Sometimes it's really hard to figure out if I'm actually suffering from persistent depressive disorder, or if I'm just smart enough to know how fucked everything is.
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Those aren’t mutually exclusive. And if you do suffer dysthymia, you can also have smaller individual bouts of depression on top of your long wave of depression.
It's not a a disorder if depression is a logical reaction to your environment (I tell myself)
Keeping current on what your government is going to do to you and your family is a good thing.
Engaging with reality despite the burnout is healthy.
The fact that observable reality makes us all depressed is what we need to be focusing on, not avoiding reality.