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Are you depressed? Do you know anyone NOT depressed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've known since I was a kid that I'm depressed. I even have infant photos of me, where I look like I just hate life. Other baby photos the baby is smiling, and interested in everything. Whereas I look like even though I'm too young to even have thoughts, I'm still giving off body language of "leave me alone".

But when I started asking everyone I knew if they too were depressed, I haven't gotten one single person to say that they're happy. Everyone has said they're depressed. So now I wonder if it's a regional thing, or if everyone everywhere is depressed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you depressed?

Yes.

Do you know anyone who's not depressed?

The only happy people I know are wealthy and/or have wealthy parents (usually both, I'll call wealthy a NAV >$10M) and have never needed to struggle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know a single person worth 10 million or anywhere close, if you don't count my boss's boss and up. I'm curious where you live.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The SF Bay area, there are a lot of people who are financially independent here