Posted by laural on October 20, 2000, at 8:28:23
In reply to Re: SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT US ALL, posted by GLYN on October 20, 2000, at 7:21:59
hi glyn--
i wish i had the energy to respond to you as elequently as you, but i can barely see fit to punctuate--this site is comprised of pretty smart people, wise too, and i think maybe you can loose sight of the fact that there may be people reading out there who are too intimidated to join in who are just as depressed. 1) i've know depressives much slower than i and closer to the "norm" 2) those "geniuses" had generally pretty darn short retched life spans and like them i would be dead by now if it weren't for trying to find my place within the "norm"
IMO< yes, i do think depression knocks down those self-defense mechanisms that those in the norm use to keep sane in a totally random world but those self-defense mechanisms are there for a reason: well-being and survival. Not all self-defense mechanisms are bad--most stunt your growth as an individual, but some sheild you from the true face of god, so to speak. all i know is that you have some limited control over what happens around you with positive or negative thinking and if you surround yourself with negativity and madness you'll find yourself in a catch-22 and create more--
poster:laural
thread:46800
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