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[cyrano]

How weird is it that 'atypical depression' is the most common form of depression?

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[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

Not really:

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first line
Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

If, by "atypical", they mean "we don't know what's going on; this wasn't like the other ones", then not so weird at all, as there is a tremendous amount of variation in the human species, and medicine is slow to catch up.

But yes, I am giving you a serious answer to a question you were probably not seeking a serious answer to. This was probably meant to be a rhetorical question. Silly me.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You are exceptionally silly.
And I find it in my heart to forgive you.
(The basis of 'atypical', as I understand, is that it's inconstant and may be affected by outside events. Something can happen that makes me happy briefly, and then I get depressed again.)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Don't you love opportunities to quote the Russians? It's almost as tasty as Sports Night references, IMHO.

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

Well, all my bouts of depression have been atypical then. But they've felt quite typical to me -- that very inconsistency that they label "atypical" is a trait that I find to be quite typical in my experience. Maybe this tendency towards contraryness when it comes to medical diagnoses is the reason why I'm not a psychologist.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I should probably also posit that these are clinical depressions, as I realise that I don't know what sort you have. But yes, your natural contrariness means that you probably have a garden full of silver bells and cockle shells also.

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

I've had a few different diagnoses, to be honest. I don't believe in or agree with half of them. <------Proof of contraryness.

And how did you know so much about my garden? I also tried to get the pretty maids all in a row, too, but hired help is so expensive these days, and most labor unions won't allow me to select the maids based on attractiveness.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Trust me, I've been keeping an eye on your garden.
(Go the Disney route--don't hire them as 'agricultural labor', hire them as actors who just happen to also do gardening work. Then it's legal to use attractiveness as a scale point.)