@freemo sorry, no bad intentions. Depression as label is created. That people get into troubles is true. That is one subject, but that it is created as label is different subject, and that is for profit only, for psychiatry. Drugs do not help any depression, they may just let person become a walking zombie, but is that help?
@louis @freemo Swedes rely on psychiatry and medication much less than people in the USA.

Sounds awesome, right? What is the secret? Swedish society and physiology is not all that different from the USA after all. How do they manage it?

Maybe Swedish society is a bit less stressful? After all, there's parental leave and vacations on a whole other order of magnitude than in the USA, and there is heavily subsidized medical care and no crime-ridden megacities. Life is just better, and Swedes compete with the Danes on being the happiest people on the planet.

Swedes kill themselves 20% more than US Americans.

@clacke @louis @freemo

Swedes kill themselves 20% more than US Americans.

Try living without sunlight for half the year, and you’ll be killing yourself too.

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I just spent a Dutch summer where there is literally a few hours of dark and its not even night technically but twilight.

After a summer of near perpetual light I **wish** I had half a year of darkness. In fact I would LOVE it. Biking int he middle of the night is my favorite.

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