We aren't depressed. We are just in angst about our meaningless existence. Don't worry, though. We will at some time come to terms with our meaningless existence and find a way to be OK with it and be content with merely existing.
With all of the impotent rage, sputtering and persecution complexes that I see Teh Stoopid displaying on Tea Bagging get-togethers and town hall meetings, they don't seem too happy to me.
Unless Scientific American is referring to a different set of stupid.
Lets's see - the economy is in the tank, people have no jobs and no prospects for new ones. The American Dream - we were told all our lives that if we work hard and get an education , we will be fine. Not true anymore!
Depressed? Now, why should anyone be depressed?
hmm. I don't know...the truly clinically depressed, yes. the "oh I feel blue, give me a pill so I feel better!" kind...not so much.
but I also think the truly clinically depressed are more likely to stay depressed *because* they're ("we're", being one of them) constantly trying to think themselves/ourselves out of it, and it ends up being a vicious downward spiral of "I'm smarter than this, why can't I figure out how to stop being depressed?" when really, there's no thinking yourself out of a chemical imbalance. drugs + therapy + working on yourself + eventually getting off the drugs, if that's what's right for you on an individual level = hopefully, some semblance of success.
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Unless Scientific American is referring to a different set of stupid.
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Depressed? Now, why should anyone be depressed?
08/29/09
Pretty soon we're going to be an entire country filled with fucking geniuses.
08/29/09
but I also think the truly clinically depressed are more likely to stay depressed *because* they're ("we're", being one of them) constantly trying to think themselves/ourselves out of it, and it ends up being a vicious downward spiral of "I'm smarter than this, why can't I figure out how to stop being depressed?" when really, there's no thinking yourself out of a chemical imbalance. drugs + therapy + working on yourself + eventually getting off the drugs, if that's what's right for you on an individual level = hopefully, some semblance of success.