What does western medicine even have to do with anything?
I've been depressed for eight years. I've tried... attempts at suicide, talking to my friends, talking to a therapist, failing at life, anti-depressants, reorganizing everything in my life that mattered, delving deeply into philosophy to give new meaning to my life, meditation, getting myself addicted to mountain dew, and obsessing over and stalking several girls.
Of all of these, two have had noticeable effects.
Meditation. Made me significantly happier for a significant period of time. Gave me a clear head. Gave me energy. Gave me a sense of direction.
Drugs. Prevented the random, physically debilitating bouts of depression that made me so miserable that I could not move or speak or think.
Drugs would be the "western" solution, I'd imagine, and meditation the "eastern".
Both failed to cure me of my depression.
The meditation... I simply did not have the will to do on a regular basis. I failed to make it a part of my life. I cite as reasons for this failure... the fact that I was horribly unmotivated - which just might be a sympton of depression.
The drugs... weren't meant to cure me of my depression. They made it so that I could function. Again, I did not have the willpower to overcome the depression, despite the anti-depressants helping me to get through the day.
I've been depressed for eight years. I've tried... attempts at suicide, talking to my friends, talking to a therapist, failing at life, anti-depressants, reorganizing everything in my life that mattered, delving deeply into philosophy to give new meaning to my life, meditation, getting myself addicted to mountain dew, and obsessing over and stalking several girls.
Of all of these, two have had noticeable effects.
Meditation. Made me significantly happier for a significant period of time. Gave me a clear head. Gave me energy. Gave me a sense of direction.
Drugs. Prevented the random, physically debilitating bouts of depression that made me so miserable that I could not move or speak or think.
Drugs would be the "western" solution, I'd imagine, and meditation the "eastern".
Both failed to cure me of my depression.
The meditation... I simply did not have the will to do on a regular basis. I failed to make it a part of my life. I cite as reasons for this failure... the fact that I was horribly unmotivated - which just might be a sympton of depression.
The drugs... weren't meant to cure me of my depression. They made it so that I could function. Again, I did not have the willpower to overcome the depression, despite the anti-depressants helping me to get through the day.
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