterwards it'll be much more apparent (and urgent).
Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by thiago_fm on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:41PM (#31032275)
Are you a psychiatrist?
Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by Trasmatta on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:12PM (#31032646)
Nope, but I've been diagnosed with mild to moderate depression for the past 16 years.

You don't need to be a psychiatrist to know that depression doesn't always surface in the way you described.