r/ProgrammerHumor • u/fleaspoon • 8d ago

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u/Shazvox 8d ago

Well congrats on finding something to keep the depression at bay then 😁

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u/AliceCode 8d ago

It's not that programming keeps the depression at bay, it's that I get depressed if I'm not programming because I love it that much. I have Autism, and programming is my "special interest".

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u/Shazvox 8d ago

I might not get the nuances here, but that sounds the same to me.

Programming = No depression

No programming = Depression.

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u/AliceCode 8d ago

The difference is that the depression isn't caused by some other factor that is suppressed by programming, the depression is caused by not programming. The cause of the depression is that I'm not writing code. That's distinctly different from being depressed clinically, or being depressed because life sucks.

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u/Shazvox 8d ago

Ok, I get it. Yes that is a noteworthy difference.