Posted by SLS on December 22, 2015, at 20:23:45
In reply to Re: Nardil washout and then restart, posted by john locke on December 22, 2015, at 16:56:13
> yes
I wish I could come up with a singular definitive answer to your question. There are so many theories, I wouldn't presume to know which one approximates reality. Data is accumulating quickly, but understanding is not.
I think the condition to which we ascribe the one word, "depression", is actually a variety of disorders or illnesses, each of which has a different etiology or process of induction. I'm sure chronic anxiety is one of them. It might be true that the role anxiety plays in the precipitation of depression has been underappreciated, but it is not the monolithic cause of all cases.
I like the idea of various types of stress exerting "depressive pressure" on the system. If the stress is more than the system can handle, depression is the result. This could be anxiety, sex-hormones, learned helplessness, childhood neglect, chronic negative thinking, physical illness, grief and bereavement, etc. Each person's system has a different threshold for tolerating depressive pressure. People who have the biological traits that yield resilience can be exposed to large amounts of stress without ever getting depressed. Other people - perhaps those with varying genotypes - will become depressed at a much lower threshold of stress.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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