Comment by pchangr
2 days ago
I don’t think you understand depression. There’s a big difference between depression and sadness … like the difference between purple and green. They are just not comparable. This is not shades of a different color. My personal experience is: “I’m sad” and that can mean… “I want to cry” But If im depressed can be like “I’m happy.., and yet.. I don’t see the point of living.”
I doubt the distinction between depressed and not depressed is all that clear.
I know scales like BDI 2 assign a number and use terms like:
– BDI-II scoring:
0-13 is considered none or minimal range depression;
14-19 mild depression;
20-28 moderate depression;
29-63 severe depression.
https://strokengine.ca/en/assessments/beck-depression-invent...
There is no objective cutoff point is what I'm saying.
> I don’t think you understand depression
I think I understand very well
Then maybe it was just a choice of words. My main point was that being depressed is not the same as being sad like being happy is not the same as being manic.