<story><title>We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us</title><url>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202012/we-ve-got-depression-all-wrong-it-s-trying-save-us</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mikedilger</author><text>Depression may also prevent suicide because you lack the drive to take those steps. There is a pattern of people committing suicide a few weeks after starting on an anti-depressant (including one of my cousins and a late friend of mine), so much that it is listed as a side effect. I don&amp;#x27;t know if there is a double-blind study showing that the anti-depressant use is causal (and such a study is probably unethical), and depressed people are already more suicidal, so take my reasoning as a hypothesis and not a statement of fact.&lt;p&gt;But it also makes sense evolutionarily.  People who suffer depression may survive periods in their life when they would otherwise commit suicide, and people who don&amp;#x27;t exit life early, meaning that depression is naturally selected.</text></comment>
<story><title>We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us</title><url>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202012/we-ve-got-depression-all-wrong-it-s-trying-save-us</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kowsheek</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m surprised the article doesn&amp;#x27;t mention Dr. Gabor Mate at all.&lt;p&gt;His work fully outlines how depression &amp;amp; stress can be a coping mechanism when we&amp;#x27;re not able to express needs or emotions.&lt;p&gt;I highly recommend everyone to read and apply his approach to managing stress and psychological wellbeing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;vMstO3U4sVw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;vMstO3U4sVw&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>