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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

If your depression is for a reason, then yeah, probably not chemicals.

Mine is treatment resistant major depression and very much chemicals. Took me until I was in my midthirties to find the solution. There's hope even for people with bad chemistry!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That first bit is totally untrue. Do you think our grief is not chemical? That we can't have neural rewiring occur following the loss of a loved one? Don't dichotomize experience and neurochemistry. They're two sides of the same coin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Don't reframe my statement addressing someone's specific situation into a blanket comment. That person said their depression had a reason (that could be addressed, and once addressed, the depression was resolved.)

Speaking to that instance, it probably wasn't chemical, because if it was, it wouldn't have resolved with action taken independent of chemical treatment, but only with a combination.

I am not the person to try and strawman about depression.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

And how do you think addressing stressors works? Some non-chemical means?