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I think the main problem we view depression as a disease when it is a symptom with several possible causes. Most people I know haven't done the deep introspection when life circumstances or past in some cases preverbal traumas exist.

Additionally, we're generally told quite a lot of lies and made to believe fantasies from the earliest ages about - the world, who we are, and our place in the world. I have a theory and it's just a theory when we get misaligned with certain, let's call them, cosmic truths - there's a mind and body reaction, often outside of our conscious ability to recognize the problem.




> I think the main problem we view depression as a disease when it is a symptom with several possible causes.

I agree. The fact that depression and mental illnesses highly correlate with lack of religion and rise of the secular nation is something that should be investigated more.


Do you mind expanding on your theory a bit? I think I agree with you.




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