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thathonkey on Sept 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tech Has a Depression Problem

There's also a strong positive correlation between incidence of depression and intelligence.

rmetzler on Sept 11, 2014 [–]

True. Also depression seems to be an illness human beings may inherit.

Physical exercises are known to help depression. Sitting in front of a computer screen all day long without much social interaction seems to make it worse (at least for me).

thathonkey on Sept 12, 2014 | [–]

Of the serious mental illnesses, they're almost always inherited.

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