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Originally Posted by pwnsall
Is there any merit/logic/study that talking about depression, at least in some framing, can make it worse?
For instance reading this thread made me slightly sadder (don't have depression afaik).
Maybe it's somewhat comforting during times you are depressed but times you are feeling ok you'd rather ignore it?
Maybe people don't want to talk about it because it is sad?
Depression is not sadness. This is incredibly hard to understand unless you've been depressed. Depression is a constant weight on your shoulders that affects everything you do. It's a state that has to be worked on for a long time and requires major change in your life, either mind or body, in order to be affected.
I think of depression as kind of your body's climate change. It doesn't make you sad just like climate change doesn't make the world hot all the time, but on average you're going to tend towards sadness and being more miserable. And if it gets bad enough, you stop experiencing those better emotions completely.