if self centeredness is the root of depression, how are there so many people who are self-centered who are totally happy? There has got to be more to depression than ego. It is not that simple. How can it be?
Hey thanks for dropping by my blog, and for that movie recommendation. I'll definitely check it out.
On depression, I definitely do not think self-centeredness is the ultimate root of depression, although that is one of its intermediate manifestations. You're right to look at neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine and neropinephrine, but it does not answer what caused changes in those neurotransmitters that lead to feelings of depression and self-centeredness.
From a less neuroscientific point of view, there certainly is some form of insecurity going on (once again, which came first, the neurological changes that led to the insecurity or vice versa, is moot), because if you felt secure about your current state of affairs you wouldn't subsequently feel neurotic, a deep desire for control and self-centeredness. We only start to see beyond our own needs when we can afford to - i.e. when we feel secure enough that we are in control. Depression takes that sense of control away, which is why very depressed people are even cynical and upset with hope, because it leads to the possibility of change for the better and change is too much for a depressive in need of control to handle.
Not sure if this makes sense but just sharing what I know!
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Hey thanks for dropping by my blog, and for that movie recommendation. I'll definitely check it out.
On depression, I definitely do not think self-centeredness is the ultimate root of depression, although that is one of its intermediate manifestations. You're right to look at neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine and neropinephrine, but it does not answer what caused changes in those neurotransmitters that lead to feelings of depression and self-centeredness.
From a less neuroscientific point of view, there certainly is some form of insecurity going on (once again, which came first, the neurological changes that led to the insecurity or vice versa, is moot), because if you felt secure about your current state of affairs you wouldn't subsequently feel neurotic, a deep desire for control and self-centeredness. We only start to see beyond our own needs when we can afford to - i.e. when we feel secure enough that we are in control. Depression takes that sense of control away, which is why very depressed people are even cynical and upset with hope, because it leads to the possibility of change for the better and change is too much for a depressive in need of control to handle.
Not sure if this makes sense but just sharing what I know!
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