people depressed actually have a *clearer* view of reality when compared to the non-depressed.
Until they discover there's a solution.
In other words, they see the problems. Which makes them stressed (because they "know" it should be different). And they put all their mental problem solving energy (their focus and glucose in the brain) into solving THOSE problems which makes them seem lethargic to the outside world (while there's a lot going on inside).
But every puzzle is stressful during the thinking phase until you get that "a HA!" which then makes you feel better and more complete than before.
I actually have a lot of respect for the people we're describing because they're accurately looking for an answer to a giant puzzle. Even though they're socially "distracted".
The solution to the problem of why social reality around us is in such a shitty state, can be found. There are giant obstacles blocking you from figuring them out though, mostly stemming from assumptions that nature has evolved about how to interpret the patterns of reality (assumptions in yourself and coming from others). Bugs in the human genome that we keep working with in our mind. Sort of like how our genome "decided" to keep the model of an eye with a blind spot. It's a very advanced reality interpretation tool, but buggy.
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people depressed actually have a *clearer* view of reality when compared to the non-depressed.
Until they discover there's a solution.
In other words, they see the problems. Which makes them stressed (because they "know" it should be different). And they put all their mental problem solving energy (their focus and glucose in the brain) into solving THOSE problems which makes them seem lethargic to the outside world (while there's a lot going on inside).
But every puzzle is stressful during the thinking phase until you get that "a HA!" which then makes you feel better and more complete than before.
I actually have a lot of respect for the people we're describing because they're accurately looking for an answer to a giant puzzle. Even though they're socially "distracted".
The solution to the problem of why social reality around us is in such a shitty state, can be found. There are giant obstacles blocking you from figuring them out though, mostly stemming from assumptions that nature has evolved about how to interpret the patterns of reality (assumptions in yourself and coming from others). Bugs in the human genome that we keep working with in our mind. Sort of like how our genome "decided" to keep the model of an eye with a blind spot. It's a very advanced reality interpretation tool, but buggy.