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Written by m0xEE on 2024-09-06 at 09:58

Hey, when I'm feeling depressed, I just stop having sad thoughts (and reduce the part of brain network responsible for this), why can't you? 😬

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/part-of-brain-network-much-bigger-in-people-with-depression-scientists-find

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Written by NotHelpfulUntilIAm🥤 🌛 🗄️ on 2024-09-06 at 10:10

@m0xee > Now researchers say that in people with depression, a larger part of the brain is involved in the network that controls attention to rewards and threats than in those without depression.

So this might suggest that capitalist upbringing (focus on rewards of work) or fascist upbringing (focus on perceived threats by the outgroup) would tend to make people depressed later, right?

Multiple views of this article are possible. I understand why you say what you say, as there are people that hold the faulty idea you are criticizing, but i see nothing in the article that suggests it is meant that way.

Take the last paragraph:

“But it is one useful step on the road towards offering patients interventions that can be delivered at a faster timescale and that can be targeted to their individual needs,” she said.

I think this suggests it is meant to improve the available help, not dismiss depressive people.

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Written by m0xEE on 2024-09-06 at 10:19

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My pun wasn't this elaborate, I was just making fun of people who downplay depression as "having sad thoughts".

As far as I understood the article, this finding might not be about fixing it, more about diagnosing it early, which might help prevent it in people susceptible, before they slide into the state recovering from which becomes a lengthy process.

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Written by NotHelpfulUntilIAm🥤 🌛 🗄️ on 2024-09-06 at 10:35

@m0xee I can certainly understand where it came from, so it deserved an elaborate answer.

They do focus on diagnosis, but i wonder if it isn't also useful for prevention or help. I will try to keep alert about people focussing on rewards or threats, maybe i can suggest better approaches. This could be the kind of thing that can improve stuff a little bit at a time which cannot be siphoned off for profit.

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