Only Good People Get Depressed

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SOURCES🔍🔍:
Rowe, D. (2003). Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison. United Kingdom: Brunner-Routledge. , Rowe, D. (1987). Beyond fear. HarperCollins., Rowe, D. (1982). The construction of life and death. John Wiley.

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[@TheCreatorO5]

Wowie😋

[@SofoArchon]

Depression is often the spirit's rebellion against a life that sucks.

[@S3IIL3CT]

@@SofoArchon fits with my experience

[@smilingontime]

@@SofoArchon wowsers

[@TheSkyGuy77]

I have had some semblance of depression since a young age. 😢

[@GoblinMunchie]

I'd imagine that it's more like the giving up of the spirit.

[@derekthoughts]

I misread the title as "only good people get dressed" and i was so captivated about the claim for a few seconds.

[@NickNoobles]

That's deep

[@mbsucks101]

oftentimes i understand the thin line between being alone and being lonely, lord it has me by my neck.

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

@@mbsucks101 I am a pretty solitary person, and I enjoy being so. Occasionally, suddenly I feel lonely and it sucks because I have almost no one to help me fix that. I wish it would just stop happening.

[@deiggo3877]

@@whelkpeopleofdoom being solitary is important to know oneself as long as you are surrounded by a community that you can rely on. Breaking from the self-impossed prison mentioned by being vulnerable can help you connect with others in real life who are probably not voicing it but find themselves in a similar situation. Go out and talk to people, easier said than done but true.

[@mbsucks101]

@@whelkpeopleofdoom at time's it's just like I have got rid of myself, I'm alive with something else now. but hey i hope you always be gentle on yourself!

[@abdalamustafe96]

Depression, such a common thing yet very individual

[@imsorryforarguingbut4555]

but how different is the individual?

[@justinklenk]

@@abdalamustafe96 Important note. 👍

[@obzen-1]

@@imsorryforarguingbut4555 very

[@derp.p]

Almost just purposely walked into a truck on the road omw to my car but stopped myself at the last second, then almost broke down at the fact I still stopped myself. I instinctually care about myself regardless of what others think. It’s always been this way. I don’t have insecurities, I’m fine with myself and think I’m objectively good at being a person, but I can’t find love regardless of how I view and present myself, and it’s always been this way.

[@whelkpeopleofdoom]

I'm glad you are still here, friend. And remember that if you do ever choose to harm yourself, forcing unconsenting people to be involved will deeply traumatize them. You have my absolute empathy and love, but I feel that is important to point out. Hopefully it will never truly be something you have to consider 💚

[@quadroff]

Very glad to know you're still with us. If you can work out which issues prevent you from finding love, try to improve on them.

[@dougsmith6793]

The only love I've ever had that lived up to expectations / reputation was the love from mama. The rest fell short, but probably because I was measuring it by an impossible standard.

[@Zhohan-]

Humans throughout human history had strong communities of people we knew for our entire lives. We threw that away with industrialization. Of course more people are depressed. We're not evolved for the environments we're living in. Like a penguin in the zoo.

[@michaeltrivette1728]

@@derp.p don’t hurt other people like that. You do you to yourself but stepping in front of someone else. That’s inconsiderate. Please don’t be that person.

[@yukaroj]

one of the things i loved about bojack so much was that you can see so clearly what made him the way he is even if the show itself doesnt believe its an excuse and this theory feels like it inspired bojack

[@stephenanthony5923]

You're not the thoughts you experience. You're the experiencer of them. Mis-identification of oneself causes suffering.

[@Bot-on-Tapwater]

@@stephenanthony5923 this is some deep stuff my guy

[@Sylar-451]

@@stephenanthony5923 this is the key, was deeply depressed and suicidal for 20+ years untill I practised ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) and developed mindfulness. The waking up app helped tremendously too, and is a deeper dive into mindfulness

[@DylanRDunn]

The timing of this video could not have been better

[@kelseymathias3881]

depression is awful! best wishes to you

[@georgeabreu6392]

Insightful - I could definitely see my past self in the perfectionist seeking acceptance mindset. It’s not a dynamic that ceases to be but rather it evolves to be more healthy upon letting go of those past rigid expectations. Instead focusing on slowly improving and giving myself elbow room to take on that growth and try to understand the circumstances that prevent or slow it when they are there. Thanks again for this video of psychology and philosophy on these themes.

[@StuckInBliss]

I can’t believe my depression was the Bay Harbor Butcher

[@r-zeatlfilms]

BRUH THE BAY HARBOR BUTCHER IS EVERYWHERE

[@strahlungsopfer]

Depression for me is shrinking to fit the available space

[@ChibiMalzahar]

The youtube short post definitely worked

[@tannenbuschfrank2662]

I don't know how to say it properly, but this channel is the best! 😮

[@emiliajbrtz]

I feel like my frontal lobe just developed…

[@Sisyphus55]

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[@milkallergy8829]

thank you

[@superpandaman6658]

This is the wildest rabbit hole I ever came across

[@Sisyphus55]

welcome

@@Sisyphus55 what is your opinion of Robert Greene the author of 48 laws of .... i haven't read him and i wonder if it's worth it.

