Group therapy time - Page 5

Spexxvet · 10-22-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Our jobs (or lack thereof) depress us so we need the Rx to:

1) Keep going at our soul-crushing, inhumane work place

2) Keep going at our quest for a soul-crushing, inhumane work place.

We need $$$$ so we can buy their drugs.

welcome to Utopia! it's a brave new world!!

I've had this theory that it's caused by television & advertising. Most TV shows portray a life filled with all the modern conveniences, gadgets, and fashions. The advertising during these shows is geared to cause you to think that you're a schlub if you don't buy the product being advertised. It can make you feel that if you don't live up to those standards, to that lifestyle, that you're a failure. Being a failure is so depressing.

DanaC · 10-20-2011, 07:55 AM

Give that chick a scooby snack.

Clodfobble · 10-20-2011, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

There is no way that 10% of the population actually suffers from depression.

I do believe this is true, actually. They've done studies showing the more affluent you are (not in pure net worth terms but in lifestyle,) the less likely you are to be happy. I saw another study showing that most people are actually happier and more optimistic after a natural disaster takes everything they own than they were before it.

I also believe, and I know this is a surprise to no one, that a large portion--if not the majority--of mental diseases are due to chemical imbalance in the brain, not experiential trauma (either a single large event like a death, or built up chronically over years like 'my mother never really loved me.') And I think we have brought these chemical imbalances on ourselves with the things we eat, breathe, and have otherwise consumed as a population over the last 100 years. Every single person I have met who is actually on antidepressants very much needs them (not that the pills are the only solution, but they very much need something to help their brain chemistry.) I've never met anyone who takes them on a whim.

infinite monkey · 10-20-2011, 08:18 AM

I liked your post clod.

Spexx, you ARE Spartacus (I say that having no idea what it really means.) I luvs me some Spartacus Spexx.

Spexxvet · 10-20-2011, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I liked your post clod.

Spexx, you ARE Spartacus (I say that having no idea what it really means.) I luvs me some Spartacus Spexx.

Aliantha · 10-20-2011, 08:20 AM

When I opened this thread earlier, I thought someone had started one so we could all get our problems out in the open and talk about them as a group.

Then I realized the link for that one was www.cellar.org

DanaC · 10-20-2011, 08:29 AM

lol

Nice.

Aliantha · 10-20-2011, 08:51 AM

I thought Zen was Spartacus?

infinite monkey · 10-20-2011, 08:52 AM

I can't keep all the Spartacuseseses (Spartaci?) straight around here.

Undertoad · 10-20-2011, 09:41 AM

Half of us on antidepressants are on them for anxiety problems, not depression

were you guys waiting for me to come around and point that out

infinite monkey · 10-20-2011, 11:12 AM

Well, my initial diagnosis, some 15 years ago, was chronic depression (you know, before it was all en vogue.)

Finally, a year ago, I was diagnosed additionally with anxiety attacks (disorder?) So that's a different script.

SSRI every day, and anti-anxiety when really really needed.

footfootfoot · 10-20-2011, 11:54 AM

Performance enhancing drugs.

infinite monkey · 10-20-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Performance enhancing drugs.

Like Viagra?

Clodfobble · 10-20-2011, 12:14 PM

If you feel confident and happy for more than 4 hours, see a doctor.

footfootfoot · 10-20-2011, 12:59 PM

esnicker

10-20-2011, 08:20 AM	#6
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10-20-2011, 08:51 AM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I thought Zen was Spartacus? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-20-2011, 11:54 AM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Performance enhancing drugs. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-20-2011, 12:14 PM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If you feel confident and happy for more than 4 hours, see a doctor. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

10-20-2011, 12:59 PM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	esnicker __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-20-2011, 08:18 AM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I liked your post clod. Spexx, you ARE Spartacus (I say that having no idea what it really means.) I luvs me some Spartacus Spexx.

10-20-2011, 08:52 AM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I can't keep all the Spartacuseseses (Spartaci?) straight around here.

10-20-2011, 09:41 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Half of us on antidepressants are on them for anxiety problems, not depression were you guys waiting for me to come around and point that out

10-20-2011, 11:12 AM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Well, my initial diagnosis, some 15 years ago, was chronic depression (you know, before it was all en vogue.) Finally, a year ago, I was diagnosed additionally with anxiety attacks (disorder?) So that's a different script. SSRI every day, and anti-anxiety when really really needed.

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