This was also Freud's take during WW1 on why everyone he knew suddenly became hatemongering arseholes.
He came to the conclusion that the majority of people weren't inherently selfish or altruistic, they were inherently conformist, and if you managed to change what people thought/felt was the dominant ideology that majority would conform. Freud had a lot of shit takes, but I don't think he was entirely wrong on that one.
Also, a really common depression brain thing is thinking you're not really a good person, you just do things that appear good to make yourself feel good/trick other people into liking you/thinking you're a good person.
I wouldn't necessarily dismiss this take out of hand, and it's definitely worth checking up on anyone making it to see if they could use some help.
This was also Freud's take during WW1 on why everyone he knew suddenly became hatemongering arseholes.
He came to the conclusion that the majority of people weren't inherently selfish or altruistic, they were inherently conformist, and if you managed to change what people thought/felt was the dominant ideology that majority would conform. Freud had a lot of shit takes, but I don't think he was entirely wrong on that one.
Also, a really common depression brain thing is thinking you're not really a good person, you just do things that appear good to make yourself feel good/trick other people into liking you/thinking you're a good person.
I wouldn't necessarily dismiss this take out of hand, and it's definitely worth checking up on anyone making it to see if they could use some help.