Besides the second sentence which is only half about this, every sentence is about how comparing one’s level of depression to someone who has it even worse isn’t helpful or justified. Emrik also talks about their struggles with this.
Perhaps they projected onto the post author about luck, but I’d hope people with depression feel like they can say imperfect and real things about depression without getting pilloried for getting something wrong.
I’d hope people with depression feel like they can say imperfect and real things about depression without getting pilloried for getting something wrong.
Agree! The combined aggregate response to the original comment is probably the least sensitive/kind conduct I have ever seen in the EA sphere
every sentence is about how comparing one’s level of depression to someone who has it even worse isn’t helpful or justified
i can see how you can intrepret this comment as “the OP is putting up norms by measuring their depression and I discourage this”, in an intellectual sense, but reading the ocmment, this read is still marginal, the comment doesn’t really make the case clear.
whatever their experiences are, the writer of the comment isn’t likely writing while currently in a state of depression, and are responsible for communicating. their comment is disorganized and reads like a string of consciousness (because it probably is) and it’s self involved.
note that actually i didn’t downvote the comment by the way.
Thanks for pointing out how dense the comment was. I agree, and I should probably up my bar for how clear my comments need to be so I don’t waste people’s time like this. But two pushbacks:
It’s ok if people make comments they know most people will misinterpret, as long as the misinterpretations are harmless.
And in response to your second point above, what’s wrong with being self-involved?
Besides the second sentence which is only half about this, every sentence is about how comparing one’s level of depression to someone who has it even worse isn’t helpful or justified. Emrik also talks about their struggles with this.
Perhaps they projected onto the post author about luck, but I’d hope people with depression feel like they can say imperfect and real things about depression without getting pilloried for getting something wrong.
Agree! The combined aggregate response to the original comment is probably the least sensitive/kind conduct I have ever seen in the EA sphere
Edit: added “combined aggregate ” for clarity
i can see how you can intrepret this comment as “the OP is putting up norms by measuring their depression and I discourage this”, in an intellectual sense, but reading the ocmment, this read is still marginal, the comment doesn’t really make the case clear.
whatever their experiences are, the writer of the comment isn’t likely writing while currently in a state of depression, and are responsible for communicating. their comment is disorganized and reads like a string of consciousness (because it probably is) and it’s self involved.
note that actually i didn’t downvote the comment by the way.
Thanks for pointing out how dense the comment was. I agree, and I should probably up my bar for how clear my comments need to be so I don’t waste people’s time like this. But two pushbacks:
It’s ok if people make comments they know most people will misinterpret, as long as the misinterpretations are harmless.
And in response to your second point above, what’s wrong with being self-involved?