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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 5:18 PM |
Analysis, medication, depression, living
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lacyvsq
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I was listening to a lecture yesterday about right or left brain dominance. The speaker said that those who are right-brain dominant tend to spend more thought on internal motivations, emotions etc. (a more subjective approach ot life) while those who are left-brain dominant are more objective, active, behavior oriented.
I think I tend to be right-brain dominant. I analyze my thoughts, motivations, emotions and behaviors...or maybe I am just self-centered. I have highs and lows -- but refuse to call it bipolar or to go on medications.
I have experimented with many kinds of therapies and self-help methods and formulas, have changed my diet and have been on medications, supplements, Bach flower remedies and aromatherapy . I have engaged in journaling, Bible study, meditation and prayer. I have begun exercise routines, volunteered and joined social clubs and groups. I have gone for a new job or career. Everything works -- and regularly I find myself back in a dark place -- in search of a new path out, or revisiting something that worked in the past.
Am I chasing rainbows searching for a permanent place in the light? Am I thinking too much? Is awareness of my thoughts something I should be pursuing? Or should I find a way to shut off the mind analysis? Besides drugs (legal or illegal), alcohol, sex, food, work, computer surfing, games, sleeping...all those things so easily taken to excess -- especially by those in depression -- how does one effectively shut off the head? Well an answer came to that question, but I'd rather choose something that will leave me living...
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 5:48 PM |
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julia143
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how does one effectively shut off the head?
I hope you never "shut" off your head. Your thoughts are what makes you the person you are, and we like who you are.
I would say don't over-think it...but some of the greatest minds and authors had a tendency to over-think things.
"I think, therefore I am"
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:02 PM |
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8Knots
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I hope you never "shut" off your head. Your thoughts are what makes you the person you are, and we like who you are.
Thats the problem!
It isn't who you are. Your essence is beyond the height of thoughts and thinking. Haven't you noticed that the more you think and even the faster you think the more you "oozit!"
All the greatest minds tell you to calm yourself. Stop thinking!
Its where inspiration spills forth.
P.S. fdorgot to add, what do you think anti-depressants do to you.... sllloooooowwwwwsssss yyyyyooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.................. ddowwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.................................. 
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:06 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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I never think..it hurts too much.. 
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:12 PM |
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julia143
Posts: 1,696
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 How silly of me to want to repress my thoughts...my essence...
It is what god gave me to work with. And I'm gonna work it.
My thoughts spin and reel all day. I have great ideas, care about those around me, am allowed to see and feel and analyze my surrounding....why the heck would I want to suppress that?
Nothing against you Lacyvsq....I understand that thoughts can be overwhelming, but it's what you do with them ....you have to let them out...write them down, put them to good use.
It's a vicious cycle to repress them, you'll end up needing more and more meds.....
I dunno...maybe I need some meds... 
I just would not want to be numb and not be able to experience life around me. Good and Bad....it helps me to grow into a stronger person. I am here to learn about life .....not ignore it.
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:18 PM |
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mailorderannie
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Lacy, since we are near the same age, I'm going to throw another wrinkle into the hypothesis and that's hormones. I have noticed that my mind is clearer and my moods are more stable the lower my estrogen levels have gotten. The difference in my mood today from where it was a year ago is like night and day and nothing has really changed except for my age.
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:27 PM |
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8Knots
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It's a vicious cycle to repress them, you'll end up needing more and more meds.....
Why repress thoughts?
Thoughts appear as born, lives and dies. What did you think exactly this time yesterday? Or for the past hour?
Thoughts are created, live for the moment and die.
So no need to repress them. How do you feel when for the moment you loose all thinking and see a beautiful sunset?
Or do you think the moment of having an orgasm?
They say there is four ways to get close to being just "you", a sneeze, an orgasm, a meditation or enlightenment.
