Posted by BarbaraCat on April 22, 2002, at 1:16:06
In reply to Need help to refute the anti-biological camp, posted by Chris A on April 17, 2002, at 13:02:34
Chris,
Most of us on this board are here because of the part meds have played in our lives, so it's difficult to get an unbiased opinion. I'd like to think that therapy would be enough, have thought of going into the profession myself, but can honestly say that it is not enough for the industrial grade woes we present here.Let me give you some recent insights I've had into this nature/nuture topic. I've gone off my 20 year antidepressant career many times and each time I've come gratefully crawling back. I have a strong spiritual bent and believe in the power of love to heal, that perfect love is the strongest medicine and truly is capable of healing our broken brains and hearts. The rub comes in, as I see it, that there is precious little perfect love out there. Therapists do mean well, I have been helped tremendously by good men and women, however, their help has never been enough, it has never been strong enough medicine for what has ailed me. And with the risk of getting too gooey, my particular brand of depression always smacks me squarely in the face with the dreary, bleak and sad face of a mechanized world being poisoned and dying from a lack of love.
I think my vision on things is not delusional, I think that my depression, anxiety is a very normal response to what is ultimately, for me, an issue and anguish of the soul. But there is NO ONE, not one other person living or dead who can fix me up. That soul sickness has to manifest in some way and for me it is neurological, so that's where I go to get fixed. No matter how much yoga, meditation, fasting, praying, talking it out, rescuing abused animals or planting trees, it always comes back to strong medicine. I wish it weren't so but am so glad there's help to be had. Therapists have an important place, but as guides and teachers, not gods.
poster:BarbaraCat
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