[@KalpeshMange92]

I just leant today about factors that affect the development of self and self esteem at college. This video is so spot on in honing in on the spirit of self. Beautiful work Ben. I love your content! :)

[@davidgiannivaldez]

Wow, I fell asleep depressed last night. I can not believe how perfect your timing is. Somehow, it's almost like you know when people start to feel certain ways and make videos about topics that relate to this timeline of human emotion.

[@superfly_7077]

Where are the Comments? I WANT THEM NOW!

[@iooog1]

"we can love someone without understanding that person" BANGER LINE

[@Samuel-sg2iv]

Im glad i had parents and a personality, that gave me good self of esteem and self love. if you dont have those 2 things its gonna be rough.

[@Crepesom48]

Isn't loving someone without understanding them just compassion

[@anouresto]

Concerteza pessoas boas geralmente tem tendencia a ficarem melancolicas, ocasionalmente depressivas. Quem é 100 porcento feliz tem algum tipo de alienação.

[@aifungi]

I would say "Weak" or "Victims" that were not raised properly/to be strong, by clueless and weak parents. You get your whole character and habits in your early years of life. Also, I think depression is physical, something in the brain is rotting, disconnected, clogged or else. Could be food or exercise or something else. Everything is physical. On another topic (could be connected to this one, idk) if someone reads this, I would recommend watching video essays on Nietzsche more specifically "Genealogy of Morals" (Remove the virtue signaling of the presenters/"their opinions" and just listen to what he said and come to your conclusions) If you want to understand the zeitgeist of humanity and human history.

[@pfaura7016]

Psycopaths and criminals do get depressed

[@streaky8844]

Time to be a bad person.

[@ethanshaw8256]

A good one. Thanks for giving me something to think on today. I’m going to give it another listen later, too.

[@subatenome]

Has anyone ever overcome depression altogether? Especially of this kind? It feels like the changes needed for this as stated in the video are insurmountable in nature, like actually becoming aware of every single one of these self-told stories or not letting societal expectations get to you when you are forced to be part of society as it currently is. It just seems impossible to achieve, at least within a reasonable amount of time.

[@georgeabreu6392]

@@subatenome I’m not sure what overcoming depression ‘altogether’ would mean. I think there is always a leftover sense of what caused it but as one grows beyond it, you’re able to look back at it with the perspective and ability to not fall on the same self-told stories that caused the dissonance between your actual self and your imagined idealized self which caused the depression to begin with. Fundamentally, It’s helpful to think of small steps given your situation; understanding yourself as you are now and trying to figure out small changes in routines that could, over small increments eventually bring about the desired overall state you want for yourself. Also preventing or slowly removing bad habits by making similarly small choices. In my experience the final goal of that should have constant reassessment as you go. Somethings will work others not, it’s just about the slow improvement. It’s like becoming affluent at a craft, except it’s life. But there are others around who can help and give advice, again just like a craft. Hopefully my perspective helped a bit.

[@cycillak4918]

Kind of, its strange. My life hasn't much changed since I 'overcame' depression. I'm still not in a relationship, I still have the same friends etc. If anything things have become materially worse as I'm now separated by distance from a lot of the people I know and I'm living in a worse place. But over the years I have generally become a much more contented person, doing things I didn't think I would ever be able to do when I was depressed, like solo travelling abroad or learning a new language. To overcome it I guess it really comes down to 'thinking positive' which I know sounds like a massive piss take at the moment with the current state you may be in. But it really is as simple as the next time you think something negative about yourself or the world, you challenge it with a positive spin or interpretation. And yes at first you will likely laugh at this positive spin and not believe it in the slightest, but over time it will become much more credible and that's when you can kind of 'overcome' depression. Even something as simple as just holding a belief that things will get better will slowly pull you out of depression. Of course this doesn't mean you'll never be sad again, or even depressed. But once you can pull yourself out of the depths generally you will be able to set up good habits that will keep you out of depression. Hopefully this helps.

[@randomguy9940]

Instructions are clear. I am assuming my Judge Holden personality.

[@ButterHaus420]

WAIT!

[@littlecookie366]

Clicked as fast as I could

[@squishygoblinrogue8359]

I must be a great person then lol

[@vaultboy2270]

I couldn't agree with her more. I will be checking into her works. Thank you.

[@PinkOrangeOrangePink]

I dont want to be a good person. I dont like good people. They are mean. They have more than me and seem to waste it. Some even complain about stuff that comes as a result of being given too much. To hurt black sheep, morality and murky non words are used.

