MENTAL HEALTH, w00t
I'm a little disgusted with myself that I see so much of myself in the protagonist of Prozac Nation.
Could people really enjoy this movie unless they'd experienced something similar? She's a fucking lunatic. She sounds terrible and self-absorbed. She says crazy shit because she is miserable and insecure and detached from reality. I have asked myself, How can I still have any dignity? So far, the protagonist has not. "I'm more trouble than I'm worth." She says.
Do doctors really prescribe antidepressants so you can "gain perspective", and then it just feels good, or better, so who needs perspective?
Tomorrow we're having a garage sale. My mom asked me to get rid of more of my chachkis. Chachkis are bric-a-brac, or knick-knacks. I'm bad at parting with small objects. They are like those little spirit houses in Japan; souls are living inside of them.
My mom thinks her eldest sister, my Aunt Arlene, ought to go back on antidepressants. Apparently Aunt Arlene told her that the only time she feels really at peace is when she is driving.
Enough of that, I think. I imagine a place where people with "mood disorders" can go to rest, where they are relieved of daily pressures like jobs and familial responsibilities, school and so forth. They can rest and learn and recover at their own pace. Normal, quotidian activities that a healthy person takes for granted (eating well, getting enough sleep and exercise, etc), but which become agonizing, convoluted, and even terrifying for the depressed person, could be seen as meditative processes, self-esteem-building projects, and comforting routines. This place would be away from cities, where self-empowerment would be a major focus, rather than a "hospitalization" mentality where people "take care of you". Possibly most importantly, the stigma attached to such "mental illnesses" would be a non sequitur. Check your judgments at the door. I have many other thoughts on this, ...Thoughts on this??
Could people really enjoy this movie unless they'd experienced something similar? She's a fucking lunatic. She sounds terrible and self-absorbed. She says crazy shit because she is miserable and insecure and detached from reality. I have asked myself, How can I still have any dignity? So far, the protagonist has not. "I'm more trouble than I'm worth." She says.
Do doctors really prescribe antidepressants so you can "gain perspective", and then it just feels good, or better, so who needs perspective?
Tomorrow we're having a garage sale. My mom asked me to get rid of more of my chachkis. Chachkis are bric-a-brac, or knick-knacks. I'm bad at parting with small objects. They are like those little spirit houses in Japan; souls are living inside of them.
My mom thinks her eldest sister, my Aunt Arlene, ought to go back on antidepressants. Apparently Aunt Arlene told her that the only time she feels really at peace is when she is driving.
Enough of that, I think. I imagine a place where people with "mood disorders" can go to rest, where they are relieved of daily pressures like jobs and familial responsibilities, school and so forth. They can rest and learn and recover at their own pace. Normal, quotidian activities that a healthy person takes for granted (eating well, getting enough sleep and exercise, etc), but which become agonizing, convoluted, and even terrifying for the depressed person, could be seen as meditative processes, self-esteem-building projects, and comforting routines. This place would be away from cities, where self-empowerment would be a major focus, rather than a "hospitalization" mentality where people "take care of you". Possibly most importantly, the stigma attached to such "mental illnesses" would be a non sequitur. Check your judgments at the door. I have many other thoughts on this, ...Thoughts on this??