Arman asked [From the HBO series "The Sopranos"] "Depre…

I mean, that probably resonates with some people. I'm not the only person to have ever been depressed.

Since depression may be described as absence of feeling, I can understand why someone may sort of come to believe their depression was a response to excessive negative feeling(s). Like if you remember being a very angry person, and then in the apathy of your depression you aren't, then you maybe in some way think depression was a coping mechanism. You know, if those feelings were (in your memory at least) as exhausting as rage or some kind of distress.

I think that isn't a great idea to try to validate in media, because I think it could easily contribute to someone's decision not to actually recognize depression as a problem. Because they believe that to do this would only make things worse in some way.

nefarious yeets · 11mo

I think rage can be a manifestation of depression but I wouldn't say that's the defining characteristic of it

Teo · 11mo

Lots of things can bring on depression: giving birth; chronic pain; traumatic life events; unhappiness with your situation; maybe even rage turned inwards. But clinical depression is a whole other ballgame.

Penelope · 11mo

Disagree, rage is energetic. Depression is the opposite to energetic... it's like a quagmire of numbness.

Pandy · 11mo

It could very well be. I can definitely see that and have felt that myself. It is also so much more. It’s not that simple to define.

LaDamaX · 11mo

It's a failure.

Burger Queen · 11mo

That description fits only half of the cases of depression.

Kate Matsuda · 11mo

No, I think a writer just thought that sounded cool - my experience with depression is that it's...nothing - not sad, just empty, and certainly not rage

Sean ⚡🤖 · 11mo

I don't know, maybe it could be a cause of depression, but I wouldn't say that's what depression is all the time or by definition or even most of the time. Depression is when you lack the context for happiness, whether environmentally, psychologically, or neurochemically.

inhahe · 11mo

Disagree.

Arman · 10 answers · 11mo