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[2025] Two Large-Scale Studies Show Depression May Be Contagious (worldcrunch.com)
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[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if it's like werewolfism, like if we can find the original depressed person and put a silver bullet in their head, will it cure everyone else's depression that they have infected?

It's worth a shot, right?

this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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