Ah yes, depression—the mental illness that just keeps on giving. Not only does it make 280 million people worldwide feel like life is one long, never-ending Monday, but it also messes with their appetite in the most ironic way possible. Researchers at the university Hospital Bonn (UKB), the university of Bonn, and the university Hospital Tübingen have done the Lord’s work by confirming what many sad, carb-loving souls already knew: depression makes you eat weird.
The study, published in Psychological Medicine, revealed that although depression often kills appetite, when people with the condition do eat, they reach for carbs like they’re training for an invisible marathon. So basically, you might not be hungry all day, but when you do eat, you’re suddenly devouring pasta like an emotionally exhausted Italian grandmother.
And let’s be honest—this makes perfect sense. Nobody ever cried into a bowl of steamed broccoli. No one has ever said, “Ugh, I’m feeling awful, let me nibble on some celery sticks.” Nope. When life feels like a black hole of despair, a comforting pile of fries or a gooey grilled cheese sandwich somehow feels like the only thing tethering you to reality.
Of course, this study just validates what we already suspected. Depression is out here playing a cruel joke, taking away the will to eat while simultaneously making sure that when you do, it’s something that could singlehandedly ruin your blood sugar levels. Because nothing says “mental illness” like an existential crisis over whether to cry into a pizza or just skip dinner altogether.
Science, as always, just putting words to what we already know. Thanks, researchers! Now, if only we could find a cure that doesn’t involve turning into a human loaf of bread…
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