A person can do push ups multiple times, but a cripplingly depressed person can barely lift their arm. Why? Is it like like adrenaline but backwards?
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I can only really explain one aspect of depression. This is by no means a survey of depression, nor will reddit post be sufficient to highlight the torrent of information required to understand such a vast topic. That being said, one aspect of depression is around Want or Drive.
Typically all tasks that you do have some semblance of wanting to be done. These tasks range from being directly wanted to be done (like fun tasks) or indirectly wanting to be done (common example is going to work to earn money to have comfort).
Often times with depression, individuals lose the “want” in varying levels so that there is no drive or energy to get something done.
The more you don’t want to do something, the less energy will be directed towards it’s completion.
Often this can present in depression in varying recursive ways where tasks need to be done but the person doesn’t want them done even though they may or may not want the indirect result of completing the task.
That’s not to say all depression works this way, it’s just a really simple way to consider the insurmountable wall that appears. Break the wall(s) and recovery is more probable. Sometimes these roots go deep.
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