Posted by 64Bowtie on March 9, 2004, at 15:30:16
In reply to Psychotic depression and alcoholism, posted by nazareth on March 8, 2004, at 21:07:19
When I am mystified by the world, I admit I look outside myself for the answers, only to find time and time again, I've always had the answer, or the path to it, inside.
I now ask the questions:
1. What do I want?
2. Can I draw a picture of what I want?
3. Can I suspend my feelings and my grumblings for 24 hours and still know what I want?Seems too simple! Seems that way until you try to suspend your feelings and your grumblings for any period of time. Five minutes can feel toooo long! What you are left with is something we are all born with. It took 12 to 13 years for our genetic clocks to trigger it's emergence. I'm talking about logic and true deductive reasoning.
Till then, we reason with "if-then". After we start experimenting with logic, we can reason by ganging "ifs" together, and come up with one conclusion; "if and if or if-then".
We are then a person! We are not alone, but we can act and think independently. Ever wonder why Realtors don't try to sell houses to kids? It's not against the law. I'ts just somewhere between unwise and real-dumb to do it. Besides if parents are busy doing their job of helping the kid survive to age 16 to 18, kids won't need to buy a house.
When we accept ourselves as a person, with skills and power and strength, we will know we are enough to take on the world on its own terms, or we'll recognize who to call when we can't do it by ourselves, alone. Doubt and despair will be extinguished. Depression (anger turned inward) will need no chemicals.
That's what I've learned....
Rod
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