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by johnchristopher
1803 days ago
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> Of course there are other causes for depression - abuse, neglect, etc. I’m specifically more interested in the depression that comes from having a comfortable life that looks great on paper, yet still results in people saying it is a struggle to wake up and get out of bed every day. This is in direct contradiction with how you started this thread: > Sometimes I wonder if a lot of depression and anxiety in western society (I say western because I don’t know enough about others) is due to life just being too comfortable. It is now my belief you are not arguing in good faith. |
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To break down the full statement:
- “Sometimes I wonder” => this is an explanation/story I’ve thought about; it is one of many models of the world and I have doubts about how applicable it is
- “a lot of” => an amount that is more than negligible but likely less than most (in other words, less than half)
- “in western society” => proposed model/story applies only to a limited western context; implies that this is describing cultural and environmental phenomenon rather than personal failing
- “(I say western because I don’t know enough about others)” => acknowledgment of blind spots and limitations in knowledge generally
- “is due to life just being too comfortable” => core assertion of (theorized) mechanism.
I don’t think there’s any mystery why abuse and trauma create depression; I’m more interested in why people without those problems (like people I know with depression) end up depressed.
I’m not the only one asking these questions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330161/ Of course that study points to a more direct relationship with sedentary lifestyle and isolation, which isn’t an exact fit for the “comfortable western lifestyle” story/model.