Posted by yxibow on May 3, 2009, at 17:09:25
In reply to Re: OCD - Just a thought., posted by linkadge on May 3, 2009, at 14:26:17
> Well, for everybody it is a different consideration. I only know a few people who personally got cancer. All of them killed themsevles and had no previous history of mental illness. I know not everybody does that, however.
When things become that terminal some people choose that course. I'm not arguing any way about it, but all I can say that is the point of when truly and not through the guise of anything else but life becomes beyond the pale.
> I just don't like the idea of being happy now and worse than hell later.
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> LinkadgeWell if you're happy now, then you wouldn't need any use for medication or therapy ? They're tools.
And nobody can predict what 'later' will be like. Who knows, yes, the human existence is riddled with all sorts of complexities and for some people the later in life, comes with its own problems.
But that's not everyone and while I'm sure they have their own pains on the inside, on the outside I see a lot more people in their later years being able to do things and be a part of society not seen before.
I guess my point is personally, I am agnostic, I have an overwhelming fear and preoccupation with the catastrophic and death.
But I've just slowly, and its something one doesn't just ease into, realized that life, being something that there isn't any explanation for, has its surprises, good and bad.
Outside of tarot cards, or whatever people choose to believe in destiny or fate, and I'm not mocking that, there really isn't any prediction.
So enjoy it now for what it is, use a tool prudently, be it a medication with prudent and due caution to choice, or therapy sessions, and we can only live in the Here and Now.
Because we really don't know.
-just a thought
- Jay
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