Why the fuck does depression exist? Why does it drain all motivation and energy to do things? Isn’t this a serious liability for survival?

Question

It’s never made sense to me why depression exists. It causes only harm and I honest to god see 0 use for its existence.

In: Biology

Answer 1

My take on it: depression makes you slow down on your activities and concentrate on problem-solving. So you have an opportunity to analyze your situation and come up with more adaptive behavior in cases of social defeat or other struggles.