both ends of the polar tips

would you rather…

  • have evened out emotions (not too happy, but not too sad)?
  • be either very happy or very sad with no middle ground?
  • be neutral with no emotions?
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i was curious to see what the majority wanted. of course, though i am not bipolar, my life is like a roller coaster ride, as are my emotions. i am either ecstatic or in a deep depression (though now my depression is numbed so i either feel really happy or just “okay”- how sad). i prefer it that way because i get bored…or perhaps im just used to it. what do you think? and what is your life/emotions like?

good question embrace. I couldn’t make that decision, either way you’d be missing some crucial moments of intense feelings which are important to development.

A life of pure pleasure or pure misery it would seem to me would have to gradually get better and better or worse and worse, a crescendo of sorts, until it reached a plateau.

do you find yourself depressed often?

-matt

i’m gonna have to say evened out emotions… because that’s pretty much what i have right now and it works out alright. of course it’s not always like that, just usually. it has its periodical moments of extremes.

no, im never depressed, but if i am sad, i am REALLY sad…so no, the answer is no, i am not depressed often.

I choose the evened out one, because that’s pretty much what I feel… but I’m also a cynical romantic… which means if I fall in love, I fall HARD and likewise out of love.

This is an interesting question, though slightly ambiguous so I’m just going to roll with things here.

Trees, personally I find it odd that you get on me for smoking pot, but you yourself are on medication, or at least you were. Here’s why: some people come to find their lives as ‘depressed’ so they go on medication, but in the end isn’t any sort of depression ‘medicine’ simply the equivalent of say… smoking a joint or being on like caffeine pills/alot of coffee. Whatever your reasons are for taking/using a drug, the results are the same - a disruption in the (what is actually a fluid, dynamic)* balance of your body to achieve 1 altered state in return for (what is usually) a ‘negative’ altered state such as a hangover, or being burnt out.

Not let’s get back to me. Pretend for this example that I choose not to do drugs. My personality is such that like I said, I’m usually fairly evened out, but I fall HARD for certain girls, which means big time depression when it’s over, (just like how the body reacts when it encounters a drug). Now let’s say that I didn’t like this disposition; not exactly, but alot like someone with depression, I could choose to take like… prozac or something to achieve a different and hopefully more enjoyable state of mind. A more dulled, less polar one.

I’m getting the feeling I’m not painting this picture well enough but the picture is this: It may not seem like it, but people’s minds vary to the degree that by scolding someone for smoking pot, you could also scold someone for -not- smoking pot (or at least eating a brownie a day). The trick, the thing most people are not taught is the amalgamative nature of the mind. You have to listen closely to the changes; why do I feel slightly different now that I’ve eaten that orange? Why am I now sleepy after eating that huge meal? Why am I paranoid when I’m high, and what is the nature of this? How are my senses being affected now that I ate 5 grams of shrooms? What are some overlapping trends here. I know some of you probably have no idea what I’m talking about… but this is such an integral aspect to my intelligence, at least I feel. I mean… what is more interesting to learn about other than your own mind?

In this end this question is about knowing yourself, and seeing that barriers of your mind with wheels at the bottom. I’m not saying everyone should just go out and become druggies, I’m saying that you are and you just don’t know it.

*The body is always in a constant internal emotional momentum. In the end everything we take in physically will cause a different change to the human body and seemingly, the consciousness as well.

I went for the middle one…

I had to choose no emotions. My emotions have gotten me into trouble too many times. I happen to fit the stereotype of redhead to a T. When I lose my temper I see red and go berserk and I cannot remember anything about that time afterwards. I am told that I become violent and extremely strong. I am 5’5" 110lbs soaking wet. I was told that the last berserker time I had it took 5 large guys to pin me down and that a couple were severely wounded. These guys, thank god, are still my friends. On the other end of the spectrum if I am extremely happy I get quite emotionally charged and so happy that things become bright and clear and so perfect. but, there too I can’t remember why or what I did during that time. I have been told that I have hurt people emotionally during that time and that my responses not appropriate. Those that love me and know me know this pendulum and have accepted and learned to help me keep off of it. The last time either happened was over a decade ago. I have programed myself now to walk away from people and hide when an emotional out burst is about to come on. Its shameful but, I would be happy to have no emotions even Love has caused problems and pain for me and those around me. When I love I give unconditional love to all. (no that does not mean sex,sex is not love to me.) that can cause severe problems. So take my emotions away I’d rather be an emotional neuter