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Unfortunately, there is a great deal of resentment around the current standard treatment options for depression, in terms of pill form. SSRI's tend to...

In regards to Brian's and CasKev's point about when to stop taking medication... Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat, as I have quit and tried taperin...

You can derive also Ben-jamin Dank-win too.

Ok then maybe Benjamin Dankwin? A noble name don't you think?

Oh, well then no dust, sadly. How about Happy Fart? One hell of a nick.

Join the party. We have Kool-Aid and some eggs left over from Heister Eggcart. You can bring some of that noble dust to liven up the party too.

Will do. It is rather ghastly, although some use the term to describe the Republicans following Trump.

Drinking the Kool-Aid.

Kool-Aid put Sir2u to sleep. Paradoxical effects on leftists. I'm assuming you're a lefty for the matter, might be wrong.

Indeed. The phallic symbol represents the vitality and strength of drinking Kool-Aid.

Now my nick will be complete. Posty McPostface, what a wonderful nick!

That would be great. Thanks!

Sounds awesome. I bet the greenback goes a lot further too thereabouts.

I'd appreciate that Baden, thanks! Are you still working in China teaching ESL?

No refunds apparently, you break it you pay for it.

Thanks, much appreciated!

I believe Nietschze also believed that art has the power to transcend The Will. However, he depicted this rather grotesquely in the form of a master-s...

So, since I am a disciple of unenlightened, I will go with "Posty-Mcpost-face". If any moderator can change my name to that, that would be wonderful. ...

Yeah, it's hard to expunge the criticism of selective reading when reading him.

So, we have: 1. Utter Cunt 2. Puritanicus Giganticus 3. Uncle Toot Toot I feel we haven't narrowed down a winner from the list yet. Keep it going.

I'm pretty Puritan and don't really follow gender derived euphemisms; but, that could work.

I want to change my nick and have the members decide what it'll be. Best one wins. Ready? Go.

Heister Eggcart was a good nick. I really liked the Meister Eggfart though.

Yes, a very Conradian tale. The ending is superb with Kelvin deciding to live on the alien world. Redemption is also a strong theme in the story as Ke...

Yes, sleep for me is holy. I am infinitely entertained by my dreams. I have a suspicion that dreams are a sort of glimpse into the future, just in ver...

It's a party, Kool-Aid for everyone!

I'm pretty sure there a lot of Coke in that Kool-Aid.

I really find it surprising that Trump's past hasn't sunk him already. I was pretty darn sure the hanging out with prostitutes and letting Gahdaffi pu...

Oh, no, there's nothing I can do to repay you for the advice you've given to countless members throughout the years at the old PF and here. I'm just h...

Suicide is much more complex than a disjunctive syllogism. I don't think we need to trivialize the issue here with a simple modus ponens. And, yes, th...

There is really no choice for the stupid. The stupid shall suffer either way. I know of two types of suicide, one's done out of passion and the other ...

Fine, have it your way. You're robbing yourself of your future (be it a depressed and unhappy one) by committing suicide.

It's still a decision, you can't take away the choice that one makes in their decision-making process.

Sadly, the issue feels that it needs to be addressed soon. I'll probably talk with my doctor to change my medication and see if I can register for a m...

And, that's the issue I'm dealing with. I've studied CBT for a good six or seven years. It doesn't work for the root cause of the distressing thoughts...

I'm pretty sure it has to do with more than one thing, but I have no idea what each and individual factor is. I know that there are biological roots, ...

I can't find an origin. It seems like something biological to me. I'm still confused about the origin of my depression and subsequent suicidal thought...

What you're really asking me to do is to repress the suicide thoughts. I can't repress them anymore. They're leaking out of me and causing me distress...

I agree, keeping it natural is still the best of all evils

The thing about medication, and if you don't 'need' it, then better live without it than become dependant on it. I might see if I can switch around so...

My rationale was that accepting depression would seem to blur the line between the rational analytic mind and the emotional and emphatic persona. But,...

Mind you guys and gals, I also have schizophrenia (paranoid type), which makes my life all the worse. Sometimes I have good days, and then there are b...

The issue doesn't seem to be related to discipline in my opinion. It's just a matter of repressed feelings from my understanding. I think the Buddhist...

So, according to what you're saying, depression is a coping mechanism, and to get rid of depression one has to understand the reason why there is such...

So, do you at least develop some tolerance to those thoughts? Becuase, it really is a burden as people say.

My point is that the thoughts keep on returning and the hope that CBT might solve the thoughts did not come through. It's depressing that one has to l...

While that might be true it still doesn't take away from the fact that suicide is a personal decision. If you want to say that all decisions are motiv...

I understand, but it's not like I like being depressed. I remember waking up in my youth and being interested in the world or doing some things. Now, ...

Then, are you advocating complacency? Because it is quite a burden to live with depression as you must know all too well based off of experience with ...

I said that from individual experience. CBT doesn't cure depression or make it go away, as anyone with depression would hope. It only addresses the fi...