Posted by sigismund on July 6, 2013, at 8:54:21
In reply to Re: Im off Meds » sigismund, posted by Tepi on July 4, 2013, at 18:27:20
The bit that struck me was when he threw his drugs out thinking 'These things don't even begin to help my predicament'.
But concerning the lifting of the depression......
"But two years ago [1999], for no apparent reason, the veil of depression lifted. For the first time in his life, Cohen sighed, looked out on the world and felt at peace with it.There was just a certain sweetness to daily life that began asserting itself. I remember sitting in the corner of my kitchen, which has a window overlooking the street. I saw the sunlight that shines on the chrome fenders of the cars, and thought, Gee, thats pretty.
I said to myself, Wow, this must be like everybody feels. Life became not easier but simpler. The backdrop of self-analysis I had lived with disappeared. Its like that joke: When youre hitting your head against a brick wall, it feels good when it stops.
It was a remarkably late epiphany. Cohen had spent the past 50 years ploughing his way through drugs, drink, countless women and several religions in an attempt to find release from this backdrop of self-doubt. But the cure was more simple he learned to ignore himself.
When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you. It happened to me by imperceptible degrees and I could not really believe it; I could not really claim it for some time. I thought there must be something wrong. Its like taking a drink of cold water when you are thirsty. Every tastebud on your tongue, every molecule in your body says thank you.'"
I'm not suggesting anything really.
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