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Keep your sadness alive
This was written on my youtube video about brain zaps from SSRI:
I take issue with your theme which is that depression is 'bad' and that drugs are needed to cure this condition. An analogy I use is to compare mental anguish with physical pain. As much as I would like not to feel pain it is well known that those who are unable to feel pain ( Read more... ) -
he darkness seems comforting after the blinding light
Previously we talked about whether or not pleasure and pain is on one continuum or not. I started of questioning 'who wants to be sad?'. Well it seems that people do. If there was a drug to eliminate sadness, there would probably be an uproar. There already is because some people believe antidepressants do that. Also see Brave New World, one of ( Read more... ) -
Pleasure feels good sometimes.
So I was reading about pleasure. As per usual. This time, I was reading "The Feels Good Theory of Pleasure". I have already read this before, but I felt like reading it again. Anyway, it mentions the Paradox of Tragedy. People 'like' to go see tragic art but their experience was genuinely painful, even if they got some pleasure out of it. The ( Read more... ) -
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So for some reason, I was thinking about my favourite childhood cartoons. One of them was The Dreamstone (where the song is from). It's basically about this planet where there is a land of dreams and a land of nightmares. The Dream Maker uses the dreamstone to send 'pleasant dreams' to everyone and to try block nightmares. The main antagonist, ( Read more... ) -
Lets Play Briggs Myers Types!
This is the kind of thinking I have when I try to answer questions.
You enjoy having a wide circle of acquaintancesYeah if they like me and if there is no effort to meet them and there is no obligation. Online is the perfect example. I am also not concerned about having a 'wide circle' but sure, I enjoy having them. If depressed, I'd answer no to ( Read more... ) -
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Hello Livejournal?
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That's it, I'm off to merdor!
Haha, I'm cleaning my room, and I found this 'story' I wrote when I was 11. I think it was supposed to be a 'write your own ending' type of thing. It goes as follows, errors included ( Read more... )
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