Posted by undopaminergic on April 22, 2008, at 14:14:42
In reply to Re: You are all missing the point... » antiserial, posted by SLS on April 21, 2008, at 5:11:52
> > depression...
> > suppression...
> > oppression...
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> > depression... Yes. This is the most difficult to qualify because it encompasses so much of the pathological experience. Part of it is a warping of thought processes leading towards negative outcomes. It is the lack of energy, motivation, volition, and the loss of interest in paticipating in activities. It often includes characteristic vegetative symptoms including perturbations of sleep, loss of libido, changes in appetite and body weight, etc.
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> > suppression... Yes. It is a suppression of cognition. It is the suppression of mental and biological processes. It numbs the experience of cognitive, emotional, and affective components to one's life. It is the inhibition of behavior. It dulls the reaction to external and internal stimuli.
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> > oppression... Yes. This is psychic pain. It is extreme dysphoria that makes the conscious experience intolerable.
>It seems that I have considerable amounts of the first two, but little or nothing of the third. This is interesting because major depression is often called a mood disorder, which sometimes makes me question whether depression is a good term to describe my symptoms.
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