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Re: Life...Introversion & Extraversion...movies...

Posted by dj on January 9, 2000, at 1:41:15

In reply to ADHD & children...Introversion & Extraversion..., posted by Janice on January 9, 2000, at 0:13:35

Hi J. & all,

Yes I am feeling a bit frustrated. Very tired these days and the ADs seem to put me out of whack as much as they help. I'm just kinda fed up with the whole psycho-pharmaceutical routine and my lethargy, uncertainty and the fact that after a year of intense IT courses I feel no further ahead than when I started and in many ways feel further behind...so it goes...

I'm pretty sure I have read someplace that there is a higher correlation between introversion and depression. In fact I have seen statistics more than once that show that the biggest overall health risks and shortest lives are those of single men, whereas I believe married women were next in line but I don't have those facts here or know where to find them... However there is a high correlation between dis-ease and depression. Now, it's generally accepted that women have higher levels of depression but I suspect that may just be that men don't generally go for treatment as much and/or mask the symptoms with alcohol abuse, etc...or pass it on to their wives..

But then again as Disraeli said there are "...lies, dammed lies and statistics...". As I recall from my very first university class the prof. noted that the average family had 2.5 children and it looked like he had all the .5's and then he went on to indicate how he could do a survey and show that the average person has one testicle, and one breast...

As a Xmas gift to I purchased (with a Chapters certificate from some friends I stayed with) a book called "The Owner's Manual to the Brain" by Pierce J. Howard. He works in Organizational Development and in the book he reviews some relatively current psychological research in many areas and attempts to point out some practical applications. There's some stuff about ADD in there and depression and lots of other stuff. Worth taking a gander at...

Also, being a true introvert I've taken in a number of films over the past while (by myself) which have been therepeutic at the time. All the following I've recently seen and highly recommend, though some are a bit quirky and dark and others not -- Magnolia, Liberty Heights, Cider House Rules, Toy Story 2, Iron Giant and the Talented Mr. Ripley. If you are in an obsessively depressed frame probably best to hold off on 1, 3, and 6.


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