30 May 2011

Vanquishing depression.

Part 2

Alluded to:

Nietzsche’s view of happiness and civilization (“the world is not a hospital”):

http://books.google.com/books?id=4yEDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA707&ots=U0QBnY1sYQ&dq=nietzsche%20world%20hospital&pg=PA708#v=onepage&q=nietzsche%20world%20hospital&f=false

“The theme of health in Nietzsche’s thought”:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v1x301w338kp2771/

Seasonal affective disorder:

http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Seasonal_Affective_Disorder_(SAD).htm

Prevalence of seasonal affective disorder at four latitudes:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2326393

Teen suicide in Seattle:

http://www.king5.com/health/childrens-healthlink/60420987.html

The adult baby:

Charlie Sheen interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5aSa4tmVNM

Part of not trying to fool your rational mind is understanding that your adult inclinations are very much tied to adverse childhood experiences you may have experienced. Face those experiences:

http://www.acestudy.org/

Study on risk aversion:

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2118342

“Adam Carolla on the misery of intelligence”:

Rates of despression in women: http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=women_and_depression

Depression solemnly discussed on “The View”:

…Versus how it is discussed on “Loveline”:

http://inacewetrust.com/

Short-term memory, the period during which you can decide whether you’re going to keep focusing on something at the moment:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span

The standard in academic thought on manic depression (I’ve owned and read this): http://www.amazon.com/Manic-Depressive-Illness-Disorders-Recurrent-Depression/dp/0195135792/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6

Beethoven’s 9th in the theme of Keith Olbermann’s “Countdown”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zMLGXXIJA&feature=related

PS:  If you’re a male of European descent, discounting DWEMs means demeaning yourself and discounting your potential! Seems reasonable that such an outlook, which, in my experience, is widespread in Seattle, would correlate with depression.

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