Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because th — Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because th — Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because th — Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because th — Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because th — Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
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Depressed people don't end up lying in bed because they are undercommitted to goals. They end up lying in bed because they are overcommitted to goals that are failing.

— Jonathan Rottenberg, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
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