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Start-Up Founders On Dealing With Depression

Posted by timothy on from the blue-mondays dept.

v3rgEz (125380) writes "Founders at a number of Boston startups shared their stories of building and growing a company while battling depression. One founder didn't even realize he was depressed until glucose and blood tests came back normal, while another said it was worse than her life struggles growing up in the projects. All shared different coping mechanisms. Any advice for dealing with the same?"

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  1. Huh? by Desler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One founder didn't even realize he was depressed until glucose and blood tests came back normal

    If his results were normal why would that indicate he had depression?

  2. Re:Depression is weird by Narcocide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Depression is weird

    No, its really, really simple actually, even depressingly so. When you're smarter than everyone else, they all team up to try to destroy you. This is very stressful and the effect of the stress is quite distracting in a way that is nearly constant, even when not being actively bullied at that moment. Imagine how much smarter our most brilliant minds would be if they weren't tormented by mainstream society and their "peers" practically from the cradle to the grave.