Posted by SLS on June 18, 2005, at 21:14:58
In reply to Re: Followl-Up On Magic Pill, posted by linkadge on June 18, 2005, at 16:51:25
> But no, there is no magic pill that will take away all of your problems.
Hi. I hope I addressed my views adequately in the previous "magic pill" thread. This is not new ground to be worked through.
> That I would agree is a delusion.
It is no delusion if you have no problems to begin with.
For bipolar disorder in particular, but not exclusively, the first episode of depression can occur in the absence of psychological problems or stressful life events. Unfortunately, this also becomes more true with every successive episode, even if the first episodes involved psychosocial triggers.
I don't have any problems. Sorry to disappoint you all. :-) There is nothing to get in my way of attaining a full remission the instant the biology of my brain becomes regulated properly. For me, any pill becomes a magic pill if it fixes my biology because there is nothing left to act as a depressogen. All that is left after the removal of depression is an emotionally healthy and mature mind in desire of experience. I will, of course, still have to pay my bills and stop at red lights. "Everyone has problems." Hmm.
Don't forget, you can work to resolve all of your "problems" by participating actively in psychotherapeutic modalities while the biological depression is still present and being worked on. In other words, why wait until your biological depression goes away before dealing with psychological issues? If you do deal with them now - and it does take work - you will have less holding you back and antagonizing a biological remission once it arrives for you. I've been attending to my "problems" for years. They are almost all gone now. Ha ha! :-p I did the work.
I'm sorry, but it seems very obvious to me that not everyone with mental illness has a psychological problem. This may disappoint many people reading this. I hope not. Let's not project our "problems" onto others. Things make more sense that way.
- Scott
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