Right, but there’s a difference between being depressed by the realization, or finding it depressing because there’s something wrong with your meatsack chemistry.
I wish to believe that which is true, but getting tested and diagnosed for depression is expensive, and so are the chemicals often prescribed to treat them, in money and in secondary effects.
Forgive me if I seem a little impatient, but I’d rather focus on the stated purpose of this thread: media that will help me feel better about myself and the world and foster in me a sense of curiosity, hope, and discipline.
there’s a difference between being depressed by the realization, or finding it depressing because there’s something wrong with your meatsack chemistry.
I don’t think you’re getting this. You are a meat sack of chemicals. “Being depressed by the realization” means that your meatsack chemistry shifted.
do you know media
How many IQ points are you willing to pay? X-D
But if you want a real answer, clinical depression isn’t cured by happy movies. The problem isn’t that the outside world provides too little happiness for you, the problem is that your ability to consume and digest that happiness is impaired.
I don’t think you’re getting this. You are a meat sack of chemicals. “Being depressed by the realization” means that your meatsack chemistry shifted.
Well, assuming that said shift was long lasting, I want to shift it back into something more conductive to a productive and enjoyable life. Being miserable feels miserable, and, worst of all, it’s boring.
the problem is that your ability to consume and digest that happiness is impaired.
On the contrary, I consume and digest the happiness way too fast. It helps me for a short while, and I feel gladness and joy and merriment and flow… and then I’m hungry again. I’m like an insatiable happiness sinkhole.
Right, but there’s a difference between being depressed by the realization, or finding it depressing because there’s something wrong with your meatsack chemistry.
I wish to believe that which is true, but getting tested and diagnosed for depression is expensive, and so are the chemicals often prescribed to treat them, in money and in secondary effects.
Forgive me if I seem a little impatient, but I’d rather focus on the stated purpose of this thread: media that will help me feel better about myself and the world and foster in me a sense of curiosity, hope, and discipline.
I don’t think you’re getting this. You are a meat sack of chemicals. “Being depressed by the realization” means that your meatsack chemistry shifted.
How many IQ points are you willing to pay? X-D
But if you want a real answer, clinical depression isn’t cured by happy movies. The problem isn’t that the outside world provides too little happiness for you, the problem is that your ability to consume and digest that happiness is impaired.
Well, assuming that said shift was long lasting, I want to shift it back into something more conductive to a productive and enjoyable life. Being miserable feels miserable, and, worst of all, it’s boring.
On the contrary, I consume and digest the happiness way too fast. It helps me for a short while, and I feel gladness and joy and merriment and flow… and then I’m hungry again. I’m like an insatiable happiness sinkhole.
tl;dr Talk to professionals, don’t take advice on mental health from a internet forum.