Diminishing a person's belief in free will can lead them feeling less like their true selves and drive them to depression finds a new study. The findings showed that feeling alienated from one's true self can increase anxiety depression and decision dissatisfaction.'Whether you agree that we have free will or that we are overpowered by social influence or other forms of determinism the belief in free will has truly important consequences' said lead author Elizabeth Seto Student at Texas A and M University in the US. On the other hand knowing one's true self positively influences self-esteem and one's sense
