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by esperent
784 days ago
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It's a good idea and one I've considered myself - and it is true that over the last few years for several reasons (running a business, living in the tropics where it's pushing 40C much of the year) I don't build real things as much as I used to. I do miss that, and I do identify it as a contributing factor. However, one thing I'm sure of is that there are many contributing factors, and any reductive attempt to fix depression (just do a keto diet, just build things, just get more exercise) is not gonna be a solution. Besides, in a deep depression, these are likely to be close to impossible. The best initial solution, as per modern scientific research, is CBT therapy and/or antidepressants. Next step is to bring joy and health back into your life - exercise, socialize, healthy diet, build things etc. The third step is to figure out what went wrong and what's needed to fix it. You can and should do all of these concurrently - although it's probably a good idea to hold off on the last one until you've retrained yourself, or used drugs, to have a positive mindset - but the first step is the one that's needed to kick things off. |
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Very much agree.
Lately I've been wondering if depression is nature's way of forcing us to leave behind our current ways of thinking and grow a new neural shell: https://breckyunits.com/doHumanBrainsMolt.html
Lobsters act depressed during molting. It's a painful process. Even if they are comfortable in their current shell, nature does not give them a choice. Proteins escalate, and they must molt. This goes on for their entire lives. I wonder if we will discover a similar mechanism in human brains.