Meditation 'works just as well as anti-depressants'

[jeff47]

117. Actually, you did.

Where did I say that?

Right here:

It has been shown effective, both at treating depression

As well as quoting studies that didn't actually show it to be effective for clinical depression, just helpful for mild depression. That indicates you don't understand the difference.

In short, you are arguing that we should spend more time inside our minds, unaware of the demons that lurk therein.

Or that?

Reading comprehension. Might wanna try it. For example, that isn't a quote from you. It's a summary of what your position appears to be from someone who actually suffered from clinical depression.

Pushing for meditation as a cure for clinical depression means you have zero understanding of actual clinical depression. That sentence is an attempt to get you to start thinking beyond how your mind works. Because in those of us with clinical depression, our minds do not work like yours does thanks to differences in brain chemistry.

My post points out that you can't dismiss meditation as "woo." Which is true.

The woo is claiming it is an effective treatment for clinical depression. It isn't. None of the studies you are pointing to support that claim. They only claim it helps mild depression - clinical depression is a far different beast. As evidenced by drugs like SSRIs working on clinical depression, but not moderate depression.

It's a little like saying your favorite treatment for mild sunburn cures skin cancer.

Also, pushing for it as a cure does actual harm to people who actually have clinical depression. Your post utterly dismisses that because it doesn't make sense in your head. But your head isn't the one with the depressed brain inside it.