Ever wish you were not as intelligent as you are?

[Cattlegod]

Thump553:

yep that is the book


right, in the end he eventually ended up dealing with it. however, because of all of his "shock" therapy or whatever you want to call it, he was not the same person at the end of the book as he was in the beginning. i was just pointing out that it was his intellectual obsessions that caused him to initally break down.

 

[sandmanwake]

No, because then I'd be ugly and stupid. This way I'm just ugly and only semi-stupid.

 

[vi edit]

AmusedOne, your philosophy on depression is only valid if you have absolutely zero control over your chemical imbalances. I believe that external stimuli such as a bad break up, unhappy social life ect, as well as internal stimuli such as low self esteem and poor cognitive skills are what ultimately affect your brain chemistry thus resulting in your depression.

You may not have control over what the chemicals do, but you can control the triggers to those chemical imbalances. This is not an absolute, but many mental illnesses are greatly helped by non-biological means. They just don't work as quickly as popping a pill.