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darkemeraldsWhile I stand here listening to Coffitivity and more-or-less patiently waiting for the lieutenants of finance to finish closing the damn fiscal year already, I found an ancient approach to mental health, Anxious? Depressed? Try Greek Philosophy, by a guy named Jules Evans.
Jules admits to having wrecked his own mental health with drug use in the 90s. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with its roots deep in Stocisim, was his road back.
I'm especially impressed by this statement (because I feel like I'm right at this very crossroads in my own mental health journey):
...after 10 years of practising philosophy, I wonder if it leaves something out, if it’s too rational, self-controlled and unemotional... this year I have started researching ecstatic experience, and how people can achieve euphoria through music, dancing, drugs or the passionate love of God. As a friend put it recently: 'Back on ecstasy, eh?'
He has a book, of course. Good advance reviews.
Jules admits to having wrecked his own mental health with drug use in the 90s. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with its roots deep in Stocisim, was his road back.
I'm especially impressed by this statement (because I feel like I'm right at this very crossroads in my own mental health journey):
...after 10 years of practising philosophy, I wonder if it leaves something out, if it’s too rational, self-controlled and unemotional... this year I have started researching ecstatic experience, and how people can achieve euphoria through music, dancing, drugs or the passionate love of God. As a friend put it recently: 'Back on ecstasy, eh?'
He has a book, of course. Good advance reviews.
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6/10/13 21:22 (UTC)(no subject)
7/10/13 04:17 (UTC)In the months since I posted that article, I find that I've absorbed the advice in it and have come across similar counsel disguised in other forms. It's not the easiest thing to do when one is in the throes of a mental downturn, but if I can manage to control my thoughts and consciously bring them around to better things, it really and truly improves my state.