I keep thinking about those studies like "65 percent of women under 30 are depressed" or "70 percent of college students are depressed" and I keep thinking there actually has to be some element of privilege there because everyone I know knows someone who would be called
"depressed" if they were a white woman.
"Depression" is a state of affairs where you actually can pursue treatment options or talk about how you're feeling to manage your symptoms.
For guys who barely made it through high school and sit at home all day because there's no
"Depression" is a state of affairs where you actually can pursue treatment options or talk about how you're feeling to manage your symptoms.
For guys who barely made it through high school and sit at home all day because there's no
point in working, we call them leeches.
Every teacher I know has at least one parent who never gets the kids to school on time and doesn't work and doesn't manage their kids' homework. We call them depressed if they're thin white women. Everyone else is called a bad mom.
Every teacher I know has at least one parent who never gets the kids to school on time and doesn't work and doesn't manage their kids' homework. We call them depressed if they're thin white women. Everyone else is called a bad mom.
People who spend their lives completely checked out or unable to keep up with even basic responsibilities have symptoms of depression. The state of being called "depressed" assumes there's a solution and someone can work with you to manage your situation and improve it.
Everyone else is treated like a moral failure for having the exact same symptoms -- often because, well, they are tiring for people around them.
But is anyone really trying to make the claim that a guy who's posted up in his living room too angry to do anything but watch
But is anyone really trying to make the claim that a guy who's posted up in his living room too angry to do anything but watch
the news and has driven all his kids away is actually not suffering from depression?
Or do we just respond differently based on who you are?
Or do we just respond differently based on who you are?
It wasn't that long ago that I saw someone making fun of the dumb workeness of arguing that white women self-reporting depression far more than women from minoritized races is a sign of privilege (not being depressed is a positive state!) and yes, it is true that not being
depressed is better than being depressed.
But also, there's no STREP test for depression. It actually seems pretty likely to me that when people with money and education have feelings of sorrow, hopelessness, or malaise that interferes with their daily lives, they go to
But also, there's no STREP test for depression. It actually seems pretty likely to me that when people with money and education have feelings of sorrow, hopelessness, or malaise that interferes with their daily lives, they go to
therapy to manage their treatable condition.
When everyone else has those feelings we call them bums or trashy or lazy.
When everyone else has those feelings we call them bums or trashy or lazy.
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