That I can't find anything in life worth living for. — Question
Depression is a medical condition.
Medical professionals will not necessarily be able to cure your depression. — Terrapin Station
The stigma needs to be directed towards not getting professional help for it. — Terrapin Station
That was the point, one can't sense death! You can argue one can at the moment one dies but witnessing someone 'not waking up' and 'go away' is not it. Pink elephants and unicorns are beyond the argument, what's real has specific effects and the only way to determine what is that is through logic.No, we don't use logic to determine what's real at all. Logic doesn't tell us ANYTHING about what's real and what's not real. Logic helps us relate different facts of existence. It doesn't tell you if there's a pink elephant in your back garden right now, or if unicorns exist somewhere in the Universe. All knowledge comes from the senses, and is merely processed with logic. Is death real? Yes, at least in an ordinary sense, I've witnessed it, and I know it's real. — Agustino
So let's say, my goal is to become.. no, my goal is being righteous and therefore I'm obliged to behave myself at all times. It's an indefinite goal that implies an absolute guideline, I see. But the question still stands: "What's the purpose of doing one's duty?". One can be righteous and still have definite goals after all. If the purpose of doing one's duty is doing one's duty, that's just circular reasoning.Your goal is whatever you choose. If you choose to be a righteous man, then your goal becomes your duty. — Agustino
You said:I don't understand why you've made the assumption I condemn desire. — Agustino
Enjoyment implies satisfaction which implies the fulfillment of a desire. Having a desire would be just as pointless as you claim enjoying oneself is if there wouldn't be any intention to fulfill it, therefore condemnation of enjoyment is condemnation of desire.What's the point of enjoying yourself BC, you'll end up in the same grave, and it will be as if the enjoyment never existed. — Agustino
How can something be a tragedy for someone if their actions didn't cause it?What? How? — Heister Eggcart
It is already and got on my nerves while I was depressed. What's treatment good for when the cause persists? A professional is not some kind of magician to make angst disappear, as in cease to exist. Professionals may be tactful but they have neither pure reasons for helping nor an universal formula for the 'human soul'.The stigma needs to be directed towards not getting professional help for it. — Terrapin Station
It is already and got on my nerves while I was depressed. What's treatment good for when the cause persists? A professional is not some kind of magician to make angst disappear, as in cease to exist. Professionals may be tactful but they have neither pure reasons for helping nor an universal formula for the 'human soul'.
Maybe there are medical conditions that cause depression but depression is not a medical condition in itself and can take over without an accompanying medical condition. Depression should be treated like any other overbearing mood, through reflection. — Noblosh
You rather need to see a medical professional about it. — Terrapin Station
How can something be a tragedy for someone if their actions didn't cause it? — Noblosh
Well, I think we need to get past this truism. Namely, that a medical professional can magically treat the depression him or herself and thus the depression stops. While my depression can or has been decreased in magnitude it still persists. — Question
Well, I think we need to get past this truism. Namely, that a medical professional can magically treat the depression him or herself and thus the depression stops. While my depression can or has been decreased in magnitude it still persists. — Question
People's actions don't cause the suffering in their lives? Wot? — Heister Eggcart
People's actions don't cause their own lives.Seeing as life itself is a tragedy — Heister Eggcart
How do you deal with your 'monster'? Have any of you defeated it? — Question
I used to get suicidal thoughts almost everyday. My life is very depressing (I've even been diagnosed with schizophrenia). — Purple Pond
Or maybe Cain is always slaying Abel somewhere in someone's imagination :) — mcdoodle
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