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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 19, 2013 at 7:56 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2013 at 9:39 am by LastPoet.)
This is a question as futile as the one "Is the glass half full or half empty". An optimistic person can have a realistic approach to life, same for a depressive person, the problem is to keep yourself moderatly happy/sad. Paraphrasing Nietsche:
"If you fight demons you may turn into one, if you stare into darkness too much, darkness will stare at you"
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 19, 2013 at 8:37 am
im the most "real person at every party i go to, i dont socialise i just sit in the corner drinking whiskey and occasionally shouting "I DONT KNOW WHY YOURE ACTING HAPPY YOUR ALL GOING TO DIE YOU KNOW"
just kidding i dont really do that
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 11:30 am
Death is certain, not necessarily 'destruction'.
The secret to happiness is enjoying life while you can. You don't have to ignore the death in order to be happy. It can be on your radar as "this will happen". I don't have to ignore that death and suffering exists to stand in a bower of blooming rhododendrons on a mountain top and feel myself happy on earth. Instead I feel fortunate and thankful that a chain of events enacted by my parents and ancestors gave me that gift, and I soak it up.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 11:48 am
Ah, right.
I don't walk around all day assuming shit's going to get fucked up in front of me, is what I mean. It's bound to happen to someone somewhere. Doesn't mean it WILL happen to you, or any time soon.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 11:49 am
The certainty of death in the future is nothing by comparison to the exquisite boon of existence for however long that should last. We got something instead of nothing. Lucky us.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:01 pm
And that's what Lastpoet was saying. You choose to look at it as "doesn't mean it won't" and I choose to look at it as "doesn't mean it will". Neither one of us is more wrong or right than the other. Neither one of us is more or less in touch with reality.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Do you take this approach with people who believe in god?
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