Does computer science related people always depressed?
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I don't feel living after i entered my college. It's the worst decision to study computer even i score very well.
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I feel like highly intelligent people often end up being quite depressed. What are your passions outside of CS? Sometimes finding a way to tie that in helps.
Being unhappy, or in a perpetual state of boredom is not a depression. But I agree it can eventually become a depression. But I don't know if intelligence has much to do with it. It's being suggested a lot, but there's no real evidence that this is actually true. I believe that's primarily because highly intelligent people are communicating their feelings more openly, as opposed to behaving more towards what's expected from their surroundings. That doesn't mean the latter is less sad than the first. Highly intelligent people are also more likely to see a neurologist or psychiatrist, not because they have more mental problems but because the cultural taboo about mental health is a lot smaller in higher educated circles than in lower educated circles. Finally, highly intelligent people are more likely to have jobs that deprives them from physical activity, which reduces the amount of serotonin secretion in the brain. That's a social phenomenon, not directly caused by having a more than average intelligence.
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Being unhappy, or in a perpetual state of boredom is not a depression. But I agree it can eventually become a depression. But I don't know if intelligence has much to do with it. It's being suggested a lot, but there's no real evidence that this is actually true. I believe that's primarily because highly intelligent people are communicating their feelings more openly, as opposed to behaving more towards what's expected from their surroundings. That doesn't mean the latter is less sad than the first. Highly intelligent people are also more likely to see a neurologist or psychiatrist, not because they have more mental problems but because the cultural taboo about mental health is a lot smaller in higher educated circles than in lower educated circles. Finally, highly intelligent people are more likely to have jobs that deprives them from physical activity, which reduces the amount of serotonin secretion in the brain. That's a social phenomenon, not directly caused by having a more than average intelligence.
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I don't feel living after i entered my college. It's the worst decision to study computer even i score very well.
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It can be frustrating. When I feel down, I try to fill my day with nothing but positive messages. Go watch an old Stooges movie, or whatever funny TV/Movie show you think will _make_you_want_to_laugh! Creative people are genetically gifted & cursed. I always struggle to find balance. Understand that your creative high-energy periods will be balanced out with some period of blues. Regarding your chosen field of study, my advice is to always pursue a field of study that you find interesting and challenging. You will spend your life doing whatever your chosen field is. If you are in college, it's absolutely NORMAL to question life decisions. Your mind is chemically undergoing an important, and final adult stage of development -- reasoning. For the record, I studied Finance & Creative Writing. Did not discover my passion, software, until after graduating and that was 32 years ago. I code for joy and excitement.
ToastedTOAD wrote:
I studied Finance & Creative Writing
Now there's a combination to conjure with. Who did you do the books for?
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I would not stay in a career that caused me to be depressed! Depression is not normal for any chosen career. If you are truly depressed, then please seek some help or chose to study something that doesn't depress you. A lifetime is way too long to live with depression!
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I doubt it's the career that's causing the depression -- he hasn't started the career, yet. It's just early-college blues. Friends need to be found.
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I don't feel living after i entered my college. It's the worst decision to study computer even i score very well.
So you don't like school. Who did? Get out and make friends (in the physical world, not on a computer), and keep up with your studies, because getting a redo for your education is very hard, so don't mess up the first try. Things get better. And they get worse. And they get better. Etc. C'est la vie. Keep looking for things that make the day brighter.
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Being frustrated by your own limitations and insignificance and constantly aware of a myriad of things that are going wrong, or have a high probability of going wrong? Yes, I'm quite familiar with it. As the doctor would say: “The universe is big, its vast and complicated and ridiculous.” But I believe it's something you can learn to cope with eventually. My strategy is to forgive the stupidity of others as well as my own and try to focus on what I can do, rather than on what I can't. You don't need to make sense of it all, because you can't anyway.
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Being frustrated by your own limitations and insignificance and constantly aware of a myriad of things that are going wrong, or have a high probability of going wrong? Yes, I'm quite familiar with it. As the doctor would say: “The universe is big, its vast and complicated and ridiculous.” But I believe it's something you can learn to cope with eventually. My strategy is to forgive the stupidity of others as well as my own and try to focus on what I can do, rather than on what I can't. You don't need to make sense of it all, because you can't anyway.
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It can be frustrating. When I feel down, I try to fill my day with nothing but positive messages. Go watch an old Stooges movie, or whatever funny TV/Movie show you think will _make_you_want_to_laugh! Creative people are genetically gifted & cursed. I always struggle to find balance. Understand that your creative high-energy periods will be balanced out with some period of blues. Regarding your chosen field of study, my advice is to always pursue a field of study that you find interesting and challenging. You will spend your life doing whatever your chosen field is. If you are in college, it's absolutely NORMAL to question life decisions. Your mind is chemically undergoing an important, and final adult stage of development -- reasoning. For the record, I studied Finance & Creative Writing. Did not discover my passion, software, until after graduating and that was 32 years ago. I code for joy and excitement.
ToastedTOAD wrote:
I studied Finance & Creative Writing
wouldn't that have just been a degree in accounting? :-D
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