Insane Australia II

The Black Dog Institute says:

“Depression has a high lifetime prevalence – one in seven Australians will experience depression in their lifetime…The World Health Organisation estimates that depression will be the number one health concern in both the developed and developing nations by 2030”

Well, firstly they must be measuring depression quite differently to Sane Australia which says 1-in-4 have depression at any time. So you have to wonder if there are different categories of depression?

I mean there is obviously very bad depression that can lead to suicide or significant medical issues, but then there is the response to the external environment which is supposed to act as a stimulus to change things. That is, a natural and sensible part of human behaviour.

My guess is that, between now and 2030, we are all going to get quite depressed while the do-gooders, scammers and the medical industry ram depression down our collective throats to ensure that we part with as much money as is humanly possible, in order to get rid of our depression.