can we stop diagnosing unknown people based on a 2 paragraph post on HN? the obsession with finding a label for all sorts of mental states is crazy.
I agree with the rest of your post though
I didn't say "you are depressed". I said "have you considered that you might be...". When did that become diagnosis?
FWIW I said "clinically depressed" to draw the specific distinction between colloquial use of the word "depressed" meaning "down", and the medical notion of depression that covers this sort of stuff -- long term loss of direction, low self-esteem negativity etc.
It's just a suggestion to consider the whole picture and maybe seek advice.
Personally it all sounds very familiar. So familiar I'd admit I'm mildly depressed. But I do still have a pad of good ideas that I add to.
Also very interesting is that yes even with ideas I'm not good at doing them - but the suggestion that their thing might be the enabling others to achieve theirs really sticks out for me. I'm definitely at my best helping others to do better.
All in I'd say it was a good response.
Please. Having a mental disorder is stigmatized enough already. Please don't play into it by implying it's not real.