{"id":2679,"date":"2026-01-03T14:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2026-01-03T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:52:30","slug":"intriguing-comments-on-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/?p=2679","title":{"rendered":"Intriguing Comments on Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"relative\">\n<div class=\"FGZpXVdXikwJFKZROuucLxjXsGeCJEcTixs\n        display-flex align-items-flex-start\n        update-components-actor--with-control-menu\n\n        \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"update-components-actor__container\n\n          display-flex flex-grow-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"feed-shared-control-menu display-flex\n        feed-shared-update-v2__control-menu absolute text-align-right\n\n        \"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ember463\" class=\"artdeco-dropdown artdeco-dropdown--placement-bottom artdeco-dropdown--justification-right ember-view\"><button id=\"ember464\" class=\"feed-shared-control-menu__trigger artdeco-button artdeco-button--tertiary artdeco-button--muted artdeco-button--1 artdeco-button--circle artdeco-dropdown__trigger artdeco-dropdown__trigger--placement-bottom ember-view\" tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Open control menu for post by Thomas Tsangaras\"><\/button>From Thomas Tsangaras:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kKuQAPiHjGJaGJvpVzwtKrtypJHHqGRakw\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"feed-shared-inline-show-more-text\n        feed-shared-update-v2__description feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--minimal-padding\n\n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--3-lines\n        feed-shared-inline-show-more-text--expanded\n\n        \" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"update-components-text relative update-components-update-v2__commentary \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDepression is your body saying:<br \/>\n\u2018I don\u2019t want to be this character anymore.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be this character anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So many people quietly say that line.<\/p>\n<p>Not just in the context of mental health<br \/>\nbut in the context of work, identity, and environments.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes what we call burnout or depression<br \/>\nis actually something deeper:<\/p>\n<p>Staying too long in a role that isn\u2019t ours.<br \/>\nPerforming instead of being.<br \/>\nWearing a mask because it once worked.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is this:<br \/>\npretending takes enormous energy.<br \/>\nAuthenticity takes almost none.<\/p>\n<p>Some jobs feel like an extension of who we are.<br \/>\nSome environments drain us quietly, over years.<\/p>\n<p>And often the body speaks up<br \/>\nbefore the mind is ready to listen.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why alignment matters.<br \/>\nNot for productivity but for longevity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"update-components-text relative update-components-update-v2__commentary \" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/lMQJ2bHeP4c\"><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/lMQJ2bHeP4c<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"update-components-text relative update-components-update-v2__commentary \" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"break-words\n          tvm-parent-container\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\nAgree?\ud83d\udc4d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Thomas Tsangaras: \u201cDepression is your body saying: \u2018I don\u2019t want to be this character anymore.\u2019\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want to be this character anymore.\u201d So many people quietly say that line. Not just in the context of mental health but in the context of work, identity, and environments. Sometimes what we call burnout or depression [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neuroplasticity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelguth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}