> Yikes, now we're just on to blind speculation.
Not at all. More educated people tend to be more anxious and more depressed.
https://www.originsrecovery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/H...
The fact that we trust those more prone to depression to solve depression should not be discounted.
When it comes to 'dysthymia'. The only reason we find it to be a disease is that we expect people to be happy all the time. We've labeled anything other than that as diseased. As I stated elsewhere, I do not believe in happiness. Most of my day is spent neither sad nor happy. Were I to be sad all the time, I don't think that's particularly interesting either. Our society is not set up with space for people to not be happy. Society is ill, not the people.