(December 31, 2015 at 7:53 pm)wallym Wrote:(December 31, 2015 at 7:34 pm)MTL Wrote: but I'm not going to deceive myself with sugary daydreams, either.
In my world, The Truth Hurts.
I know you probably can't, but if you could would you deceive yourself? Is happiness based on delusion less valid? Again, that would require you to be able to fully delude yourself, and it's tough to put the reason train in reverse.
Well, I've struggled with depression for my entire adult life, and have never availed myself of antidepressants
because I'd rather be authentically miserable than artificially happy.
Damn, I don't mean that to sound as judgmental as it does...perhaps I'm a fool for not taking medication,
and lots of people have benefited from it;
but I think it illustrates that I'm a put-my-hand-on-a-hot-stove-burner-to-make-sure-I'm-really-awake type of girl.
