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September 2007 
Anti-Depressants
Posted on Jun 28th, 2007
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Pierre
Pierre
It is a contentious issue. The issue of chemical correction.In a few extreme cases I believe that using a chemical to break through the defense mechanisms could be advantageous and a tool but never as standard issue "fixing up". The psychosis we suffer is induced by unconscious living, teaching, acting, believing etc. - the foundation laid in childhood. Only the intrepid turning back into the issues and wounds that scare you so, and BEING with that feeling - and realising that the dangers no longer apply - can lead to recovery. That would mean FETCHING your child. Metaphorically comforting him/her. PARENTING yourself in the absence of initial caregiving.
I wouldn't endorse fighting depression... I would suggest going into it - finding out - really finding out what led you to believe what you believe about yourself. When you have compassion with the way you are and think - can you start doing positive things. If there is still disgust for how you are, come over, see yourself - you will be fighting - and fighting is that which you know TOO well. It leads to hurt.
I agree. The reason drugs are used so willy nilly for bolstering the bottom financial line, is that we think ultimately there is some kind of miracle (drug) out there which will take away all your troubles. The manufactures of drugs and ESCAPE in general know this and feed there insatiable market. But it is a profound myth. The only miracle is you. And only you can help yourself up to where there is light. There might be self help programmes. But they just facilitate. In the end - only YOU - can do something about it.
That's why I endorse programmes like The Hoffman Process. It facilitates you to look at what happened in childhood. But only if you're ready.
I wouldn't endorse fighting depression... I would suggest going into it - finding out - really finding out what led you to believe what you believe about yourself. When you have compassion with the way you are and think - can you start doing positive things. If there is still disgust for how you are, come over, see yourself - you will be fighting - and fighting is that which you know TOO well. It leads to hurt.
I agree. The reason drugs are used so willy nilly for bolstering the bottom financial line, is that we think ultimately there is some kind of miracle (drug) out there which will take away all your troubles. The manufactures of drugs and ESCAPE in general know this and feed there insatiable market. But it is a profound myth. The only miracle is you. And only you can help yourself up to where there is light. There might be self help programmes. But they just facilitate. In the end - only YOU - can do something about it.
That's why I endorse programmes like The Hoffman Process. It facilitates you to look at what happened in childhood. But only if you're ready.
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Absolutely!!!
People want a “magic Pill” that will get rid of all their troubles…how ridiculous!!!
You swallow that pill and a whole host of REAL troubles will come your way.
Medication is NOT the way…True Healing is…Healing that goes to the ROOT of your ailments…negativity held in the body manifests as physical symptoms…
Anyway…just agreeing with you ;-)
People “want it all to go away” just like that,
Just pop it,
almost like a mint,
and
with this bit of a chemical shift,
a brand new brain,
will hold your soul,
and assist you through life.
There! See?
Here's your (fake) new smile!
© reality
What makes you think I'm depressed about what's inside of me? Maybe it's all of you? Maybe I just have a clearer picture of reality than my more optimistic brethren. All of us after all are born to die.
Ozymandias
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1817
Understanding the underlying cause of one's depression is a worthy goal. Unfotunately you don't need a dreafull childhood, marriage or whatever to be depressed. It doesn't require existential angst to contemplate suicide. A chemical imbalance in the brain is sufficient.
Whether it be nurture or nature, anti-depressants can buy a person time to figure it all out. It's a reasonable alternative to a grave.
Yes, but harsh chemicals in the system can lead to panic attacks and “worse” depression…that's been my experience and the experience of several of my friends. Take drugs with great caution, don't just do what the doctor says! Listen to your body.