Schneider Depression Soils

Today we’ll talk about such a psychological phenomenon in medicine as soil depression. The expression “soil depression” appeared at the end of the 19th century and originally denoted the well-known muscle weakness in a person or animal that occurs as a result of a forced position of the body (the so-called “weightlessness” when the patient is lying on his back). As science developed, the connection between the muscle weakness of bedridden patients and soil depression was lost, and the expression began to denote general passivity, inactivity, loss of strength and health among the rural population. Soon all people began to realize that such weakness was largely due to a specific mental state. Naturally, this pathological state of character takes on a special meaning in the context of a person’s life in isolation from other social contacts. Such people often feel unclaimed, deprived of many of the benefits of civilization, since their work is not in demand and their attempts to make their stay in rural areas more comfortable and livable are not productive enough. They believe that they live under the burden of painful guilt before their homeland for an allegedly unfulfilled life, due to the fact that they fled from their native nest, and are looking for opportunities to atone for it in a future life. Rural residents often develop a subconscious readiness for death and a willingness to die for their homeland. Initially, they meant their native country, and then they transferred this epithet to all aspects of their lives - even to their home and household. That is, there is nothing personal left as such, everything is equal to the homeland. Modern society knows little about this phenomenon, because the mass character has disappeared