this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2025
301 points (91.9% liked)
Political Memes
8676 readers
2924 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
no i have an internal chemical imbalance that causes severe depression and i have to intervene to correct for that, regardless of external circumstances.
the depressing reality stuff just stacks with that.
I want to conduct an experiment.
Like, take a cohort of depressed people who have tried all sorts of medication and therapy with minimal success. Kidnap them in the dead of night, induce a coma so they don't wake up, ween them off their medication, then dump them in the middle of the Amazon rain forest. Pay a native tribe to teach them how to survive for 2 weeks. Then they wake up one morning, and they are just 12 depressed people, alone in the middle of the jungle. My hypothesis is that the stimuli of being in the natural world along with the uncertainty of survival would resolve or at least significantly lessen depression symptoms in almost everyone.
Obviously, wilderness therapy is a thing, and it has been studied and only boasts modest success relative to other interventions. But the limitation here is that wilderness therapy participants know that their stint in the wilderness will eventually end, and that the facilitator will be there to ensure they stay safe and healthy and don't kill themselves. My hypothesis stipulates that having the full visceral weight of ones own mortality available would have anti-depressive effects beyond simple sunshine and fresh air.
Unfortunately, this would be terribly unethical. Damn ethics. Ruining all the fun science.
glad you aren't in charge of any experiments