Posted by Not Bob on January 2, 2003, at 22:11:39
In reply to Weak-mindedness?, posted by Eddie Sylvano on January 2, 2003, at 15:25:44
Hey Eddie...
I actually think that they are saying that depression is the opposite of weak-mindedness. It is stubborn-mindedness to the (n)'th degree where (n) stands for negative and self defeating behavior. Sometimes where the thoughts are so strong that they can overwelm the usual biological instinct to continue living. This is more akin to heroic death than anything. This is where the child you save is your own thoughts and you sacrifice your biological life for those thoughts. This is sick stuff. I've never heard of an ameaba killing himself. Now I really didn't mean to get you upset about this site. I really thought it could help some people. I had been through sleep studies because I was not waking up and I was staying in REM for as much as 16 hours a night and I thought the link had some interesting possibilities. The site paints a more complete picture of depression than I've seen anywhere else so far. If you find more that you like, please send me the links. I am not saying that the site is perfect or anything, but they seem to be genuinely trying to help. They seem to be presently more interested in how to disrupt the cycle of depression than in the root cause. I can give you many quotes from the site where they say that depression might be chemically based. See http://www.clinical-depression.co.uk/Depression_Information/causes.htm. The site is really hard to navigate and is confusing, but there is some good stuff there that might help. I wish you could just see the good. I personally don't care to figure out which came first- the chicken or the egg- because it has turned into a demonic monkey on my back and I just want it off. I myself consider depression to be a personal addiction of mine - and I desperately want to break the habbit. Your brain is not completely trustworthy - your thoughts are not completely yours. I just quit smoking and I know that this is true, at least for myself. People have thousands of thoughts constantly. What counts is which thoughts you hold on to. That is the basis for meditation and I think that that is where this site is coming from. This is my last addiction. If I can find a permanant cure for it, I could care less about the cause.
Still Struggling,
-mike
poster:Not Bob
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20021230/msgs/2030.html