Depression as a neurotype and not an illness

[Abhorrence]

I have no expertise in psychology so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that a huge chunk of people diagnosed with depression are probably just a different neurotype from the majority, and the depression is a result of that to that rather than some nebulous, poorly defined disorder. I think its completely irrational to immediately assume that person is ill.
Treating suicidal intent as an irrational state of mind that spontaneously appears rather than a reasonable response to stressful conditions further proves that to me. It seems to me like you need to have some level of cognitive dissonance just to be able to exist in this world, yet somehow I'm the mentally ill one? This goes beyond just how shitty our society is, biology and existence as a whole is inherently very disillusioning and depressing (probably why we have religion).

Anyway this is just my rambling about something I've been thinking about for a long time, feel free to correct me if you think I'm wrong, of course I dont think this applies to every depressed person

 

[xinino]

Depression is illness, u need to take drugs to realize that

 

[WestEuropoor]

I have no expertise in psychology so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that a huge chunk of people diagnosed with depression are probably just a different neurotype from the majority, and the depression is a result of that to that rather than some nebulous, poorly defined disorder. I think its completely irrational to immediately assume that person is ill.
Treating suicidal intent as an irrational state of mind that spontaneously appears rather than a reasonable response to stressful conditions further proves that to me. It seems to me like you need to have some level of cognitive dissonance just to be able to exist in this world, yet somehow I'm the mentally ill one? This goes beyond just how shitty our society is, biology and existence as a whole is inherently very disillusioning and depressing (probably why we have religion).

Anyway this is just my rambling about something I've been thinking about for a long time, feel free to correct me if you think I'm wrong, of course I dont think this applies to every depressed person

You still are mentally ill

 

[terachad]

golden thought
I've read every single word

 

[The Doctor]

its just excess nitric oxide in the brain and neuroinflammation lol, most cases resolving that should solve it. Those people who are depressed despite perfect nutrition etc are probably becuase their grandpas worked in slave fields and they inherited their melancholy