Depression may help prevent you from getting beat up or killed

[archerships]

"...rank theory proposes that depression is an adaptive response to losing rank and conceiving of oneself as a loser. The adaptive function of the depression, according to rank theory, is to facilitate losing and to promote accommodation to the fact that one has lost. In other words, the depressive state evolved to promote the acceptance of the subordinate role and the loss of resources which can only be secured by holding higher rank in the dominance hierarchy. The function of this depressive adaptation is to prevent the loser in a status conflict from suffering further injury and to preserve the stability and competitive efficiency of the group by maintaining social homeostasis.

via wireheading.com

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Comments

[ernunnos.livejournal.com]

Well, that's depressing.

[gwendally.livejournal.com]

Makes sense to me. I failed at a project that was meaningful and important to me and I think it was part of the trigger for Depression assaulting me like it did. Not fighting the failure was a winning strategy in terms of how to lose this fight.

If that makes any sense whatsoever. It does to me, though. Thanks for the post.

[pasquin.livejournal.com]

I hope the losers keep telling themselves that.