About depression

[matrixmann]

Man kann deprimiert sein und deswegen alles negativ wahrnehmen,
man kann aber auch von der Realität deprimiert werden.

One can be depressed and therefore perceive everything in the negative way,
but - one can also be depressed by the events that take place in the reality.

Comments

[mandarinsun.livejournal.com]

I think if you had that level of disability, people more into Buddhism than I am, would say you still could train your mind.

You could train your mind to read and write a lot. I'm thinking of it from the perspective of the disabled person too, not just as someone trying to get the most out of employees or something. A person in that situation would be happier if they trained their mind to read and write as much as possible. They'd enjoy their life more.

I guess I do believe in human action. I don't know about destiny that makes it sound like everyone can achieve anything they want to and I agree that's rubbish. I am trying more to come from how Schopenhauer and Camus would come at the argument. We have a responsibility in our freedom even if the world is absurd and we can't achieve much. Buddhists don't even really care about achievement and just want people to work on practicing more and more, practicing meditation.

When you look at how people break down and go crazy- they abuse and kill others- it is preferable to have some sort of philosophy of being responsible for yourself.