{"id":99745,"date":"2023-04-20T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=99745"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:40:37","slug":"depressive-realism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/depressive-realism\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Depressive Realism? Definition and Example"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is depressive realism? Why do depressed leaders have a more realistic perception than mentally healthy ones?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depressive realism is a theory that people who are depressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/make-better-decisions\/\">make better decisions<\/a> because they have a more realistic view of the world. <em>A First-Rate Madness<\/em> by Nassir Ghaemi expands on this philosophy by showing how Winston Churchill&#8217;s depression helped him during World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how depressive realism works, and how it affected Churchill&#8217;s understanding of the Nazi threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-depression-gives-you-a-realistic-perspective\"><strong>Depression Gives You a Realistic Perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Ghaemi\u2019s eyes, leaders who either suffer from depression or have dysthymic personalities have depressive realism: they are <strong>better at realistically assessing critical situations, while mentally healthy leaders are too optimistic<\/strong>. To illustrate this, Ghaemi points to experiments showing that mentally healthy people tend to overestimate how much control they have over situations\u2014for example, they overestimate their ability to predict the results of coin tosses or to control random events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This phenomenon is called an \u201cillusion of control.\u201d The experiments Ghaemi discusses showed that people with depression have a more<em> <\/em>realistic perception of control over their environment, more accurately judging their ability to predict chance events or to influence those events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The illusion of control is what\u2019s known as a <em>positive illusion<\/em>, which is an unrealistically pleasant belief we hold <a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.iresearchnet.com\/social-psychology\/self\/positive-illusions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to maintain our psychological well-being and happiness<\/a>. When we have these to a mild degree, they make us happier. For example, when we believe we\u2019re more capable than others or that we deserve good things, we can better overcome the stresses in our lives. It\u2019s when positive illusions lead us to adopt unrealistic beliefs\u2014like that we can predict coin tosses or influence randomness\u2014that they can lead us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/make-bad-choices\/\">make poor decisions<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghaemi contends that, for leaders, this illusion of control can develop into the <em>hubris syndrome<\/em>, a term coined by David Owen, who argued that people in power become increasingly overconfident in their beliefs and abilities and refuse to adapt to changing circumstances. This stubborn optimism can cause leaders to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/wrong-decisions\/\">wrong decisions<\/a> when managing sensitive situations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: David Owen defines <em>hubris<\/em> as overconfidence and pridefulness, arguing that hubris turns into a syndrome the longer someone holds power with little restraint. Several characteristics of this syndrome include being overly concerned with appearance, having the tendency to use the third person or plural \u201cwe\u201d pronoun, and prioritizing a vision over potential costs or outcomes. After studying leaders of the past century, Owen determined that Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/brain\/article\/132\/5\/1396\/354862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">didn\u2019t have hubris syndrome<\/a> while Neville Chamberlain, Tony Blair, and George W. Bush did. These conclusions align with Ghaemi\u2019s in that the leaders Ghaemi claims had mental illness did not display symptoms of hubris, while the others did.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example: Winston Churchill and the Nazi Threat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ghaemi, <strong>Winston Churchill\u2019s depressive episodes allowed him to realistically determine the severity of the Nazi threat<\/strong> <strong>long before the onset of World War II. <\/strong>Based on his research, Ghaemi concludes that Churchill had manic-depressive tendencies. He suffered from severe depressive episodes throughout his life, even calling his depression his \u201cBlack Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ghaemi, these depressive episodes gave Churchill clarity and allowed him to understand that Adolf Hitler posed a serious threat and that a world war was looming. In the years leading up to the war, while most of England, including then-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, favored negotiating with and appeasing Hitler, Churchill called for decisive action to quell what he recognized as a unique threat that couldn&#8217;t be dealt with through typical diplomacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Many historians agree with Ghaemi that Churchill had remarkable foresight regarding the Nazi threat. However, they add that his leadership prowess came not from his realism alone, but from the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/03\/30\/823830284\/how-winston-churchill-pulled-britain-through-the-early-years-of-wwii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he could effectively communicate his realistic assessments to the British people<\/a>. In his speeches, Churchill would first paint an honest picture of the threat. Then, he would provide a rational reason for optimism. This ability to communicate his realism while simultaneously promoting optimism fostered both trust and confidence in the public.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is depressive realism? Why do depressed leaders have a more realistic perception than mentally healthy ones? Depressive realism is a theory that people who are depressed make better decisions because they have a more realistic view of the world. A First-Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi expands on this philosophy by showing how Winston Churchill&#8217;s depression helped him during World War II. 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