Posted by HyperFocus on March 21, 2009, at 20:16:43
In reply to Depression as a brain homeostatic reset, posted by linkadge on March 20, 2009, at 18:45:13
My depression causes a much worse distortion of reality than any 'happy chemicals' do. At any rate if all we have are perceptions of reality then it surely wouldn't make a difference what version of reality we experience - so may as well have the happy one.
I'm not religous so I don't think there's any higher reasoning or meaning for suffering. It's just bad luck that you were born with a predisposition for illness which matured when your environment facilitated it.
The only things good to come out of my depression:
1. I will be a better person and appreciate things more.
2. My kids won't have to go through what I did.
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