Depressed People Make Better Decisions?

[lenon01]

I don't know where else to put this, so I'll just leave this link here....

Discuss?

http://io9.com/#!5799146/depressed-people-make-better-decisions-than-happy-ones

 

[snafupants]

Depressed people probably make more conservative, avoidant-like decisions. Couple this feature of depression with brains, and marketing/advertising basically doesn't stand a chance. Try to sell that guy something. Can't do it. Mania, on the contrary, is every business owner's wet dream.

 

[boondockbabe]

Depressed people probably make more conservative, avoidant-like decisions. Couple this feature of depression with brains, and marketing/advertising basically doesn't stand a chance. Try to sell that guy something. Can't do it. Mania, on the contrary, is every business owner's wet dream.

That explains why they're always brewing fresh coffie at the car dealership.

I think mild depression might help in some instances. Like doomsday preparedness. or songwriting. ever listened to country-western music? I think some of the writers are probably really depressed.

 

[Dimensional Transition]

Yeah, depression has always made me take the right, safe, decisions. But it still feels shitty as fuck so you don't really get any... personal/emotional/spiritual profit from it?