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[paigetheoracle]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

He may have been concerned that the depression was a source of his creativity and inspiration and skill. It may well be, given with so many famous comics suffering from it (Peter Cook, Spike Milligan, etc). He would be aware of this too. He is a very talented, intelligent man. If he was dumber, and less gifted, he might be happier?

Well that sounds like me with my migraines

I would suggest you reach out to him and try and reconnect.

Depressed people don't reach out; they try to stay isolated. Don't recoil if he at first rejects you; that may be the disease Just try again much later; leave him with your contact details.


I could leave him my contact details but that would be all.

Can you expand on your previous post I didn't understand it.

Which part exactly?

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The Type of exercise you do when depressed may be important. Most suggest walking but according to this psychiatrist that may not be the best thing

Maria Tickle: The most common mental disorder in Australia is depression, and its personal and economic cost to society is enormous. It’s responsible for more than half of all suicides and recent research has indicated depression doubles your chances of having a heart attack. Last year alone through the PBS the government spent more than $155-million on antidepressants such as Zoloft and Arapax.

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Web Archive Copy: Sports Factor: The Mozart Maulers

If you get a chance read also Mozart's Maulers if nothing else it will make you laugh

My psych professor, from whom I learnt very little, did leave me with the concept that depression is "anger tuned inwards". There may be a component of that in my depression as I had a very aggressive dad and aggression frightens me.
Certainly self mutilation and suicide may be an example of this. Spike Milligan makes the wonderful comment that "Killing yourself only gets rid of you--not the disease"!

My migraines are anger turned inwards and like bipolar disease, throw me in one direction then another - I personally think of depression in the above as running out of steam and crashing into your own hell because running on empty burns out your engine

More from Dorian Mode (who lives locally and teaches music and may even coach football?)

Web Archive Copy: Sports Factor: The Mozart Maulers

I missed the first of the Stephen Fry documentaries you mentioned but caught the second and was impressed.