Norman Rosenthal: 11 Tips for Greater Happiness 

This year, it feels like my life just keeps going in a downward spiral. This video and your voice is comforting

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As I have read through 7 tell-tale signs of Depression I can find that each of them apply to myself. With that said, my response to them is a simple one... "The Human mind perceives of Linear Logic and Perceptive Logic. Linear is most common among a Great number of Humans, as this logic revolves around Time oriented subject's / content, thus a round peg does not fit in a square whole or the triangle...though many would not get this answer with 50 billion questions, you might. Perceptive Logic is what it implies, it perceives and extend's / expands upon the singular...perceptive logic is the minds eye -- and as formal studies on para-psychology have shown from the 1950's through the 1990's (roughly) such "Far and Few" individuals can see the world in decades or greater based on history / current affairs on a global scale and with little information upon what-ever said subject or issue. What does this have to do with Depression, it deals with acceptance of the ID / EGO....which we should both know is a "Pro & Con" of Human relationships and co-existence. As for the 11 steps with-in this Doc. / Sale's of your EGO, thank you for the FYI, however what do you tell a person that does all those + and still suffers? 1) To someone like myself "Money" is not and never has been a motivation to whom I am, frankly it's a crutch and a fail / result of "Pressured (Social) Anxiety. 2) "Taking control of your Time"; for me this is also flawed -- "Time" is unimportant as it only serves those who care to Control -- in and of itself, that is also a Fail as well as an Illusion brought on by distractions. 3) "Smile".... Smiling is proven not sway happiness in either direction, the only thing it serves to make other's feel less threaten or creates a window of control given to another, enhancing yet another Illusion brought on / through both parties (or all Parties) having low self-esteem via. anxiety. {did I do well / good concept - always asking yourself this is indignant to pleasing another, like a parent figure - another Fail}. 4) "Find Meaningful Activities"; meaningful to whom would be the first question...your answer would be, "To yourself" -- If you asked this of a serial killer they wouldn't reply, they'd only nod their head and say; "Ok, Thank you for the Tip" (in retro-spect / Hindsight - like a beer leaving a party vs. a drunk driver, the head of that house could be held responsible for the accidental murder of another, by accepting a serial-killer's answer to something meaningful...well you have the jest of the issue vs. the responsibility). This is also an Illusion and a fail of true Identity... 5) "Invest in Shared Experience's": For me, personally, this is Very Difficult --- I even dare say Damn-near Impossible. Reasoning, other's have to be able to relate to generally the same subject's / issues & condition's that allow them to share-a-moment. Dr. Jim May of Psychiatric medicine, was not a firm believer of Para-psychology til he met my grandmother who scored well above 80% via test's he reluctantly gave, for she did not show the typical signs of someone who heard voices...my grandmother is another story for later (?). The subject being "Shared" and in most individuals such as yourself, this topic is a Fail and unacceptable ideology to your type of studies -- as many of your colleagues have openly stated, though Globally Government's have done proof positive works and conclusion's that said material should be better examined. So No, Not many can share my Experiences. 6) "Stay Active": Here you and I can agree...but how would one go about getting an introvert with no money the exercise said person would need without exasperating said persons condition / depression(s)?? 7) "Get Enough Sleep": I'm an insomniac, I've been known to stay awake 2 weeks or longer and when I do sleep, areas of both 4 & 5 get in the way and much of my conscious mind has to remain conscious or I'll hear peoples thought's and able to sense magnetic fields (Aura's / Life-Energy's) from well over half a globe away...... Quantum Sciences + Para-Science's have proven these things do exist and people can sense them or even see them. --- it just like U.L.F. = Ultra Low Frequency wave's normally attributed / felt prior to an "Earthquake" happening -- normally such a person can only feel such things with-in minutes of, as this is an Extreme Rarity as it has been recorded via. many Sciences / groups. Trust me, seeing people commit to suicide half-a-globe away and then reading about it / seeing some form of media piece about it...makes you NOT to want to sleep --- or feeling another person or couple having sex, and your feeling it from the opposing gender you are.....makes one think twice about sleep. 8) "Nurture and Cultivate Close Relationship's": Considering my replies thus far....do you really think I could have a Close Relationship to Nurture / Cultivate???? Really??? The word ""Freak"" doesn't even begin to explain me. Am I happy, No...not really and I have not been so in 43 of my 48 years + / - a few months. 9) "Do Good, It Makes You Feel Good": For near all my Life all I have ever done is try to help others...since age 8 + (that's 40 years now - might as well call it a career at this point - I'm just not getting paid for it) I've done nothing but good......considering the above, its anything short of a miracle that I'm not a raving lunatic with P.T.S.D. with a touch of Homicide --- there's your joke for the day, considering...LOL. 10) "Embrace Gratitude in Thoughts and Action": I think I've past this question / concept...again, Considering...??? What do you Think; "how does that make you feel?" 11) "Nurture Spirituality": In this area...........I could go on far longer than you / God(s) would have the existence for. However; I will say this --- My Family has been around since before the collapse of the Roman Empire as we help Unify England, oh...since 300AD as we're attempting to discover an additional 600 + years more. With-in all this Time...not much has changed and many of our family member's have generally the same afflictions (some Greater, some Lesser and thankfully others are skipped) -- thus we've been persecuted, burned, tortured, exiled, imposed upon --- you get the picture. Point is -- I have Spirituality but I also have Perceptive Logic and with our unique "Skill-Set's", we're not to quick to jump on another failed illusion of Anxiety w/ Dr.'s prescribing medication's that do little except to make matters worse. But we would listen to a Dr. that is willing to follow their Oath (the Witches Oath as well - for they are one and the same - considering many of the symbols used by all the Medical Profession's) and not a Money Marketable Scheme because they were told to or it's there License's. What a catch 22 that corporate BS is....kind of like the Victorian Era where Drug Companies waged near open war on the Herbalist that showed them how to make tonic's / tincture's. I'm Not saying what you are attempting is Crap, but I am saying...thank you for being who you are and I do hope you help many along your path.

Thank you Dr!!