Hell stop thinking and then there is nothing to get depressed about. "So simple a cave man can do it" 
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:44 PM |
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countryboy69995
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This is a serious question and I have alot of close friends that suffer with this as well as me. Yep depresion does suck. Don't know but having my butt shot at every year for the 6 years I served this great Country of ours it can kind of bring on a little deprestion.
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:54 PM |
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lacyvsq
Posts: 6,161
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I may have to start carrying around a little snuff box with black pepper in it for those times when orgasms, meditation and enlightenment eludes.
So, the speaker on the cd yesterday was pushing a tonal system -- which I have purchased, but have not been using faithfully -- to simulate deep meditation.
How about enlightenment? Does one get there through sneezing? Orgasm? Meditation? Or thinking?
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 6:59 PM |
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8Knots
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How about enlightenment? Does one get there through sneezing? Orgasm? Meditation? Or thinking?
Not any.
Hell.... stick to the snuff!!!! It will make you sneeze and you will be happy......
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:03 PM |
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DoorWatcher
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I have a meditation cd by Dr Wayne Dyer. It's good and when I truly apply it, it works...but it is also so frustrating because this old smoker can't hold her "ahm's" and "ohm's" as long as Wayne can. So I get frustrated with that....I can twist anything into a negative.
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:05 PM |
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countryboy69995
Posts: 653
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Orgasm? What is the definition of that? Never heard of that before
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:19 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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I can only speak for myself, but in retrospect, I spent an awful lot of time being depressed without actually realizing it (in my case I ate my way through it - bad, bad move!!).
What's actually been helpful for me though is lots of sunlight, fresh air, exercise and work that I really enjoy for people who really appreciate it. Now that I think the time to quit that work's approaching, I'm looking around for some other meaningful way to expend my energeis. I guess I tend to stay to busy to spend a lot of time being introspective.
The test below is for determining if you're left, right or balanced-brained:
http://web.tickle.com/tests/brain/?test=brainogt
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:20 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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ISorry, double post. (Action-oriented, definitely - and I just hate it when the screen says 'SERVICE UNAVAILABLE' when I hit post!!
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:23 PM |
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lacyvsq
Posts: 6,161
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Damn Annie! You have to throw wrinkles and hormones in the same sentence? Talk about depressing! ...and something more to think about...
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:49 PM |
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mailorderannie
Posts: 6,021
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wooops! Guess I wasn't thinking!
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:49 PM |
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mailorderannie
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I DID NOT post twice!
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:54 PM |
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SunBabe
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Sunny, you are Balanced-brained
That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.
When you need to explain a complicated process to someone, or plan a detailed vacation, the left hemisphere of your brain, which is responsible for your ability to solve problems logically, might kick in. But if you were critiquing an art opening or coming up with an original way to file papers, the right side of your brain, which is responsible for noticing subtle details in things, might take over.
While many people have clearly dominant left- or right-brained tendencies, you are able to draw on skills from both hemispheres of your brain. This rare combination makes you a very creative and flexible thinker.
The down side to being balanced-brained is that you may sometimes feel paralyzed by indecision when the two hemispheres of your brain are competing to solve a problem in their own unique ways.
Bingo...paralysis. 
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:58 PM |
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julia143
Posts: 1,696
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Julia, you are Balanced-brained
That means you are able to draw on the strengths of both the right and left hemispheres of your brain, depending upon a given situation.
Seems harmony is all around me.... 
[Edited on 12/14/2006 7:59 PM]
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| Dec 14, 2006 @ 7:59 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
Posts: 18,606
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Yep Sunny - I'm balanced too. That old inertia thing, combined with procrastination. I'd worry about it, but...maybe later.
Guess it's not all THAT rare!
I'm sorry Lacy, guess this isn't much help. I think the problem is that life's about change. I guess the secret would be to find someone or something that's changing at the same pace you are, in the same way. For what it's worth, so far I haven't been successful in finding that either.
[Edited on 12/14/2006 8:03 PM]
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