To: Ilaine who wrote (14395 ) 2/4/2002 10:28:08 PM From: Maurice Winn Read Replies (2) | Respond to >>I have a theory [as always] that depression is a similar manifestation of frustrated identity where the external world won't match the internal identity of the person, leaving them disappointed, frustrated, angry and often suicidal as they live an eternal loop of failed expectations which they can't escape because they are trapped by their early childhood experiences which gave them expectations they've learned to believe are part of their identity.<<That seems perfectly consistent with my understanding of the three people whom I knew well who committed suicide. >fredoneverything.net ...The popular understanding, probably shared in unguarded moments by academic evolutionists though they know better, is that Evolution is a force propelling life toward greater perfection. We speak of ourselves as Higher Primates, for example, though in terms of adaptation to environment we are inferior to tape worms and roaches. Popular evolution is suffused with a progress toward desired ends here that cannot be derived from the physics: Bang, gas, planets, trilobites, Los Angeles. ... > <g> ... snicker... I liked the Ghandi quote "Western civilisation would be a good idea".
