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How mental health affects capacity for moral engagement

My depression makes it hard to care about anything but I feel obligated to care about everything because suffering matters.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between moral obligation and psychological capacity creates additional guilt for those already struggling with basic functioning.

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