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Date Posted: 23:06:27 02/13/08 Wed
Author: BrianD
Subject: Re: a bit depressed
In reply to: Michael 's message, "Re: a bit depressed" on 14:59:49 02/13/08 Wed


>our state of mind fascinates me. Why do I sometimes
>feel 'up' and other times 'down'? Sometimes it can be
>the situation, but sometimes its just looking at the
>same situation through a different perspective. What
>is the trigger that causes a mind to 'flip' from
>positive to negative?

Repetition can be a cause, but generally for me it's when I start thinking about any number of depressing things that one can think about in this world. Being in philosophy sometimes doesn't help either, but I get out of that by convincing myself that it's better to know.

I really like the idea that you can change yourself and your situation for the better if you just change the way you look at yourself. For example, being depressed about your weight makes losing it way harder than a positive attitude towards it would make it. I highly recommend the movie "What the bleep do we know" if you're at all interested in this. Starts off a bit labored, but really comes together at the end. <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399877/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399877/</a>

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