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Ok outcome but why start with attacking someone
Well it's kind of complex but the TL;DR: is 'The world is shit, punching down makes some people feel better in the short term'
Or alternatively: It's hard to be depressed when you're angry.
It's hard to feel depressed when you're angry. Just cause you yell at people doesn't mean you're not also depressed.
I'll even nuance it further: depression mutes all feelings, anger is one of the first emotions to come back to you.
That, and also it's much easier to offload on internet strangers than actual people with reactions and feelings (as you can't see them in a timely manner). Which applies even for non-depressed folks.
Let's compare your wikipedia degree with my half a century of direct personal experience, a minor in dev psych, diagnosed chronic depression AND EDS, and add on top of that an autist's special interest obsession with biology.
People like you post this kind of pithy meaningless bullshit all the time on the internet to seem wise, and it works on everyone except people who have directly experience what you are spewing shit about.
Depression is like alcoholism, it never goes away, you just get better at managing it
Where did that come from? The person you were replying to was not aggressive or hostile at all.
I understand that this may be a sensitive and personal topic but they weren't acting in any way that deserved this sort of response.
Sockpuppet reported, this is targeted harasment
Ah, I see now. Have a good weekend 👋
All that... to say you agree with me? Are you trying to stave away depression?
I always find it amusing when people respond to a rebuttal with 'oh you agree with me'
It's literally the laziest reply