Dexter" pid='67595' dateline='1567781010:
thallandchill" pid='67559' dateline='1567736534:
That’s key. Second off, coming from another person who takes medication for anxiety, I understand where you’re coming from. Third off, Dexter is the most depressing motherfucker to listen to on this board. He seems like an intelligent dude and knows a lot about this shit, but his whole mentality is absolutely fucked.
There are people who look at shit with a “I can find some good in this, I can make this work” mentality and others with a “everything sucks, it’s never going to get better, what’s the point” mentality (like Dexter). Be like the former not the latter.
I’ve never been depressed in my life. One of the nicest guys most people will ever meet. I look at the darker side of life, it’s not a mental disorder or disease, it’s just an observation that something is really fucked up and no one seems to care, we’re all told to think sunshine and rainbows.
Humanity was once on a path of progress, mass optimism was probably fairly strong in the 50,60,70,80’s and then the progress stalled, people started questioning the program, they couldn’t adjust and some started looking for answers. Sensitive people either do two things, they read and look for answers, or they can go the route of most people and start popping pills to numb their experience and make themselves well adjusted to the requirements necessary to function in a sick society. Those that don’t take this route are probably called slackers today, in years past they might have been punks, in the 60’s beat writers, 2500 years in the past ascetics. That’s what kind of pisses me off about the drugs that mask mental issues, these people are in fact correctly responding to the situation in front of them and instead of addressing it full on, they agree to a chemical lobotomy.
I’m not saying you have been depressed, are depressed or that you’re not a nice guy because you seem like you genuinely want to help people. I just disagree with your worldview, and I think it is toxic, brother.
People are the way they are because of the world, and the way they let it influence them. Social media is probably the biggest offender in all of this. People only post to social media the high points or best times of their lives. People see this and subconsciously, they’re conditioning their own mind and wondering why their lives aren’t like someone else’s. Guess what? Those people posting only the good have just as much bad going on as you or I.
I agree with you, that the world is extremely screwed up but there is also a lot of good in the world if you look for it. And I am constantly seeking it, and trying to do my part to make the world a better place.
I used to be a lot more depressed and anxious, but since I’ve deleted all of my social media, deleted everything I could from my phone, I’m so much happier now. I care little for the things of this world. I attribute that to me finding God this past year. It has completely transformed me and my world view.
I spent years studying science, philosophy etc., I’m absolutely obsessed with space. I thought I was too smart to believe in a God, or divine creation but the answers were right there in front of me and I was just willfully ignorant. I can’t chalk any of this up to “chance”. It doesn’t work.
Do I still question things? Absolutely. However, I am at peace now and it is absolutely liberating.