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desert father said: and yes vitamin therapy can cure depression.
So can electroshock therapy. 
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Re: intelligence and depression [Re: deCypher]
#14391762 - 05/02/11 10:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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And lobotomies.
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deCypher



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Tchan909 said: And lobotomies.
I've always wondered why we don't just lobotomize violent offenders and put them to work for the government. It's a far more effective method for preventing repeat crime than any other method besides capital punishment, and this allows us to actually put them to some use.
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Re: intelligence and depression [Re: g00ru]
#14411025 - 05/06/11 03:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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honestly i think depression has to do with nutrition, just like most other "conditions".
Like many of your 'thoughts', it is just not true. Can abusing your body lead to less than optimal performance? Yes. Can eating a perfect diet (even though no one can agree with what that is exactly) cure clinical depression? No.
it can go a long fucking way. Exercise and a great diet do so much to naturally balance your chemicals and promote releasing endorphins, plus it's psychologically healthy to take some sort of action.
Exercise and a healthy diet alone will not eliminate the underlying psychological issues that are related to depression.
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guruu said: As for the OP, idk if my energetic perspective is going to be valued but here's the way I see it. Intellectuals are, naturally, always centered up in their head, in their thoughts. This leads to great revelations and understanding. For one thing, many times these revelations will be about the hard facts of life. For another thing, happiness doesn't arise in the head, at least not usually. It arises in the heart primarily, and can be helped by lower centers of energy like your sex chakra and your power chakra (located at the navel).

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guruu said: So many smart people (mainly white males btw, in this particular case of depression due to intellect, as i think other ethnicities have more balanced energy)...
, why do you think this? 
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guruu said: ...get caught in this viscous cycle where they have these revelations about life, such as that it's all a power struggle or nice guys finish last or life is suffering or a supernatural being couldn't possibly exist (duh), and combined with that they aren't present enough in the moment to experience their natural heart bliss.
Why do you think that being present in the moment causes "natural heart bliss"? What is "natural heart bliss"?
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guruu said: It leads to a highly cynical and skeptical view of reality, which is just being in your head too much and trying to protect yourself.
What do you mean by "trying to protect yourself"?
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Re: intelligence and depression [Re: zoomfan]
#14411082 - 05/06/11 04:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is why the monkey takes the half-crumpled intelligence hat and becomes a business major on Futurama. Too intelligent: life is not worth living, what's the point. Too stupid, not good enough. Of course he went on to become the president of the Fox network. (Gunter the monkey on Futurama).
I believe that in people who do not suffer from chemical imbalances, intelligence makes a huge difference, and does make them more prone to depression, but I have no actual basis for this.
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Re: intelligence and depression [Re: sandi] 1
#14411141 - 05/06/11 04:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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sandi said: I believe that in people who do not suffer from chemical imbalances, intelligence makes a huge difference, and does make them more prone to depression, but I have no actual basis for this.
Hooray for baseless beliefs!
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