Are Vegans More Depressed?

[Bite Size Vegan]

Are vegans more depressed than non-vegans? What does the science say? Unsurprisingly, there is a great deal of back and forth within the medical, scientific, and lay communities, about the impact of veganism on mental health, with ample studies indicating the mood enhancing benefits of a whole foods vegan diet, while others suggest a correlation between veg inclinations and incidents of mental illness

 

[kita]

It's just too bad, for me, that going vegan only isolated me more. I thought going vegan was easy until I found out the community didn't accept me.

 

[Second Summer]

It's just too bad, for me, that going vegan only isolated me more. I thought going vegan was easy until I found out the community didn't accept me.

I've met a couple of very kind and welcoming people in the vegan community who I see as role models for how to receive new members into (real-life) groups. Well, I just don't have these people's contagious positivity and glowing personalities, but it's something to aspire towards. Their efforts are incredibly important in building community in the vegan movement.

 

[teacup]

Perhaps we are more depressed because we see how other people are eating ... eat like me! we wish to cry out ...

No one I know in 'real life' eats a plant based / vegan diet ... they view me as a harmless, good-natured crank.

I do not mind that one bit ...

 

[Literary89]

Maybe it has something to do with how people treat vegans...