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RE: Depressive Realism
September 17, 2009 at 11:38 am
One of the reasons it is so hard to get out of depression... is that the depressed have difficulty lying positively to themselves. That is the very realistic part of depression. The very negative part, on the other hand, is that the depressed often begin to believe their self-worth extremely low... unrealistically low.
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RE: Depressive Realism
September 17, 2009 at 11:41 am
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2009 at 11:44 am by Retorth.)
I think the reason why people who aren't depressed see themselves in a light that is more positive then reality is because it is what is "ideal" to them and seeing themselves in that situation serves to encourage them to achieve it. Makes sense? lol
It is an interesting article, btw, I must say. I originally thought it was going to be long because the page is insanely lengthy but it turns out... 5% article and 95% comments o.o
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