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Why is it so tempting for people to beat themselves up for being depressed?

Date: 2010-03-02 09:12 pm (UTC)
avram: (Default)
From: [personal profile] avram
Isn't that part of being depressed?

That's like asking "Why is it so tempting for people with migraines wince and grab their heads?"

Date: 2010-03-02 09:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] siderea
This.

Also, more specifically, it seems that the parts of our brains which make up causality narratives can and do run backwards. It's like something goes, "Because I feel guilty, something I did must have been bad. What have I done lately? Nothing, I've been depressed. Oh, then it must be being depressed I feel guilty over. Writing story about how I feel guilty for being depressed; downloading..."

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