Is your amount of knowledge proportional to your amount of depression?

lol I love this question. :)

kind of, most of the time when I'm depressed I don't really feel like learning anything new.. but then again, learning new things in a field or topic I'm really interested in can help make me feel less depresses.. so.. hmm.. kind of an impossible sitaution, I don't know. 

No. I have experienced crushing depression but have little knowledge.

I'm sorry to hear that.  :-(

I fluctuate between a definition of depression as knowing too much versus misinterpreting what is known. I also see it as anger turned inward. But it's really all so intangible. And the workings of the brain are still so mysterious. There's just no grasping a definitive cause. I hope that advances in medical science will change that one day. 

Studies have shown that intelligent people are more prone to depression. I suppose it's easier to be happy when you don't realize just how much there is to feel hopeless about. O_o I'm lucky in that I've never been through a situation I couldn't shake off. Sure, I have my moments where I think the world totally sucks, but I can usually see a light at the end of the tunnel or set a goal that helps me get through hardship. At the same time, I also think I'm a moderately intelligent person, so I'm either not as smart as I think I am or I'm far more depressed than I realize. (Oy! No feedback from the peanut gallery, thanks.)

Ignorance truly is bliss for many. 

No.

My depression rears its ugly head due to the amount of doubt and fear I let gain hold on my psyche when I am weak and mentally lazy.

That is not smart at all to my way of thinking.  In order to beat depression or at least acknowledge and accept it as a passing emotion, we need to have energy and vitality and vim and vigor.  In order to keep in shape both mentally and physically we need to work at it.  We need to put effort into taking care of body by exercise and soul and mind by meditation and introspection.

Now that, is smart.



This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at July 13, 2017 11:23 PM MDT

Nah, when I an depressed it comes from other sources. That is one benefit of atheism, it does not foster crises of faith.

Once upon a time there was a labyrith of mirrors. A young child got lost in it, and could not find the exit.
Everywhere she looked, there she was, in every mirror she looked at. After a while the magic gardener came flying on his lawnmower, he wanted to help, but there are rules.
The gardener said to the child: "When you tell me which one is the real you. I will fly you out of the maze on my lawnmower.
The child answered: "That is easy. This one is (pointing to herself)"
So the gardener flew her out of the maze and she lived happily (more or less) for the rest of her life This post was edited by JakobA the unAmerican. at July 14, 2017 2:45 AM MDT

Why can't knowledge help eliminate stress/depression and even help heal a person physically? 
There are certain things that can be effective -sometimes; but different  'things' may be effective for some and not for others. 
One's 'invisible force' can be effective when suitably inspired. 

I believe that clinical depression is a physical condition. It has nothing to do with what you know or what you have. You can be down or sad about things and have the capacity to overcome them. With clinical depression, you can have everything and still feel hopeless.

its possible, depends on whats going on at the time

No.