Ever heard of depressive realism?
- a theory that people suffering from depression may actually have
a more accurate perception of reality than individuals with "healthy" minds.
Compared with so-called healthy individuals, depressives are simply more realistic in their worldview.
Studies have found that people with depression actually score higher on tests of realism,
and that intelligence is positively correlated with mental illness and suicide.
This indicates that if the mind is in a state where it sees reality stripped down for what it truly is,
it's more likely to want to destroy itself... which undoubtedly makes a whole lot of sense, in my opinion.
Human life is existential horror.
Human life is existential horror.
I know many tend to lable depressive souls as somewhat crazy or pessimistic...
I prefer the term realist.