[@-book]

well those aren't good people you are talking about

[@owendubs]

Sisyphus, what really ensnares me about this claim is the why of it all. How do we determine what is good and what is bad? Is it relative to a higher power or faith structure? I don't know a way to determine whether or not all of us are burdened by original sin, whether or not death is salvation for those of us who are moral enough to feel a cosmic guilt. Let's define what good is before I continue. I examine good and bad relative to practicality, practicality for what one happens to be going for. Practical = good, where Impractical = bad. If one happens to be going for the approval of a higher power, a deity, then whatever happens to be good for that is good. The thing is, it's next to impossible to be certain what such a deity wants, what is good for that deity, or whether or not it's tilting at windmills to behave as though the deity exists in the first place. It takes faith to determine the qualia we've got in our possession to be evidence of this deity existing, or evidence of this deity not existing. Even for agnostics, it takes faith to determine that it's even possible for one outcome to be the case. To even consider the possibility is an application of faith, a best guess that one happens to run with. So, in short, we're required to assume something in order to interact with any part of this system. Assuming that our actions are practical for our objectives requires faith. People can only have one objective at one time, though they can oscillate between objectives at a fast enough rate to produce the illusion of something being both good and bad. To even step into the objective of there being some cosmic good to service, some moral imperative to suffer, is to cross a threshold only surpassable with faith. To interact with this objective at any meaningful capacity is to cross a similar threshold, assuming that one's actions are good for its accomplishment. With this problem diagnosed as an irrational assumption it seems as though the only antidote, remedy against, is an equal and opposite irrational assumption. Therefore, good people can get depressed for no reason. Good people can be happy for no reason too. Whatever it is, just do your best because it's just what you do.

[@sami_is_freeYt]

A lot of people could be due to chronic maybe but make depression part of their personality. It’s not asthetic or artistic, u might dig ur own grave if u dont help yourself

[@mariamethodieva7431]

guess im good

[@edbop]

Smells like cope.

[@freddie8610]

i love sisyphus 55

[@talkingtakotaco8611]

To my understanding of this video, depression is simply people being perfectionists and failing to be their idea of the perfect version of themselves in society, but that image of themselves is also created by society and not the individual. Here a good person is just defined as someone who feels bad about not meeting society's vision of their ideal self and i assume then a bad person just doesnt feel bad about not meeting this ideal. The good person avoids depression by revaluating and updating what that ideal is supposed to look like and make it more flexible, so that it isnt so rigid. I disagree with this, if this is the correct interpretation of what i just watched.

[@lilhax7971]

Instructions unclear.turned bad to cure my depression

[@chamsseddin4449]

phrasing it like that means that you're defining depression based on the person himself, i mean, if only good people get depressed, then depression is something that only good people experience, and since this "good" is in the context of the subjective experience of the person himself, like finding that something he define himself by is challenged by the real world, so he feel bad about himself, and because he felt bad now, it means that he felt good just before, meaning that he's a good person at least to your interpretation of the situation, as you see, there's a leap here, the whole point you're making is about defining good as the opposite of bad which isn't news, and because depression is a subjective experience, you're defining depression itself through a subjective lens, but even that depression is actually a subjective experience, it doesn't mean that there's no objective conceptual definition of it, i mean, even if it is complex to reach a complete objective definition because there's always the subjective dimension of it, you can define it in an objective way referencing the subjective dimension even if not explicitly getting into it.

[@ChaoticSatire]

One day you will free yourself from your belief in words, sisyphus.

[@DA-BROWN-STOIC]

Depression It's very very ..,....

[@quirky_dudette]

yes

[@TheCreatorO5]

yes

[@jamestheworldscutestcat9757]

yes

[@sampeks]

yes

[@rupmarch]

yes

[@koaps_on_copium2393]

yes

[@kprojectskurt]

How do you animate your videos? After Effects?

[@sebastiann6802]

Great videoo

[@imsorryforarguingbut4555]

screw therapy, time to embrace anarchy

[@nikirki25]

What...

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[@jamestheworldscutestcat9757]

What

[@DylanRDunn]

Wow

[@pandemic2224]

❤

[@momenhamdy2260]

Look into islam bro it should help know what is life

[@mihyaku]

Cool

[@brando3342]

Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. Even when you are at your lowest, with him, you are never truly alone. He cares for you deeply, and desires you to seek him out. Please pray for God’s help if you are depressed 🙏

[@CZR_Salad]

12 Views

[@michaelchen2718]

THIS VIDEO SUCKS. THATS IT?

[@imsorryforarguingbut4555]

good is subjective

[@borlean4691]

Nah, villains say this, normal ppl understand the difference between right and wrong

[@quintessenceSL]

@@borlean4691 Philosophers have been arguing about this for millennia, but you good sir have got it all figured out! Well, don't keep us in suspense! What is the difference between right and wrong? What is moral?