[nikivi]

Once was depressed in university so wrote this on happiness. Helps me to look back on. One 'good' thing about depression is it gives you a reference point of how bad it can get.

Sadly what solved the depression for me was an external event (getting out of uni and getting a job).

https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/life/happiness

[foobiekr]

Why is that sad? Situational depression is the best of many bad options as it’s the case where a badly needed change can actually have outsized impact.

[nikivi]

By sad I meant that the solution was mostly out of my control. Pure chance that it happened.

[darkerside]

> mostly out of my control

Seems like it would be totally in your control to leave school and start working. Remember that for next time you find yourself "trapped".

[xhrpost]

The general advice given is that everyone wants to change their circumstances when they're unhappy but supposedly our circumstances only account for 10% of our happiness with 50% being genetics and 40% behavior. So everyone tells you stop trying to change your circumstances and change your behavior instead. So, the OPs experience 'sadly' doesn't fit the formal recommendation.

[papeda]

> supposedly our circumstances only account for 10% of our happiness with 50% being genetics and 40% behavior

Do you have a reference for these figures? 50% genetics seems high.