Negging

[Neoma]

16. I've seen these women a lot.

I've seen them fighting off depression/anxiety at psychward, NAMI, and outpatient. Given that women are more susceptible to depression than men are, it's not very surprising to consider that aspect.

Usually these women were molested, abused verbally and physically, made to do horrible things... Or they've seen too many injuries/deaths/suicides. Depression has some genetic aspects to it as well, so low self-esteem can come with your brain's programming. (Programming might not be the right word, but I recently watched the Matrix trilogy again...)

Oh right, might want to mention that people usually don't seek help for this sort of thing. Our culture is still very much the "Just deal with it." culture. Related to "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps."