what do I believe?The Total Perspective Vortex
"Studies into clinical depression have yielded similar findings, leading to the development of an intriguing, but still controversial, concept known as depressive realism. This theory puts forward the notion that depressed individuals actually have more realistic perceptions of their own image, importance, and abilities than the average person. While it’s still generally accepted that depressed people can be negatively biased in their interpretation of events and information, depressive realism suggests that they are often merely responding rationally to realities that the average person cheerfully denies. "I knew that.
I'll try to continue on blithely misleading myself... (yeah, right! Sure.)
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yes, I knew that, too. But depression, as people keep pointing out, results in too many lost work hours. Hence the need for continuous entertainment/propaganda and "stuff" to distract people from reality and maintain the delusions of the "normal", i.e., those who "buy it" in every sense of the word.
Thanks for the article!
You're welcome. And SWMBO says thanks for the birthday wishes!
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