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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (31625)	5/8/2000 10:50:00 AM
From: hunchback	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

People engage in behaviors and swallow pills to feel something. IMO, their unhappiness, in a large part, is rooted in inappropriate parenting or lack of it. Some families, where both parents work, feel guilty for having someone else raise their child and give their children things to avoid conflict. Kids learn that money and things matter more than they do. So, even if people suffer in this market, at least they are feeling something. Otherwise, just pop a pill -g-

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (31625)	5/8/2000 11:27:00 AM
From: SBerglowe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

In response to your thinking about anit-depressant use related to greed. I also think that the stress factor in US society is especially high, and the stresses in the US are much more complex than for example the European societies, the level of violence in our society, the disparity between the haves and have nots, racial conflicts, possible electromagnetic pollution and fatigue are all contributing factors.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (31625)	5/8/2000 12:04:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

Is it that people "feel the need" to take anti-depressives, or is it that now people can afford the expense of psychiatrist and pills, which health insurance probably won't cover? In "Listening to Prozac," psychiatrist Dr. Peter Kramer observed a couple of interesting things. When taken by people without serious depression, Prozac can cause remarkable personality transformations, giving people greater self-confidence, making people less sensitive to social rejection, and giving them a greater willingness to take risks. It frequently causes "hypomania", a mild euphoric state which is commonly found in high achievers. Bottom line, anti-depressants do make people feel good. Interesting to speculate whether there really is a "Prozac effect" in the stock market.