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The Science of Depression, what Happens Inside the Mind

I am posting this because I lost a friend to depression and I have other friends who goes through this as well. I used to think that anyone going through depression just needed good friends (mind you, this was my college days thinking), but it's so much deeper than that.

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New Study: Straight men more stressed, depressed than Gay Men

A Canadian study focusing on anxiety and sexual orientation, says that straight men suffer more depression and more stress than gay and bi men.

Interesting, I know, but here's more:

"Interestingly and contrary to our hypothesis, gay and bisexual men had significantly lower depressive symptoms and allostatic load levels than heterosexual men," wrote lead author Robert-Paul Juster, a neuroscientist at McGill University.

Heterosexual men registered a third higher on an index of allostatic load compared with gay and bisexual men. In contrast, lesbian and bisexual women ranked higher than heterosexual women on the index.

Noting that clinical indexes for stress include measures of body weight and fat, authors speculated that it was possible that gay and bisexual men focused more on maintaining thinness and muscularity than straight men.

The last piece is interesting because some gays have an unhealthy focus on their bodies from peer pressure and dating purposes.

However, this is some good info. Read the rest of the article here

Interesting Quote: Rachel Maddow

"Coping with depression is something that is part of the everyday way that I live and have lived for as long as I can remember. When you are depressed, it's like the rest of the world is the mother ship, and you're out there on a little pod and your line gets cut and you don't connect with anything. You sort of disappear."

Rachel discusses her struggle with depression.

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