I don't equate a cheerful, positive or optimistic outlook on life with belief in something that doesn't have evidence.

How does a realistic a person stave off depression?

By not ignoring the good in life in favor of the bad?

(February 20, 2013 at 12:08 pm)The Magic Pudding Wrote: How does a realistic a person stave off depression?

Set realistic goals and go for it. Fuck depression.

Perhaps The Magic Pudding doesn't feel the rhododendrons as good.

Don't be a prick - I'm a hort student, so of course I get off on plants and of course there are other options to see that would balance things out. Humans helping each other. Humans creating. Chocolate. Music, for fucks sake, in your case.

I do not if that's a way of saying, but anyway i planted a rhodondendron just yesterday. It will take twenty-years to grow, but it makes me very happy!!

(February 20, 2013 at 12:16 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: Don't be a prick - I'm a hort student, so of course I get off on plants and of course there are other options to see that would balance things out. Humans helping each other. Humans creating. Chocolate. Music, for fucks sake, in your case.

Or god, in the case of others...

I'm not suggesting that people DON'T ignore reality in favor of something that makes them happy. I'm just saying it's possible to be an atheist and not be depressed - and NOT because you're ignoring things. You don't have to patch up unhappiness with god or any other woo.

(February 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'm not suggesting that people DON'T ignore reality in favor of something that makes them happy. I'm just saying it's possible to be an atheist and not be depressed - and NOT because you're ignoring things. You don't have to patch up unhappiness with god or any other woo.

what are you depressed about anyway?
you don't live on a trash dump in mumbai, do you?
look how lucky evolution left you