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TranceTara -> RE: Sadness (2/23/2009 5:11:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Prinsexx
Sadness? If only it was a simply emotion. But to me it's never quite that simple. I do admit to it being depression and depression when I get it is all consuming. It fits into the model of the depression triad perfectly...and that is that there is nothing positive.possib;e/goos about myself, the world or the future.
Depression runs in my family and is of a manic depressive nature. This is like a diabetes of the mood. Not long term cycles but manic cycles that turn from elation to desperation often many times during the day.
IF ONLY tits and beer (or my equivalent to those) were things which triggered me OUT of a down mood. But sadly a trigger is a one way switch and wgen down I forget and lose sight completely of what to do ro get out of it
During down times my pain threshold is low low low and the mere thought of play seems to belong to another world that other people get involved in but never me.
But you know> Every cloud does have a silver lining.. and when the sun comes out, when the phone rings and it's a long yime friend.. well hell that sunshone is bright and warm and hot!
Prinsexx, I can totally relate to what you wrote. I have had extreme manic states (not sleeping for 3 days) and extremely depressed states, (not getting out of bed for days). Many times, what got me through was reading books by others who went through similar things. Dr. Kay Redfield James writes about her experience in medical school and being bi-polar. It was so inspirational. She also has books on the artistic temperment as well as a text on Manic-Depressive Illness.
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cjan
As you ( and Northern Gent ) say, suffering is part of life. But we make it worse by pushing it away and clinging to the notion that things should be otherwise. We also make it worse by feeling sorry for ourselves . That's why I like the line from D. H. Lawrence in my sig.
LaTigresse
Some people seem to be born with it, others learn it early on, some learn it in old age, and others.....never.
And cjan and LaTigresse, I was one of the slow learners. And, I have learned the one person I really needed to forgive was myself. Now I view my moods/emotions like an artist's palette. None are right or wrong. They just are, and when used upon the canvas of life, what a beautiful painting indeed.
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