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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you can get yourself to exercise on a regular basis, you're not that depressed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It’s almost like depression doesn’t affect everyone the same

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Depression effects different people in different ways and this No True Scotsman BS ends up with people who exercise regularly not seeking help. I knew a man who exercised every single day and hanged himself at 37.

Not everyone's depression takes the form of "can't get out of bed."

[–] starman2112 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is an awful mindset that prevents people from seeking help they need. The only prerequisite to having depression is having depression. If you can keep up a daily routine, that's good, but it doesn't mean you don't have depression.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The idea that you can just exercise yourself out of depression can make people suicidal. They think if other depressed people can do it and I can't, then I'm hopeless. The reality is that depression can be minor or severe and those are such wildly different experiences they might as well be different disorders.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had awful depression years ago, and to be honest, even if someone's lying about being depressed to cheat someone out of money, I'd rather that than them being depressed. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.