Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way
I hate this idea that signals can move the &quot;wrong&quot; way.<p>There have been few days in my adult life that I wouldn&#x27;t have preferred to not be here. Depression sucks. Yet, I don&#x27;t think people are right when they tell me I&#x27;m wrong to be depressed.<p>I hear that some people feel their depression shouldn&#x27;t be there and that they should feel happy, and in those cases I think this sounds like it could be an excellent solution, but in my case (and I think others too) I could give you very well reasoned arguments for why I would prefer to not to be here and why I feel a sense of sadness as my default state. At least in my case I believe arguments for optimism are more wrong than my depression.<p>Interestingly, my girlfriend is the total opposite to me. She&#x27;s the happiest person ever met and I often wonder why she isn&#x27;t also considered to be suffering from some kind of mental defect – I guess in her case the signals must be moving the &quot;right&quot; way because obviously the &quot;right&quot; way to feel is happy 24&#x2F;7 and prolonged sadness is &quot;wrong&quot;.<p>I guess I always kinda liked the idea that any advanced intelligence would end up as some iteration of Marvin the Paranoid Android, since the logical conclusion should perhaps be that life is pointless and hard, so therefore why bother? Perhaps the &quot;right&quot; way for signals to travel is in the direction of depression and hopelessness.<p>Sorry I know this isn&#x27;t really on topic and I sound like a complete downer. I&#x27;m certainly not trying to diminish this research. I&#x27;ve guess I&#x27;ve just always found it interesting how some people feel they can categorise mental states as &quot;right&quot; or &quot;wrong&quot;.