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Anonymous Sun 07 Feb 23:37:43 2021 No.12679559 View Reply Original Report

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Is depression an actual chemical imbalance, or is it just a sad feeling that eventually fades away and can comeback whenever, like happiness for instance?
t. Never had depression

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Anonymous Sun 07 Feb 2021 23:44:06 No.12679587 Report

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>>12679559
is happiness a feeling?

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Anonymous Sun 07 Feb 2021 23:47:06 No.12679595 Report

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If it's major depressive disorder yes it's a chemical imbalance. If it's "depression" used colloquially most of the time it's a normal emotional neural pathway response.

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Anonymous Sun 07 Feb 2021 23:51:02 No.12679608 Report

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Not a doctor but I feel like the term 'Depression' is applied by the pseudoscientific psychologists (but I suppose medical doctors too, who arent exactly familiar with how science works) to a vast range of conditions of the brain (whether a chemical imbalance or some other structural condition) that have common symptoms. I do not think it's 1 disease/condition...A 'sad' feeling has a biological basis too....but what distinguishes that from depression? I suppose its the length of time?

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 00:12:51 No.12679672 Report

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Both. Some instances of depression are purely biochemical (usually in women) and need to be medicated away. Others are survival mechanisms to reduce sensory input. It's like reverse autism. Personally, I subscribe to the Behavior Shutdown Model
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_approaches_to_depression#Behavioral_shutdown_model
Though here's a recent article from December on the merits of viewing depression as a survival mechanism.
>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202012/we-ve-got-depression-all-wrong-it-s-trying-save-us

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Anonymous Mon 08 Feb 2021 01:42:29 No.12679909 Report

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Somebody is depressive when he's often sad.

It's not chemical imbalance, it's that his life sucks, and brain reacts how it should.

Then psychologist force you into pills, to cope, with something totally meaningless and your life loose a value, because you cope and not fight for brighter future.

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