Interesting read... use of prescribed mind-altering drugs

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  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,616
    unsung wrote:
    So mental illness and the over medication of youth is not an issue. Ok, good to know. Thankfully those weirdos like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates weren't pumped full of that crap.

    Weirdos?
    Maybe you should have called them billionaire weirdos

    I'd take billionaire weirdo over closed-minded libertarian any day
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    It's sarcasm.
  • candleofthought26
    candleofthought26 Posts: 81
    http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/age-of-anxiety.html#

    -published by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, to add to the list of academic papers and books already posted. The evidence continues to mount, on both legit websites and "not".

    Mindfulness meditation, as jeanwah and others have suggested, is a valuable and effective tool for dealing with stress, anxiety, and preventing relapse of depressive episodes. And having the opportunity to relate to another person, having a truly positive and empathetic relationship during hard times can provide something for a person that nothing else will replace. Something that might be achieved if we stopped blaming ourselves and putting blame on others dealing with difficult emotions. And yes, sometimes we just need to go through some terrible shit. One school of thought teaches that "we must first arrive at a place before we can leave it."
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    candleofthought26 wrote:
    http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/age-of-anxiety.html#

    -published by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, to add to the list of academic papers and books already posted. The evidence continues to mount, on both legit websites and "not".

    Mindfulness meditation, as jeanwah and others have suggested, is a valuable and effective tool for dealing with stress, anxiety, and preventing relapse of depressive episodes. And having the opportunity to relate to another person, having a truly positive and empathetic relationship during hard times can provide something for a person that nothing else will replace. Something that might be achieved if we stopped blaming ourselves and putting blame on others dealing with difficult emotions. And yes, sometimes we just need to go through some terrible shit. One school of thought teaches that "we must first arrive at a place before we can leave it."
    I like all of what you said here, but the part I bolded just really nails it. The research is showing more and more how important attachment is to our development, as well as to our healing, but even without the research, many of us probably know just how true this is.
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    "I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Pills, pills, pills for everything... for so many ailments.

    Too many ridiculous shots for everything now too.

    "Okay, you'll need this, this, and this before going overseas"

    No, I really don't...
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Pills, pills, pills for everything... for so many ailments.

    Too many ridiculous shots for everything now too.

    "Okay, you'll need this, this, and this before going overseas"

    No, I really don't...
    I don't need all of those shots...but you might need a chaperone so you can check into your hotel :D :wave:
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    "I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    comebackgirl wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Pills, pills, pills for everything... for so many ailments.

    Too many ridiculous shots for everything now too.

    "Okay, you'll need this, this, and this before going overseas"

    No, I really don't...
    I don't need all of those shots...but you might need a chaperone so you can check into your hotel :D :wave:

    Thanks for bailing

    :lol:
  • comebackgirl
    comebackgirl Posts: 9,885
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    comebackgirl wrote:
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    Pills, pills, pills for everything... for so many ailments.

    Too many ridiculous shots for everything now too.

    "Okay, you'll need this, this, and this before going overseas"

    No, I really don't...
    I don't need all of those shots...but you might need a chaperone so you can check into your hotel :D :wave:

    Thanks for bailing

    :lol:
    :lol:

    Next time I totally have your back :D
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    "I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
  • dancepartner
    dancepartner Posts: 324
    great post candleofthought.
    Jeanwah; you talk about acupuncture. brave girl. i know it's tried and true..but it involves needles. Yikes!
    Point is; homeopathic medicine has been used for thousands of years and is still preferred in many countries whereas the pill & knife for every ailment seems preferred in the US. Gotta go so I don't have time to look it up but I once read something about homeopathic universities accounted for something like 85% in Europe as opposed to our traditional medical schools which is about the exact opposite.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    dancepartner wrote:
    Jeanwah; you talk about acupuncture. brave girl. i know it's tried and true..but it involves needles. Yikes!

    Eh, they weren't needles in the traditional sense, they were more like pins. And most of them didn't hurt at all; the ones I felt were in an especially problematic area. But, I do have a high threshold for pain, have been through a lot and the pins were a piece of cake. Whether it worked or not remains to be seen...

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