Not Depressed

[turtle]

i am not depressed now..
my psychoanalyst and i have worked on this problem for a long time..my anti-depressant has been cut in half and i am eating differently...

i have energy and am alive now...

i still see the world out there as awful and very disappointing...i never thought it would be this terrible...my own little world is good and i see pockets of good people here and there...and i think it is getting worse..

now you cant accuse me of being depressed..what do you think about life out there??

[tentative]

turtle,

You're on to something. Our lives, everyone's life, contains both pain and pleasure. The trick is to embrace it all, not just part of it. We are damaged if we see nothing but ugliness just as we are damaged if we try to live on the big rock candy mountain. See it all, feel it all. When we experience something ugly, we try to make it a little better. The idea is to create more roses than thorns.

Good show. Keep at it.

[jonquil]

If you can get off all meds and still be OK, that would be the best scenario.
Just remember, everybody has moments of depression. It's totally normal.

[MagsJ]

Good to hear that buddy What kind of nutrition plan are you on? does it exclude any food types? as some can cause one to be depressed due to intolerance etc.

[turtle]

Good to hear that buddy What kind of nutrition plan are you on? does it exclude any food types? as some can cause one to be depressed due to intolerance etc.

thanks Magsj----my nutrition plan right now is plant-based(veggies,fruits,beans, and whole grains)..
i use whole foods...i also was able to lower my ssri.

what is yours?

[MagsJ]

WHAT! no meat?

...mine's the same as your's, but With meat I can't eat anything processed or with gluten though, so only rice grain for me.

Do you include prcessed foods still? like biscuits, ice-cream and such, or do you now omit these also?

SSRI! what's that?

[Calrid]

Congratulations, depression is shit.

[jonquil]

When you are off the meds and not depressed, then I'll believe you.

[Calrid]

When you are off the meds and not depressed, then I'll believe you.

Yeah that's a good point, I have no means to judge because I am never depressed off the meds, time of year and all that, six months of pure and arrogant bliss every year sans meds, here comes the sun. But if you really have them issues, and you really have resolved them, then you can survive without meds. Damn well hope you do...

[chrisxmartin]

turtle,

You're on to something. Our lives, everyone's life, contains both pain and pleasure. The trick is to embrace it all, not just part of it. We are damaged if we see nothing but ugliness just as we are damaged if we try to live on the big rock candy mountain. See it all, feel it all. When we experience something ugly, we try to make it a little better. The idea is to create more roses than thorns.

Good show. Keep at it.

This man is on the money!

It sounds like you suffer from some sort of personality disorder though. What was your clinical diagnosis, Turtle?

[turtle]

turtle,

You're on to something. Our lives, everyone's life, contains both pain and pleasure. The trick is to embrace it all, not just part of it. We are damaged if we see nothing but ugliness just as we are damaged if we try to live on the big rock candy mountain. See it all, feel it all. When we experience something ugly, we try to make it a little better. The idea is to create more roses than thorns.

Good show. Keep at it.

This man is on the money!

It sounds like you suffer from some sort of personality disorder though. What was your clinical diagnosis, Turtle?

my psychoanalyst hates the dsm....he says i have a mood problem not otherwise specified...

[Calrid]

turtle,

You're on to something. Our lives, everyone's life, contains both pain and pleasure. The trick is to embrace it all, not just part of it. We are damaged if we see nothing but ugliness just as we are damaged if we try to live on the big rock candy mountain. See it all, feel it all. When we experience something ugly, we try to make it a little better. The idea is to create more roses than thorns.

Good show. Keep at it.

This man is on the money!

It sounds like you suffer from some sort of personality disorder though. What was your clinical diagnosis, Turtle?

my psychoanalyst hates the dsm....he says i have a mood problem not otherwise specified...

The DSM (or should I say those chosen to decide policy) tend to be highly influenced by drug companies, sadly. Not that the drugs don't work, but the insidious bias of the industry is disheartening if understandable rather than ethical.