> Christoph Reuss:
> You still didn't "get it". Addressing/removing the causes would *really*
> give them back their lives (and if removal isn't possible, at least using
> better approaches like nutrition and excertion). Filling them up with
> drugs which at best mitigate the symptoms for a while, and at worst turn
> depressed persons into mad killer-machines (as in Littleton etc.),
> isn't a good solution at all.
This assumes that we know what the "causes" are. I know people who are well
off, productive and have no cause to get depressed, but they still do.
There is not much you would want to add to or remove from their lives.
Personally, I would like to remove the fall and spring, when I've found
myself living in a deep murk for weeks on end and, yes, have even resorted
to anti-depresants. I would also like to remove periods of dull cloudy
weather, when I find it difficult both to keep my spirits up and my
arthritic ankle from aching.
We mustn't get things mixed up here. I agree that improving people's
material circumstances would make them feel more secure and happy, and less
angry. Even then, however, many of them would undergo periods of
depression.
Ed Weick
(613) 728-4630
Visit my website: http://members.eisa.com/~ec086636
