Is there anyone here that is NOT depressed?

[*Deidre*]

No, I'm not. Biology doesn't lie. Look it up.

[tor]

No, I'm not. Biology doesn't lie. Look it up.

I did. Bunch of bs.

[pocaracas]

No, I'm not. Biology doesn't lie. Look it up.

April fool's research doesn't count!
Or else...http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/...d-big-bang

[Faith No More]

I still feel that most people that say they are depressed just need some self discipline and a different perspective on life. I say this because of my personal struggles.

But you can't base how you think others should act simply upon your own experiences. The brain is complex, and people are diversely hardwired. This means you can't judge how well someone should cope with their emotions.

I mean, I agree that, as a society, we've become a bunch of whiny pussies that our ancestors would laugh at, and it seems that without death looming around every corner, we focus on the trivial. But that doesn't mean one can reasonably expect that others ought to have the ability to cope with situations as well as they have based on nothing more than their own experiences.

[pocaracas]

Can I be mean?!

Depressed people are good candidates to winning the Darwin award!

Even when failing, you can win!
We are the generation of winners!

[KUSA]

I still feel that most people that say they are depressed just need some self discipline and a different perspective on life. I say this because of my personal struggles.

Perhaps you say it because it is what you'd like to believe. You'd like to believe that you can ward off depression with discipline and attitude. Can't blame you for wishing that. But if you've never had your affect break down, you've never really been able to test out that hypothesis.

Unless you believe your will is a ghost inside your body, why should you believe that there is anything at all about you that is not based on and subject to chemistry? Sorry to have to break your bubble, but we are chemistry all the way down and nothing is safe. Bucking up and self-discipline are no defense.

My hypothesis is based on my life experiences. I had a breakdown many years ago. I tried the stupid drugs they offer. They make you more fucked up in my opinion.

I learned to get a different perspective on life and to practice rigid self discipline. I have no depression, no anxiety, ect.

At times I feel the influence of external forces trying to get me down but I simply reject it and I choose how I feel.

I have learned to be like this fellow.

[Mister Agenda]

Not depressed, and I'm not going to buy that atheists have any particular tendency to be depressed without good numbers to back it up. I know that there is a correlation between higher suicide rates and less relgious countries (and lower murder rates, which I will take any day of the week over low suicide rates), but that doesn't necessarily imply greater rates of depression: it might be lower rates of thinking suicide lands you in hell, for instance.

[ThePinsir]

I'm not depressed at all. I'm quite happy, actually

[Whateverist]

No, I'm not. Biology doesn't lie. Look it up.

I prefer to rely on repeatable empirical evidence. When are you free?

[*Deidre*]

No, I'm not. Biology doesn't lie. Look it up.

I prefer to rely on repeatable empirical evidence. When are you free?

Hehe you jest, but it is true.
I will have to post a reliable link later as I can't from my phone.

The key is "too much" sex. That may vary from person to person. lol