SeaGypsy wrote:I contend depression is one of the essential states of being human, as valid as laughter or tears, a natural state labelled a disease by a post post modern neo evangelist eutopian sensitivity where life is supposed to be happy all the time.
Newfie wrote:Cog,
That fits with how I understand people. Because we are a social animal it is very important for us to feel like we are doing something for the hive. If we are not, if we feel useless to others, then we tend to turn ourselves off.
There are, as always, outliers. But that seems the basic trend.
Ibon wrote:Which is the ultimate purpose of communicating this, that you get off your complacent ass and start reaching out directly in your community relating to real people instead of sitting on your fat ass on the computer all depressed and sour and angry about the state of affairs we find ourselves in.
onlooker wrote:We can alleviate our depression by controlling what we can within ourselves and thus empowering ourselves. And each one of us doing so, could effect real positive change in the world
Ibon wrote:where do you fulfill that social need of being part of the hive?? For many it is the media stream, the digital stream, etc.
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