re: Are depressed people generally that way because of unrealistic expectations?

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Depression is all in your head. It's the same with stress or even fear. If you can just convince yourself that it doesn't exist, then it wont.

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This is some bullshite.

I was depressed for years. About 99% of that time I wasn't sad or down about anything.. It started off that way but I had lost interest in fun stuff (until I got drunk and acted an arse every now and then). I quit art and music and didn't care to meet girls or any of that fun stuff. Eventually I did help myself out of it.. admittedly with the help of a sort of emotional intelligence seminar thing a professor of mine talked me into going to. You don't just pump yourself up and get over it. It's as much chemical as it is mental.

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Depression is a mental state of mind.
People need to get over being dad and get in with their lives.
Everyone I ever knew that was diagnosed, was because a girl left them, or they couldn't get a job or something else.


THIS!

Depression is all in your head. It's the same with stress or even fear. If you can just convince yourself that it doesn't exist, then it wont.

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LOL, I guess you've never taken a biology or a chemistry class?

Everything is the result of a chemical reaction. When those reactions become imbalanced is when outlying results are witnessed (ie things we deem "not normal" like depression, anxiety, ADHD, disorders in general, etc.)

What you are talking about is called being sad, not depression.