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Comment on talking to my dad about depression

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It’s a generational thing. Your dad’s generation didn’t talk about mental health, so there was no such thing as mental health. If you had serious depression, you were just weak and grumpy. All you could do about depression was soldier through it. Now we talk about it and it’s more accepted. Now we actually try to tackle the problems of mental health instead of tucking it away.

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hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Start around 45-48 min mark.

TL;DR blue did not exist to some people. It still does not in some cultures to some degree. Want more tangible evidence? Torquoise. How many can properly name this color?

What I am getting at. If people lack cultural, vocabulary properties, some things will never even occur to them.

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- kayohtie@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  This is the reality of what sapir-whorf was guessing at. The way it’s defined is incorrect IIRC, but the real heart of it I think stemmed from this kind of reality of distinction.
  
  The fact people think it’s normal and don’t realize it’s not, especially once they get older simply being unwilling to think otherwise…yeah.
  
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wowwoweowza@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What if all we have done is turn it into an epidemic?

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- abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Find patient zero and kill them.
  
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finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I think it’s highly likely genetic in this example.

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- ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Can depression be genetic?
  
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  - finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Yes, a large number of studies show precisely that.
    
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    ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Huh, TIL.
    
    Should probably get some therapy soon then - had a bunch of uncles top themselves.
    
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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Now we talk about it and it’s more accepted.

That sounds like soldiering through it with extra steps.

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- abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And proffesional guidance, tools, medication, support and understanding from your environment and and you can recognition so you can use the social safety nets your country provides.
  
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