Me, Me, Me: People Who Overuse The First-Person Singular Are More Depressed
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I say Big Man in the third-person, what does that make me Woody
wow i never knew words could make someone depressed who knew
time to convert to convergesism or markerism or w/e
make em whole isaacs
I don't think I do this
[QUOTE=TurbisV2;40530386]Everything is my own fault? :([/QUOTE]
No, it's [I]our[/I] fault <3
Doesn't surprise me very much. People who think of others are in more company and more involved with others. People who stick to the first person are more focused on their inner issues and self.
[QUOTE=Alyx Zark;40530926]Doesn't surprise me very much. People who think of others are in more company and more involved with others. People who stick to the first person are more focused on their inner issues and self.[/QUOTE]
or you know, just don't feel welcome among groups
We really shouldn't take some of these studies seriously.
It can't be healthy for us.
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So these guys must be very happy. :v:
[EXCESSIVE USE OF FIRST PERSON PRONOUN IRONY JOKE HERE]
Don't really get it, if I'm referring to myself then I'm not going to use plural.
Currently doing my Greek homework, and all I am looking at is:
έισι, έστι and έστε. :v:
All based off είμι - "I am"
looking through a lot of the stuff I've written it seems as if I'm fucking depressed as shit
This is like that one Toby Keith song, isn't it?
But he had a reason to say me so much.
Actually thought about this in the past - that it seemed like I, and my-overusers tended to always be insecure ppl. That probably goes sort of hand in hand with depression tho
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;40531381]This is like that one Toby Keith song, isn't it?
But he had a reason to say me so much.[/QUOTE]
How dare you remind me of that fucking song dammit leave my head annoying country why are you catchy I don't even like you
trannis confirmed for happiest folk
What if Awesomecaek uses third person to refer to himself?
What does that make him?
Hm... that's interesting. But even though I do use these terms a lot I can't say that I'm more depressed than other people are. At least I cannot know for sure.
Does this mean when you're talking to other people and saying things like "we need to do X to achieve Y", and "we can't do Y and expect C"... because I do that a lot when arguing, which then again is not always a beacon of my positive energy or some shit considering how I sometimes lose my temper...
Or... does it also mean if you just use it to talk about yourself? Like talking yourself and thinking of yourself and the voice talking back to you as we rather than as me... well I do consider him me sort of, the voice is still me and we're both the same person so we can't really be a "we" rather than a me... Still though... I sometimes catch myself talking to myself and realizing how crazy I sound, I try to tell that fucker to hush down because we sound fucking insane, and of course every goddamn time he calls me a hypocrite for not being the better man and doing it myself, which does not end well since I'm stubborn as fuck and don't like losing arguments.
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Gah fuck, I'm doing it again
So schizophrenics are the happiest persons on earth?
It's not because they overuse the first-person singular that they are depressed, it is because they are depressed they use the first person singular more. People with bad self confidence or insecurities tend to talk about themselves more in a conversation.
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Plain ole' psychology.
When I was in therapy for my anxiety I used to describe my issues starting with "people like me" and I was told I shouldn't do that but instead just say "My problem" or "I have an issue". As the other option was avoiding the problem. Now FP tells me I was doing right from the start? We're so conflicted.
Cl0cK very happy. Cl0cK now hungry.
"how you feeling?"
"WE ARE HAPPY. WE ARE FEELING GOOD."
[QUOTE=mac338;40534246]It's not because they overuse the first-person singular that they are depressed, it is because they are depressed they use the first person singular more. People with bad self confidence or insecurities tend to talk about themselves more in a conversation.
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Plain ole' psychology.[/QUOTE]
Also obviously people who spend a lot of time doing stuff by themselves are gonna use 'I' rather than 'we' when talking about what they did. Like, if I went to the cinema with people I would say "we went to the cinema", but if I went by myself I would obviously use 'I', and there's probably a link in at least one direction between depression and solitude.
When I'm thinking through a problem I always end up talking to myself and using 'you' and 'we' a lot. So its like I'm a different person working through the problem with me.
Yeah, soon they'll declare "people who use plastic bottles instead of glass bottles are more likely to be suicidal."
I was lonely until I became we; now we're feeling just fine.
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