>What I'm about to say isn't to deny that inflammation might trigger or contribute to depression. In fact, anyone who thinks depressed people are just self-indulgent whiners and that there is no biochemical basis for depression are simply living in the 1950s.
Well, there's also us, who don't believe "depressed people are just self-indulgent whiners" but don't believe depression is just a "biochemical distrubance" either.
Rather, it's a byproduct of a seriously messed up world/society/personal relations landscape, that depressed individuals are more sensitive to or have felt more deeply.
(This is not the same as "situational depression" -- I'm talking about the real deal, where still the causes can be numerous and not known to the sufferer at a conscious level).
(I find the whole "it's all just bio-chemistry" idea akin to reductionistic scientism. It's inherent in the prevalent attittude to not attempt to go beyond that level and question "why the inbalance", except in mechanistic terms).
Well, there's also us, who don't believe "depressed people are just self-indulgent whiners" but don't believe depression is just a "biochemical distrubance" either.
Rather, it's a byproduct of a seriously messed up world/society/personal relations landscape, that depressed individuals are more sensitive to or have felt more deeply. (This is not the same as "situational depression" -- I'm talking about the real deal, where still the causes can be numerous and not known to the sufferer at a conscious level).
(I find the whole "it's all just bio-chemistry" idea akin to reductionistic scientism. It's inherent in the prevalent attittude to not attempt to go beyond that level and question "why the inbalance", except in mechanistic terms).