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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
incidentally this kind of thing is why i don’t think “depression” and “anxiety” are really separate anymore. seems to me there’s ~1 thing, and depression is when you have that thing + can easily avoid situations that trigger you, and anxiety is when you have that thing + can’t
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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an individual unconscious contract in isolation can seem heroic or noble. i still want to treat other people better than my father treated me the problem, and the connection with depression, is when you accumulate so many "avoid at ALL COSTS" that no actions feel possible
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Kit ✨🥳⚔️🌊👑
@KitCascadia
That's why exposure therapy is a treatment for phobias, you gradually reduce the avoidance in small manageable bits and face your fears!
ei8htohms
@ei8htohms
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@QiaochuYuan
agreed on depression and anxiety being largely the same thing (inseparable? different aspects?), not sure the capacity to avoid is the most useful distinguishing feature
Divia Eden 🔍 is in Austin Aug 2-25
@diviacaroline
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@QiaochuYuan
I’m not sure I’m using these words in any standard way myself, but the phenomenology of the two seem super different to me. Anxiety is more like spiraling around something I can’t put my finger on, depression more like sickness behavior/wanting to lie down and not do stuff.
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Matthew Pierce
@MJPiercello
Body/mind interaction (depression/anxiety...) isn't just a two-way street. It's a recursive tangle of conflicted priorities, surfed by a spotlight of limited attention. It's the conflicted attraction of the offstage elements, all of them at once, that complicates our solutions.