"The prevalence of minor and major mental illnesses is not a universal and anhistorical fact: depression, an illness linked to the use of the self, is widespread in contexts where the individual is judged (or fears being judged) by the extent of the freedom they enjoy and the failures they believe to be their own fault. On the flip side of the liberty to accomplish oneself is the shame of not being able to do so".
Aude Vidal in "Égologie : Écologie, individualisme et course au bonheur" (2017)
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