Mildly depressed people more perceptive than others

[Avery L. Breath]

Well, if it works, who am I to knock it.

It's been increasingly shown that traumatic events in early childhood lead to stress/depression related dissorders later on in life.  Thus we are the products of our experiences.... to some degree at least.

http://traumaresources.org/stress_relat ... ession.htm
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professio ... eglect.htm

The theory being that the brain is an elastic and evolving organ that is most vunerable in early childhood.  

I medicate the symptoms of my (mild to severe?) depression to some success, however I find these type of solutions are transitory.  Although they may relieve the symptoms, they do not resolve the underlying reasons for the stress/depression.  The thought of which is dismall in itself.  I'm possative if one where to root out the reason behind it, they can resolve it.  But that process can be much more complicated than it may initially seem.  

I tend to think most types of depression are akin to addiction in alot of respects.  An addiction of avoidance.  12 step anyone?

na na na na na nanananananana.....

[dergheist]

How very true Avery, but I think most of us are to dang lazy and want the easy way out.  That has been the human way and that is why we are here on this forum in the first place, No?  I think that if we did find the root instead of bandaging up the problem we would be a lot better off and so would the world as a whole.  Stoney, dang right about that Sally, lasts much longer I find than the other friends too.

[Avery L. Breath]

How very true Avery, but I think most of us are to dang lazy and want the easy way out.  .

Sure enough.

That has been the human way and that is why we are here on this forum in the first place, No?

Uhm, you want the easy answer on that one?  

No.  Entheogens are not a shortcut.  In fact it's no easy path by any stretch.  But thats just my take.

[dergheist]

No, No I was reaching again.  I did not mean that we are on this forum just because of the plants, but because of human interest in making things easier in life we are on this forum because of teachnology such as computers which are supposed to make our life easier (Yeah Right!).  I did not mean that plants are an easy way.  If anything, plants are the hard way to go at it. We are both on the same wavelength about the plants I believe.

[Avery L. Breath]

Oh, sorry Dergheist, I was reading between the lines again.  Doh!  No offense intended.

[dergheist]

Ah, thats alright.  It all in good fun and believe me I would not take offense from ya. (Hope you don't take any from me as it is not intended) Your too cool and interesting to get offended at.