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Depressive realism is the proposition that people with depression have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by the positive illusions of illusory superiority, the illusion of control and optimism bias. It must be understood that this refers specifically to people with borderline or moderate depression — while normal people see things in too positive a light and severely depressed people see things in too negative a light, the "grey" area in between leads to the most accurate perceptions of reality. [Source, wikipedia, Depressive Realism]

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    I’m preparing a talk I’m giving in Eindhoven on Wednesday for a conference about “time.” I’ll be speaking about health and time. Here’s an interesting snippet about added life expectancy in years over time:

    1800 - 1840 = No increase

    1840 - 1880 = No increase

    1880 - 1920 = +16 years

    1920 - 1960…

    Tagged: health life expectancy

    Posted on September 6, 2010 via Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC with 60 notes

    Source: jayparkinsonmd

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    41. louobedlam said: 7 years driving an ambulance, main thin I learned was, we’ve worked so hard to increase how long we live, but haven’t done much to increase the quality of our lives. 90 & on a ventilator…can’t imagine a worse fate.
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      has increased by some 40...entirely possible that we’re approaching - if
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