Posted by finelinebob on August 21, 2006, at 23:28:20
In reply to Re: Is Depression a choice? » finelinebob, posted by ciaolavida on August 21, 2006, at 21:44:00
> If meds or therapy don't work, and it's genetic, then technically depression can still be a choice.
If it's in your genes, often the issue has been decided for you. There's no "techincally" or "choice" about it. You have it.
If your genes say you're going to have blue eyes, you have no choice. You'll have blue eyes. BUT, you can buy some of the contacts that change your eye color. Whether you "stay" blue-eyed is a choice.
If your genes say you have a high potential for developing diabetes, then to avoid developing diabetes you'll have to make some fairly strict dietary and exercise rules and keep them up all your life.
Some of your genetic make-up you cannot avoid. Other aspects, if you know about them, you can manage them and even avoid them.
So yeah, biologically-based depression may be a choice. The day medical science figures out some sort of DNA test that indicates exactly how your brain chemisty is going to vary from the norm AND pharmaceutical companies develop medications that address those chemical imbalances and do nothing more, nothing less ...
... only then will biologically-based depression be a choice.
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