“hm ‘depressive episode’ wonder what the evidence is for depression being episodic” *rocky chasm beneath, malevolent laughter echoes*
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lol. For real though, even just switching adding some adjectives and/or going with better labels goes a long way. E.g. dysthymia, cyclothymia, recurrent / chronic / episodic depression. Or just describing the actual problem itself, e.g. anhedonia vs. lethargy vs. hopelessness etc
bad vocabulary is like 60% of my problem I think - especially the “excruciating mental state” category
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“describing the actual problem itself” is extremely correct and should be easy but often isn’t
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Been there. When I did therapy a long time ago, spent a lot of time introspecting and coming up with my own "psycho-ontology" to richly describe my inner states. Now when I meet other "depressed" people I feel one issue is the monolithic way in which they model their problems.
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Like I've realized the average person (i.e. folk psychology) doesn't really distinguish positive emotion from actual will/drive/motivation. This is catastrophic for attempting to understand depressive conditions, because the two are very different systems, physically and mentally
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