"We get depressed when we over-consume because…

“Humans were designed to create. This is why you get depressed when all you do is consume” is a saying that has been printed on many images.

“Humans were designed to create. This is why you get depressed when all you do is consume” was posted on X/Twitter by Alex Mathers on December 26, 2022. “We get depressed when we over-consume because humans were designed to create things” was posted on X/Twitter by Alex Mathers on December 31, 2022. The former (earliest) version of the saying has been more popular.

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Alex Mathers | 🐉
@Alexmathers84
Humans were designed to create.
This is why you get depressed when all you do is consume.
5:02 AM · Dec 26, 2022

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@hwjhsswr
Humans were designed to create.
This is why you get depressed when all you do is consume.
5:03 AM · Dec 26, 2022

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Alex Mathers | 🐉
@Alexmathers84
18. We get depressed when we over-consume because humans were designed to create things.
10:41 AM · Dec 31, 2022

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Art and Vogue
@artnvogue
“We get depressed when we over-consume because humans were designed to create things.” 🙌🏻
@Alexmathers84
1:18 AM · Feb 22, 2023

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@theyarefox
“We get depressed when we over-consume because humans were designed to create things.” — @Alexmathers84
https://link.medium.com/mxQTL1Uvjyb
1:16 AM · Mar 20, 2023

Bluesky
Little Rebel Wolf
‪@rebellittlewolf.bsky.social‬
Day 1 of no Meta apps or TikTok & I just wrote a poem for the first time in 20 years. Feeling like it’s a fresh start to a new era. Humans were designed to create, that’s why we get depressed when all we do is consume. Maybe we fight back through creativity & presence
January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Alex Mathers | 🐉
@Alexmathers84
Humans were designed to create.
This is why you get depressed when all you do is consume.
6:38 AM · Feb 3, 2025

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Victoria Erickson, Writer
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
HUMANS WERE
DESIGNED TO CREATE.
THIS IS WHY YOU GET
DEPRESSED WHEN ALL
YOU DO IS CONSUME.
(Credited to “SOVEREIGN COLLECTIVE.”—ed.)