Those undergoing significant stress are more likely to develop depression

• Psychiatry’s expectation for constant positivity leads to the suppression of outrage toward oppression and the dismissal of trauma caused by society

People who are undergoing a lot of life stressors are more likely than average to succumb to a major depression, and people sunk in their first major depression are more likely than average to have undergone recent and significant stress. Laboratory studies also link stress and the symptoms of depression. Stress a lab rat, and it becomes anhedonic. Specifically, it takes a stronger electrical current than normal in the rat’s pleasure pathways to activate a sense of pleasure. The threshold for perceiving pleasure has been raised, just as in a depressive.

---

References

• Sapolsky, Robert. (2004). Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Chapter 14. Stress and Depression (p. 411). New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company.

Metadata

Type:🔴 Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Status:⛅️