Depression isn't "sad".
Depression _can_ be a function of the environment, but it's still not "sad". Sad is a healthy, appropriate emotion. Depression is a numbness that makes it difficult to even feel sadness.
Depression _can_ be a function of the environment, but it's still not "sad". Sad is a healthy, appropriate emotion. Depression is a numbness that makes it difficult to even feel sadness.
https://www.psycom.net/depression-definition-dsm-5-diagnosti...
To delete depression rather than addressing the root causes seems strange and inhuman.
Often it means adjusting unrealistic expectations. Like if I'm sad because I'm not a famous movie star. You could either make me a movie star, or make me accept that this is very likely not going to happen, and that's OK.
Nothing inhuman about that.
Ignoring the fact that you're sad because you're not a famous movie star and giving you a happy pill is the inhuman step.
It's the old adage in spades: "Give someone a fish and they'll eat for a day; teach them to fish and they'll eat for the rest of their life."
Happiness in pill form is not happiness.