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#310 - Adam Lane Smith - 15 Harsh Psychology Truths
Modern Wisdom
Is There a Diagnosis for Depression?
I think part of it stems from what I was talking about earlier on, people wanting to wrangle that chaos into order. By giving it a grander sounding name, a more catastrophic sounding name, it almost legitimates the fact that they're affected by it. The contrasting effect actually helps to relatively bring it down. It also forces the other person involved in that conversation, hearing you describe yourself that way. It forces them to validate you and take you seriously because otherwise, they're denying anxiety. They're denying these clinical terms.
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