RE: Why do you think male homosexual have more mood and anxiety disorders?
June 27, 2015 at 8:42 am
(June 27, 2015 at 8:37 am)LostLocke Wrote:(June 26, 2015 at 6:21 pm)das_atheist Wrote: One can hide the fact they are gay. One can't hide their race. // Advantage gayAnd that there is where I'd think the mental issues come in.
Having to lie to everyone around you. (Keeping lies straight *pun slightly intended* consumes a lot of mental energy.)
Having to deny doing things you like, or going to places you want, or acting a certain way..... these things take a toll on your mental outlook and state.
Not to mention - it's frequently not true! For example, no one on Earth has ever worked harder to hide that they're gay than pray-the-gay-away proponent Marcus Bachmann, and how has that worked out for him?
![[Image: bachmann.jpg?c027c9]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=static.lgbtqnation.com%2Fassets%2F2011%2F12%2Fbachmann.jpg%3Fc027c9)
Points for effort, Marcus.
"Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don't grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be."
Alan Watts
Alan Watts
