Antidepressent that acts as a [ norepinephrine ]-[ dopamine ] reuptake inhibitor. In the class of substituted [ phenethylamine ]s and (more…
Depression is the worst thing . Why? Ultimately we care about global utility. Depression is literally the state of finding it difficult or…
In Pāli, dukkha refers to the unsatisfactory parts of existence. Literally it refers to a wheel in which the axel hole is not centered…
A recent survey found that ??% of Berkeley grad students suffer from depression. This should be shocking and dismaying. Yet no one seems…
When someone we love dies, a sense of possibility leaves the world. Our grief is usually proportional to how much we cared about them…
Update Feb 2025: I now think the existence of [ memory reconsolidation ] makes the point expressed here much less of a blackpill. Factual…
Some things are genuinely hard to do. But many others I don't do just out of laziness, or maybe lack of [ agency ]. I know that they're…
Described, among other places, in Unlocking the Emotional Brain . Insofar as much of Buddhism is about dissolving [ samskara ]s…
This is one of the big problems with the world. Not the only one, and not the only way to look at it. But it's everywhere. status : a…
It's not a terrible summation of [ depression ] that it starts from seeing no way to achieve your goals. Sometimes that's because it's…
Several ideas here: When I try to tell a story about what I'd like to change about my life, at a high level, I can come at it from different…