I wonder how many people are ACTUALLY severely depressed and/or suicidal? What stats there are, are off bc most ppl who are “depressed” aren’t chronically depressed like we are, where no matter what we do, we can’t shake off this darkness.
There are loads of ppl who claim they are “depressed,” when in reality they are just going through say a breakup or something, something that may be unpleasant or shitty at the time being, but it’s not the same as someone who has a fundamental issue with life itself, or of our existence.
According to WHO:
“An estimated 3.8% of the population experience depression, including 5% of adults (4% among men and 6% among women), and 5.7% of adults older than 60 years.”
“Experience depression” could mean someone once felt depressed for a few months after a breakup but are fine after. That means that figures for severely depressed or chronically depressed is significantly less than 3.8%. GREAT. We won that life lottery eh?
I wonder just how many people are like us, chronically depressed. Is it 1%? 0.1%?
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Treatment resistant depression is the rarest, less than 1% of the general population.
I can’t say those partially or completely free of depression are better off though. Almost everyone across the species is under the same stress. The ones not like us, they’d never own up to being miserable. But then they get cancer, or auto immune diseases, and they STILL subject themselves to more stress. Ordinary people really are amazing the amount of BS and pain they can take.
But us with depression, we’re trying to opt out. I don’t have statistics on it, maybe it’s a stupid hypothesis; us depressed folk are the least likely to get autoimmune or cancer, despite that it would satisfy us more than most.
but, thinking about it, coping with it, I’d rather be chronically depressed than have cancer….. because cancer is a more potent physical hell.
this is one of my gripes too. I fucking hate the label “clinical depression” stamped on anyone who’s not happy. tbh I don’t even consider myself depressed. I’m just royally fucked. But since theres no medical diagnosis (and industry) built around the condition of “royally fucked” I guess I fall under “depression”
But 100% of my bs is due to real world conditions. Take away those conditions and I swear to fuck I’ll be the most productive efficient human that ever lived. It’s like if someone clamps a bear trap on your leg and labels you “paraplegic” bc you can’t walk. I’m not paraplegic, I’m not depressed, I just got a fucking bear trap clamped on my leg
but there’s so much $$ in the depression biz that they rush to create a label and build a huge industry around it. meanwhile people who are suffering due to tangible, fixable problems (debt, lack of healthcare, bullying, etc) are fed pills and told to go to therapy because theyre just “depressed”. more money for the machine
right? literally EVERYONE who feel a little “sad” gets labeled with depression, which then makes society think depression is a bullshit condition, and why we’re always told to “just think happy.”
exactly. and bc we know exactly WHY and HOW we’re being screwed, it’s made me angry af. add that on top of all the shit i already have. like literally 80% of all my health issues is from drs who screwed me over, not even from the car accident. which is really fucked up bc my car accident did cause a lot of damage. that just goes to show you just HOW MUCH damage the Medical Industrial Complex has done to me. They’re all fucking assholes.
My health is fucked now so i’m angry and bitter. and despite it being screwed, if i did have more money, i would be a little less screwed and can afford things that can ACTUALLY help my condition some rather than a fucking pill that does NOTHING but give big phar.ma $$$.
WOW- so phar.ma is a banned word on here. JFC.
so what is your “beartrap”? $$? i usually find that most ppl need either money or health (or both) to get out of their situations. throw enough money at the problem and it solves a LOT of peoples’ problems. Ofc $$ is not a fix-all but it sure af eliminates a LOT of hurdles and struggles.
Totally bruh it’s just like 100 years ago when they’d label people “insane” just because they didnt conform, women were packed off to asylums just because they argued with their husbands, etc. The depression label is just another way society sweeps problems under the rug, rather than I dunno maybe FIXING whats broken??
That really sucks that your life was ruined by the wreck & the doctors afterwards. Your rage is totally justified but no one will admit it, no one will fix the problem. I also have a lotta rage from the injustice I’ve suffered & seen. ig that’s my beartrap, a few years ago I witnessed something so fucked up it scrambled my head. I went thru the proper channels, police, lawyers, courts, even interviews in the media. But I ran out of money and thats where it ended. thats when i realized all the “fighting spirit” in the world isnt worth shit, if you dont have $$$$ you always lose. fucking always.
it totally rewired my brain to distrust and fear and hate all authority, basically all of society except for the few who resist. but whats that worth? we’re just scraps
my condition could be so easily fixed if some rich person, or someone in authority, would say “wow dude i see your point, lets fix this shit, im behind you 100%” but nah all the rich fucks are the ones perpetuating the fuckery. so why should i bother trying? they win because they have all the $$ and i cant change that, short of winning a lottery.
rant over… in a nutshell….. yeah it all comes down to $$$$$$. if you’re born with it you win. or if you’re an immoral asshole thats the only way to make money. everyone else is just a victim
“The depression label is just another way society sweeps problems under the rug, rather than I dunno maybe FIXING whats broken??”
Nah, they lose money if they fix what’s broken, so they purposely don’t fix it and make it worse. It’s a win for them and we get totally fucked. Lucky us. -_-