Depression

[Tally M.]

Re: BQ #71884

There seems to be a significant number of writers that have suffered from depression at some point. I'm not implying the Board cause depression, but thoughts if there's a significant overrepresentation of depression (compared to an average population) or if it in fact an average population.

[Marduk]

The board seems to attract a higher than average I.Q., something often correlated to depression. Also introverts, another corollary to depression.

[No Dice]

Actually, the evidence linking intelligence and depression is generally not good.

The introvert point probably has something to it, though.

[krebscout]

A question was just asked about this very thing.

Perhaps Board writers/readers are highly prone to self-evaluation.

[Tally M.]

A question was just asked about this very thing.

I'd just been talking to yayfulness about it--thus him asking the question.

[Imogen]

Sometimes I wish I could take more time to treat my depression instead of just ignoring it.

[Tally M.]

A friend of mine was talking to me about something like this earlier. I wasn't feeling well, and wasn't getting enough sleep. He mentioned that if I took a little bit more time to sleep--I'd be better off later, and I would be able to function at a higher level instead of just dragging myself along.

So, the same thing could apply to depression...