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To: THE ANT who wrote (51621)6/28/2010 4:32:53 AM
From: elmatador1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 217706
 
This piece keeps bugging me to this day! I used to call it the 'feel good effect'.

Now I know the feel good effect is the opposite of depression.

Quoting you from your posting:

"Depression is as natural to man as pain is. It is not a chemical imbalance (It is a structural problem in some people that some are born with a low depression tolerance just like some are born with a low pain tolerance)

Depression requires a disconnect between were you are and where you want to be. Most people are depressed for this reason, not the structural reason. You can not be depressed if you do not have the cognition to see the disconnect. We were made to get depressed to force us towards the norm and above if possible.

Depression is just another form of pain. Pain says something is wrong with my body do something about it. Depression says something is wrong with my situation do something about it.

People who jump off bridges are in pain. Now lets say Elmat is quite pleased with himself watching the pretty girls in Angola. Klaser flies by with wings and says to Elmat "We all awoke with wings and we are going to fly to the Grand Canyon today, you coming?"

If you can not fly you go from happy to severe depression in seconds. Going from below the norm to the norm treats depression. Going above the norm creates pleasure.

Antidepressants like anti pain meds only reset the thermostat so you feel less pain per given situation. Economics and medicine meet
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