I am not finding the game realistic.

[macOSaddict]

After playing for an hour, I came to "Epilogue" staing that there is no end to depression. Depression can be solved. You can "move on" and solve your problems. I feel like this was a "lazy" way of finishing the story.

[Phelyne]

Nice assumptions.

[Grinnar]

You admitted to it. I just put it into technical terms.

[Phelyne]

Not really. Anecdotes is something complete different from experience.

[Grinnar]

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/anecdotal

You used a personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence.
It's often much easier for people to believe someone's testimony as opposed to understanding complex data and variation across a continuum. Quantitative scientific measures are almost always more accurate than personal perceptions and experiences, but our inclination is to believe that which is tangible to us, and/or the word of someone we trust over a more 'abstract' statistical reality.

Example: Jason said that that was all cool and everything, but his grandfather smoked, like, 30 cigarettes a day and lived until 97 - so don't believe everything you read about meta analyses of methodologically sound studies showing proven causal relationships.

[Phelyne]

In the example, that's one person/situation he's comparing the facts to. I have several. Besides, depression not being cureable defies not only my experience but also logic. People usually have a reason to be depressed, and having it cured is basically just "getting over it", usually.

[Phelyne]

(Although I realize I make it sound way easier than it is by saying "Getting over it")

[Phelyne]

I'll admit that's a pretty awesome website you got there, though.

[Grinnar]

Reason: Chemical imbalance in the brain. Cure: It's a trial and error process. There is no single process. Which is why it's often left to mitigation, because there is no catch all cure.

[Grinnar]

I like the site, too. :)

[Phelyne]

I agree that there's no catch all cure.

And that's quite a lot of logical fallacies they have listed there. I really like the examples because I can compare it to all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ arguments people have used in the past when talking to me, especially my parents. xD

[Phelyne]

"Example: Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver and brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all."
People say this way too often..

[Grinnar]

Haha, do it. Use it.

Anyways, on subject. The biggest boon to curing or at least lessoning the effects of deprssion, is both the discovery as to what the cause. Sometimes people confuse depression with feeling sad all the time. While that is ONE type, and can be crippling, it isn't actually the fullness of that category of disorders. I have a form of depression. I do not get sad very often. It's just a different state of chemical well being for me. And thus, I would not benefit too much from therapy as much as I would say... Going out and exercising more. Elevate hormone levels and what-not. But that's me. It wouldn't work on someone who has histrionic personality disorder (I don't even know if that actually IS a form of depression).

[Phelyne]

Yeah, exercise makes me feel good too, but I'm usually way too lazy to do it. (And I'm also very often too sick to do it. I'm currently sick, but I suppose I could get exercise if I wanted to. It's currently just inflammation, dizzyness and headaches.)

Another thing that makes me feel better is making progress with... Well... Anything. I feel like I'm waiting way too long for way too much, and like school and not having my own house and such is just limiting how much freedom I have in life way too much.

Buuut it makes me feel better when I do make some progress on... Something. So that's good, I guess.

[Phelyne]

So I agree that different stuff can make people feel better.

[Grinnar]

Laziness is my bane these days. :)

So I agree that things can be done. But with current medicine and understanding, mitigation is sadly the best we can often get. That said, much luck to you in the future!