Uh even suicidal ideation to a place where you can then begin to actually take action . Because the challenge with depression is that you often feel a lack of motivation . You think nothing will work , right ?
You think nothing will work , right ? Remember it's learned helplessness that leads to depression , right ? So learned helplessness is like you try to do things in your life , but you're not getting the effect or the outcome you want .
You know , I just wanted the loneliness to end . I wanted the depression to end . I wanted the suicidal ideation to end , you know , and at that point I was experiencing the suicidal sidal idea and really wishing that I had never been born more .
And so you begin to give up and you begin to become hopeless , right ? So you learn hopelessness , you learn helplessness and it leads to depression . So I was very lucky though .
Again , remember it's , it's inside um this social um isolation , subjective experience of that which we call loneliness um is has the deleterious or detrimental effect on your health that smoking 15 cigarettes a day does , right ? So loneliness , the experience of loneliness is associated with an increased anxiety , depression , heart disease , uh dementia , cognitive decline , obesity . In fact , loneliness is such a serious and detrimental experiencing condition that it increases the odds of dying by 30% right ?
