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Are depressed people more realistic?

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Are depressed people more realistic?
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:07 pm
I don't equate a cheerful, positive or optimistic outlook on life with belief in something that doesn't have evidence.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:08 pm
How does a realistic a person stave off depression?
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:10 pm
By not ignoring the good in life in favor of the bad?
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:14 pm (This post was last modified: February 20, 2013 at 12:15 pm by Dee Dee Ramone.)
(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.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Perhaps The Magic Pudding doesn't feel the rhododendrons as good.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:16 pm
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.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:16 pm
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!!
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:18 pm
(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...
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm
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.
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RE: Are depressed people more realistic?
February 20, 2013 at 12:28 pm
(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
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