Posted by dj on February 5, 2001, at 20:47:20
In reply to Re: Depressed, think too much, why?, posted by dj on February 5, 2001, at 13:18:03
> > Anyone know why the depressed think so much, >and question such oddities?
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> Once again you are making broad generalizations, which may not be as true as you think they are... What you are describing sounds like a combination of introspection and obsessing, both of which you seem to be demonstrating by dwelling upon. There are higher degrees of introspective tendencies < in those > who become depressed perhaps because one < seems to reinforce > the other. And a tendency of depression is obsessive introspection ie. - rumination...
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> However folks you describe as drones sometimes become depressed as do extroverts who tend to be more outwardly than inwardly focused, when not depressed, generally. The picture is a bit more complex than you tend to paint it...however I shall not drone on or dwell on this, further...
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