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Re:What Happens in the Brain to Cause Depression? by umvi on Sunday May 26, 2024 @05:26PM (#40485525)
> I'd rather assume that the lack of a framework to understand the harshness of the world is what makes people go crazy.

I think this is exactly it. And I personally think this and the general decline in mental resilience we see in society is strongly correlated with decline in religion which (for better or for worse, depending on the religion I suppose) does provide exactly such a framework for dealing with the challenges of life with a more "eternal" perspective (i.e. death is not the end, life's challenges are temporary, God has a plan for you, etc).

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Re:What Happens in the Brain to Cause Depression? by devbent on Sunday May 26, 2024 @05:37PM (#40485609)
> And I personally think this and the general decline in mental resilience we see in society is strongly correlated with decline in religion

Explain China, which didn't face any similar problems until this same generation, despite having no religion.

Or how about Japan until recently?

Or any of the ex-Soviet countries.

Something is changing in the world, and it is happening across geographic and cultural boundaries.

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Re:What Happens in the Brain to Cause Depression? by humanfromearth9 on Sunday May 26, 2024 @06:20PM (#40485930)
In-ter-net
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