tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post7961129189543806478..comments2024-03-27T23:56:25.286-07:00Comments on Cabinet of Wonders: Visualizing Depression, Happiness as Esprit d'EscalierHeather McDougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09683209580852572301noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-67381631468914418772011-12-20T18:46:59.221-08:002011-12-20T18:46:59.221-08:00interesting. my depression comes and goes, and i f...interesting. my depression comes and goes, and i feel like everything is meaningless. in the past it was guilt. now it feels like i am forced to endure life this happens often when i am alone, like all my friends are agthered round but no one pays much attention to me, even though they do, just not at that moment. my friend says when she is angry then she gets depressed.but im still trying to live. even though i was thinking about how meaningless life was yestereday... ironic is it not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-43715890982529552492011-12-08T05:02:51.811-08:002011-12-08T05:02:51.811-08:00Thank you. I'm going to share this with friend...Thank you. I'm going to share this with friends because for those who haven't been there it might make it easier to understand, and for those who have they will identify with it. Your differentiation between satisfaction and happiness is both provokative and inspiring. I really do think there's something in this for all of us!Lady Meerkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479496402637870243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-23936244558875582552011-11-18T05:50:35.486-08:002011-11-18T05:50:35.486-08:00What you've said reflects so much of my own ex...What you've said reflects so much of my own experience. <br /><br />It's a shadow lurking behind every corner, and I'm always aware of its presence. I feel it looming over me, and I fight like hell to keep three steps ahead it it. Sometimes, I let it get close enough to feel its heat, and maybe just close enough to get inoculated against its bigger bite. That's a dangerous game. It's playing with a fire that consumes totally, and keeps burning long after the fuel is spent.<br /><br />I've accepted it in my life. I've accepted its dark presence. I've accepted its demands. I've accepted that I may always be within its reach. But I've forced it to follow me on my terms, too. I can live with that.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-63757841497360874092011-11-15T08:25:17.564-08:002011-11-15T08:25:17.564-08:00I recognise that description of the state of your ...I recognise that description of the state of your house. The day when you got the sketch book out and were inspired, up til the day two weeks later when it's another piece of clutter wearing you down.<br /><br />Thank you for updating your blog. It is a good thing.Rachel Ganzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512329333010333925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-30105975748079807952011-11-10T16:04:12.309-08:002011-11-10T16:04:12.309-08:00"but did the person with the "happy"..."but did the person with the "happy" life actually know they were having it, while they were having it? Or is that something you can only judge in hindsight?"<br /><br />People have been arguing that one since the ancient Greek philosophers -- Solon commented "Call no man happy until he is dead", while Aristotle wondered if that was too soon!<br /><br />Also, both satisfaction and those "moments of happiness" are at least airholes in that barrier you were talking about -- they can let enough life in to keep you going.David Harmonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843157625045099797.post-90300572335795159692011-11-10T08:16:59.002-08:002011-11-10T08:16:59.002-08:00this is beautiful and true. i can identify with ev...this is beautiful and true. i can identify with every word...nofixedstarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514617120008201743noreply@blogger.com