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Originally Posted by AR_Six
I think you're making an error in attributing mental illness primarily to societal factors. I don't care how much social interaction you have or how much time you spend surfing the interwebz, or whether you even know what Google is, if your brain chemistry determines you're going to feel X, it won't matter. In my experience, the "reasons" for depression are just things that happen at the same time as rough patches in terms of the symptoms - people then assume correlation implies causation.
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Was just going to post this. Saying medication is just masking the symptoms is akin to saying that chemotherapy just masks cancer. Medication alone may not be the answer for some people, but if there is a chemistry problem with your brain, it may indeed be necessary.