Posted by undopaminergic on April 23, 2008, at 0:36:09
In reply to Re: You are all missing the point..., posted by bulldog2 on April 21, 2008, at 11:03:35
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> I think for me I have to get out of just existing day by day to a life with some meaning and zest.It seems like the happiest people are people that are involved in something they are passionate about.
>The reason why you are thinking about these things is that you're depressed. Unfortunately, when you're depressed, or at least anhedonic, there *can be* no meaning nor any passion, excitement or enthusiasm. When you're feeling *great*, all those things are a matter of course: everything feels so meaningful and the slightest impulse fills you with manic excitement and the overwhelming flight of ideas hardly leaves you a moment to type the keys required to express any of your insights...
Now is the time to seek ways to ascend from your depressive state, and brooding about meaning and causes to be passionate about is *not* the way up, but quite possibly down into the abyss.
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