Posted by littleone on December 8, 2004, at 20:15:58
In reply to Is there really a point? What's the payoff?, posted by Smeegle on December 7, 2004, at 22:17:14
It sounds like you're asking what's the meaning of life. People have been trying to answer that one since the dawn of time.
I could highly recommend Irvin Yalom's "Existential Psychotherapy". It's actually a text aimed towards T's, but I'd say it would be fine for most people. It is rather large, but you could just work your way through the areas that you are interested in.
I could also recommend Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search For Meaning". I didn't find it as helpful as Yalom's book, but it certainly is a very interesting read and you should get ideas from it here and there.
Also, I'm not sure if this is applicable to you or not, but the other thing to keep in mind is that I find that depression sucks the fun out of everything. I have a couple of activities that I know I love doing, but I can not muster any interest in them whatsoever while I'm under depression's dark cloud.
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