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Deshy- this is of utmost importance in the coming years, whether or not we have control over our emotions. Consider the meteoric rise of anti-depressants and other mood-elevators, the psychiatric community is banking on the idea that we believe THEY can help control our emotions. First, we have this squishy, "bad" feeling that we can't pin down, and commercials are right there to fill in the gaps. We're told over and over that we simply can't live with these bad moods, and that they are destructive and must be eradicated. Psychosis is real, but not to the extent that a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company wants us to believe.

What people don't realize is that, even with medication, these states of mind are held closely, and remain unchanged if the person identifies with that mood. People will use their bad mood as a way of trying to maybe excuse behavior, as if they have no choice. Once labeled as "I'm depressed" or "I'm always scattered" etc., it is hard to shake it. Then we feel as if we definitely have no control, and are chained to this state of mind permanently unless we act on it chemically.

Watching members of my own family "struggle" as they would say with depression and anxiety, I know for certain that there is very little inner investigation that accompanies the medication. There is no money in a cure, so psychiatry, as far as what I have seen, is not in business to help people actually confront those "bad" feelings, but gives them a sense that they are doing something by taking their meds every day. It also sets up a way for the "patient" to become almost blameless by making them think that they are doing the right thing and trying to get well, and that the rest of us are to excuse their behavior because they're "sick". But if you ask them what they're doing besides medication to relieve their depression or anxiety, it is often met with defensiveness and anger. People are being conditioned to believe that their minds really are out of control and must be "fixed" with the med du jour.

Wow, apologies for hijacking this thread with a bunch of personal stuff, it hits very close to home and is a source of my own suffering, seeing members of my family continue to live so miserably when the source of their healing is inside. It is very frustrating to talk to someone close to me about meditation instead of medication, and being met with angry resistance, as if meditation is something crazy and chemicals are completely trustworthy.
Peace to all who struggle with this, whether it be their own or someone close.


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