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Depression seems pretty clear to me

1. You need to be using your brain and body to their full capacity in pursuit of fufilling your biological imperatives - survival and reproduction

2. If you falter from this path and fall into a state of waking hell, you should be caught by a safety net of moral support structures of family, society, religion which can help you retructure your life. These structures are sadly being eroded.

3. Sometimes if all else fails, there could be antidepressants as a last resort. However all options - finding meaning and fixing sleep, diet, exercise, sex, etc - should be exhausted first

>>16558

>survival and reproduction

Anon, you can't cure depression simply by getting kids and having a good job. Everyone has something that they really want deep down and when you don't get it your mind reacts by making you depressed. You may not even consciously know what it is you want, but you will still be depressed until you find out what it is and at least start working towards getting it.

>>16560

Sure there's other things that are important, that's essentially what Nietzsche laid out - that you need to find what compels you and pursue it because that will give structure and purpose to your life.

But if you can't ignore your biological imperative either. That's largely why so many people who have pursued careers and neglected to raise a family feel unfulfilled.

Its also incredibly depressing to see your entire people failing to successfully reproduce and thrive, this is almost more crushing than a failure to personally reproduce because it implies that even though you yourself have succeeded, it is a meaningless success, because in the end the entire genetic line of your people will end regardless of what you do. (I'm not saying that's the case, just that people can feel depressed because of these thoughts - don't fall for this blackpill!)

>>16561

I agree with you. I just think that what you said applies a lot more to women than men, I mean, you just don't see catmen with a hundred cats at the age of 40, instead you see married fathers with good wives and high-paying jobs ending up in a mid-life crisis because they got redpilled at 30 instead of 20, because even though they did everything correctly, their lives were still unfulfilled.

Of course what you said is right, but men require something extra, I can't say what it is for sure because everyone is different, but for example me I just want to quit my wageslave job, start my own business and build a house, then when I'm around 30-35 I can start thinking of having kids, but that's just me. It's a simple dream but I feel depressed when I'm not working towards it.