I’d prefer that you stay as far way from my threads as is possible. You have nothing to offer in the way of genuine help for the mentally ill. You are too immersed in your own agendas to offer any real help.
The only agenda I got is the DNA machine. The rest is up to you, and your meaning making.
My advice is, if your advice is so good, then why are you still depressed? Shouldnt the cure you got have fixed you? Right?
The APA apparently has not gotten wind of your cures. I’m not always depressed, just more often so around fixit prophets. My major depression is mainly due to genetic inheritance mixed with environmental influences. So far science is unable to fix the responsible genes and is unable to do anything about our insane society. So, my chemistry is out of whack. I already knew that. If you are selling some snake oil potion that remedies my situation, I’ll buy a bottle.
… most mental illnesses are induced by social frameworks designed to be this way.
its a 4H documentary which will really be worth your time, produced by BBC. The marketing of madness? You decide.
THE CENTURY OF THE SELF
youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s
CelineK,
You ask us to watch a four hour video?
My testosterone levels are normal. The problem with the libido comes from two of the several drugs I have to take. One is a statin used to reduce the bad type of cholesterol. The other is an antidepressant. The statin reduces my chances of having a heart attack or a stroke. The antidepressant prevents my having panic or anxiety attacks. As I said to my psychiatrist, I have to weigh the benefits of these drugs against their side effects. It’s a trade off I would not wish on anybody. Trixie is wrong about the estrogen/testosterone effects on one’s psyche. My brain is short on serotonin and may exhibit an imbalance of dopamine. With the drugs I’m not depressed most of the time.
I can guarantee you that if you still find it compelling enough after 30mins, you will watch the whole thing. dont forget the popcorn though
I watched it 3 times already
I watched the video and would recommend it. It is an exploration into the ability to manipulate humans by using their base desires to perpetuate politics and consumerism. The 20th century left us with a perplexing problem–is the core of human being animalistic or angelic? The video shows both aspects and how they can be used by advertisers and politicians. The manipulation appears more important than finding what the core of humanity actually is. I’'d say that humanity, reduced to its core beyond layers of social masks, can be both demonic and angelic. As to who deserves what in society, the video tends to state that selfishness takes precedence over charity.
Unfortunately this thread has spawned threads in which individuals are psychoanalyzed. That was never the intention of this thread. This thread is for the help in understanding that we can give to each other. Under the umbrella of we’re all in this together, help and advice are greatly appreciated. No one is singled out as a case study!
Unfortunately Ierrellus, there is an pervasive problem with opening up this can of worms in a place where everyone can hide behind their personae and do not have to look at themselves at all. They tend to take aim and shoot at those things that they are insecure with in themselves. The things they fear and the things which the world has taught them are less than perfect. They think they are being altruistic offering you “cures” for your flaws by picking you apart for the vultures and then letting them feed.
Just ignore the people who speak ill of you and try to over-analyze or judge your words. You know who you are, and shouldn’t have to defend yourself against debasing attacks by people who are themselves flawed and in addition are unwilling to expose their own weaknesses. Or worse still, display all of their weaknesses as a victim card against all enemies foreign and domestic because their are a vast gaping hole of their own shame, and then they hide behind it or claim to “understand” you. No one understands you, they can only really get to know the most of what you want to share and some will appreciate that and some will attack it out of their own ego and insecurities. I just ignore people who attack who I am on a forum because I know that they only see the sliver of my life that I dare to display and nothing more. You can also take that power from them and refuse to give it away.
…exactly.
This is also very true. Misinformation, malignant paternalism and social engineering has single-handedly funded big pharma for years on the subject of mental illness.
I also think that now the food industry are in on it, by now tainting the very foods we eat with downers and poisons… or is that the effects of growth hormones and pesticides on our food?
Well, it’s also all the pharmaceuticals that end up in our very drinking water and food supply for sure. And the fact that we do not understand the true science of what elements and nutrients the body needs to work at it’s optimum capacity as well.
What we don’t know, is killing us either spiritually or physically and the best thing we can do is to do research and experiment with our own bodies to find what brings about a happy state for us all around. You cannot just listen to what doctors and books tell you, apply the scientific method to yourself with all things and you really will find better results.
Happy holidays to all.
A course in health and nutrition should be taught in high schools.
Sadly nutrition among kids is so poor that many are incapable of understanding much of what they are taught. Low achievement is inextricably linked to poor diet.
This has been a growing problem which has gone hand in hand with a growth of inequality over the last 40 years.
It would be better that kids were given a mid-morning milk based vitamin and mineral drink to supplement the pizza, soda and burger diet that is the bane of so many fat underprivileged children.
I agree. Ask any kid nowadays what the five food groups are and they will answer pizza, burgers, breaded fish, breaded chicken and cola.
I wonder how many would know the difference between a parsnip, a turnip and a radish?
Joking aside this has serous implications for cerebral development.