This is more interesting and inspiring than your latest few admonitions to introspect and coach myself, which seemed either too obvious or too abstract for me to profit from.
Ideally, thinking about the reasons for our unhappiness rationally should lead to actions that improve our circumstances, and our habits of thought. I’m glad that seems to be the case for you—even more impressive considering that you were real-depressed enough at to want medication at times. I’ve never been that depressed, but at times it seems like I don’t properly put to the test my belief that it works to analyze and experiment with my own life.
you were real-depressed enough at to want medication at times.
“Want” is probably never the right word for the administration of psychoactive medication to a first-grader. I got off the meds when I left for college and there was no realistic chance of anyone trying to enforce their consumption.
This is more interesting and inspiring than your latest few admonitions to introspect and coach myself, which seemed either too obvious or too abstract for me to profit from.
Ideally, thinking about the reasons for our unhappiness rationally should lead to actions that improve our circumstances, and our habits of thought. I’m glad that seems to be the case for you—even more impressive considering that you were real-depressed enough at to want medication at times. I’ve never been that depressed, but at times it seems like I don’t properly put to the test my belief that it works to analyze and experiment with my own life.
“Want” is probably never the right word for the administration of psychoactive medication to a first-grader. I got off the meds when I left for college and there was no realistic chance of anyone trying to enforce their consumption.