If you don’t then you’re either not paying attention or something is wrong with you. The correct response to the state of the world is depression and anxiety
One of the more depressing bits or research related to this. When estimating, “normal” people are excessively optimistic (aka rose tinted glasses). Depressed people were a lot more accurate in their estimates.
It turns out we need those blinkers to not tear ourselves to pieces over the state of things.
The assholes and monsters in power depends on those blinders to get away with their shit. The fact that the Orange Jackass got elected again is all the proof you need of that.
Being depressed and being anxious are not the same thing as the medical conditions known colloquially as “depression” and “anxiety”.
Equivocating the two is part of the reason mental health treatment is stigmatized, and is what causes dangerously-dismissive statements like “he can’t have depression, he has a good life”.
This is true, though most people asked that in a casual doctor’s appointment aren’t actually equipped to delve into that nuance.
Of course, that “no” is the way to extend the conversation to dig a bit deeper. The last thing someone suffering with the conditions needs is for someone to optimistically assume “normal” and brush a potential sign of trouble under the rug as ‘normal’. Maybe after a bit more digging it’s clear it’s just reasonable sadness or nervousness versus something deeper, like a seeming inability to feel pleasure or happiness.
I don’t necessarily view it as you saying people should kill themselves. Maybe black pill isn’t as generic of a term as I thought it was and people only heavily associate with incel stuff.
The correct response to the state of the world is depression and anxiety
To me this just reeks of the “there is no hope” type of rhetoric. Things are awful, I’m not saying they’re super cool, and I don’t have false impressions of things getting better soon, but giving up is what they want.
If you don’t then you’re either not paying attention or something is wrong with you. The correct response to the state of the world is depression and anxiety
One of the more depressing bits or research related to this. When estimating, “normal” people are excessively optimistic (aka rose tinted glasses). Depressed people were a lot more accurate in their estimates.
It turns out we need those blinkers to not tear ourselves to pieces over the state of things.
The assholes and monsters in power depends on those blinders to get away with their shit. The fact that the Orange Jackass got elected again is all the proof you need of that.
Being depressed and being anxious are not the same thing as the medical conditions known colloquially as “depression” and “anxiety”.
Equivocating the two is part of the reason mental health treatment is stigmatized, and is what causes dangerously-dismissive statements like “he can’t have depression, he has a good life”.
This is true, though most people asked that in a casual doctor’s appointment aren’t actually equipped to delve into that nuance.
Of course, that “no” is the way to extend the conversation to dig a bit deeper. The last thing someone suffering with the conditions needs is for someone to optimistically assume “normal” and brush a potential sign of trouble under the rug as ‘normal’. Maybe after a bit more digging it’s clear it’s just reasonable sadness or nervousness versus something deeper, like a seeming inability to feel pleasure or happiness.
I don’t fall for black pill propaganda.
What does that even mean?
https://incels.wiki/w/Blackpill
basically “there’s no hope and I’m not willing to work on change, so we should just all kill ourselves already”
I don’t think that’s what I said though. Pretty big leap to make. idk
I don’t necessarily view it as you saying people should kill themselves. Maybe black pill isn’t as generic of a term as I thought it was and people only heavily associate with incel stuff.
To me this just reeks of the “there is no hope” type of rhetoric. Things are awful, I’m not saying they’re super cool, and I don’t have false impressions of things getting better soon, but giving up is what they want.
Could be others are better at dealing with stuff
Dont break their illusion.
The correct response is anger. Depression and anxiety are the socially acceptable responses left when we’re conditioned to avoid anger at every turn.