Robert Sapolsky: “Depression is the worst disease you can get” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc&t=1m7s … “If I had to define major depression in one sentence, I would say, it's a biochemical disorder with a genetic component, & early experience influences, where somebody can't appreciate sunsets”https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/950762948837994499 …
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I think he uses that to emphasize when one has other kinds of illness, one may change one's priority and begin to cherish what one already owned, but when one has depression, one may even lose the motivation to change and the ability to cherish.
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It's not the worst because there are other diseases that would trigger depression. It does have a way out, but it's also very easy to get into that state again. And I do think it has biological causes because it's partly inheritable. I have exactly the same symptoms as my father.
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