Article re: treatment of depression

[pegkerr]

Happiness: Enough Already
The push for ever-greater well-being is facing a backlash, fueled by research on the value of sadness.

I am trying to figure out why this article upsets me so much. I guess because several members of my family (including me) are on medication for mood disorders. I read this as insinuating that perhaps we are just a little too eager to forego a truly authentic life in exchange for a surcease of the pain of depression. Well, actually, the article is talking about the pain of sadness, which it seems to conflate with depression.

Am I over-reacting? Your reactions?

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Everyone has pretty much said what I would have, one way or the other. Your reactions are your reactions; I think that "overreacting" is a relevant concern only when someone is taking action based on their reaction--that calls for some objectivity. I also agree with whoever said, if the shoe doesn't fit, don't wear it.

I wrote a whole lot more, but I'm going to put it in my own LJ instead of taking up space here.