Posted by bleauberry on December 23, 2010, at 8:04:23
In reply to Re: *Not* Thinking in terms of meds » bleauberry, posted by SLS on December 22, 2010, at 12:05:24
> > I do believe that when we pin all our hopes on pills, we are indeed engaging in maladaptive behavior...
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> Who is "we"?
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> Perhaps you could describe your personal experiences with depressive illness and take ownership of them rather than to generalize them to everyone else. You might have a better chance of uncovering your own truth.
>Who is we? Well, all of us. If someone doesn't fit into that, they can say so. Show me someone here who is not relying 99% on some medication to end their suffering and I'll change the word "we" to "some".
I do not see that as maladaptive, but rather reality and literalville. Maladaptive is when we reject reality.
> I think that habitually speaking for everyone else is maladaptive.
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> But that's just me.
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> - Scott
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