Posted by Cindy W on February 25, 2000, at 21:55:32
In reply to Re: magic pill -- NOT...books adieu..(very long), posted by dj on February 25, 2000, at 12:25:12
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dj, sorry to see you're so unhappy with the board. I agree that it takes more than just the "magic pill" to remedy depression. Having read many of the works you mention, however, and many others of equal merit, I have found that my major depression and OCD need more than philosophy, psychology, words of wisdom, Chicken Soup for the Soul, cognitive therapy, psychotherapy, and behavior therapy. Depression is often remediable (when really serious and vegetative) by changing one's brain chemistry, not by improving one's character. I wish just reading some great works would give me peace! As an English major, avid reader, and psychologist, I wish just learning more would help...but at times, when feeling like a character in Camus, Sartre, or Kafka, the only thing that has kept me from offing myself has been those "magic pills." --Cindy W
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