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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Going to the hospital and the recent "downhill" slide I have experienced since > development of cardiovascular disease is the realization that someday I am > going to die. I realize I am mortal and nobody special. I will die one day, > just like everyone dies eventually. I used to think death was something far off > and distant, even in depression. However the events of my life in the last > eight months or so has made me realize how precious and short life truly is. > One day you are here and healthy, the next day your health is bad and you > realize you are going to die. The sad thing is when you have this bad health > and you have not lived your life out, lived up to your potential before your > health went bad. This is sad. > I remember one time WAY back about ten years ago, long before I ever developed > major depression or saw a psychiatrist, I went to a psychologist for some > "stress" type counseling. He told me that "someday I was going to die" and I > left thinking "what the fuck kind of advice was that to give someone? > We are all going to die and I will tell you, some of us are going to die before > old age due to medical negligence. I wonder how many people die each year due > to medical mistakes, doctors fucking up and then not wanting to admit it and > covering it up, etc. It happens more than I think most are comfortable with > admitting. > Ilness…poor quality medical care…medical mistakes..more illness…you are > dead. > We are all going to die…however I have realized that the more someone goes to > the doctor, the odds are they are speeding up how fast they are going to die. I > have realized could I do it ALL OVER AGAIN and had I never gone to a doctor, my > health would be much better than it is today and I would probably live much > longer. > To me…having severe mental illness and having to try to fix it using > psychiatry equals signing your death warrant. There are no truly good options > available if one has serious mental illness. Basically it just means you are > going to have bad health on a chronic basis and probably die sooner than > others. > Reality for severe mental illness equates to having chronic bad health. And > eventual death. > just some thoughts from a psychotic lunatic, > Eric > All Psychiatrists should first be trained as Neurologists. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression > MIBS (Minimally Invasive Brain Stimulation) > http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/fnrd/tms.htm

I know. But you can still enjoy life while you’re alive. You have to get the right drug.   Squiggles

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>Going to the hospital and the recent "downhill" slide I have experienced since >development of cardiovascular disease is the realization that someday I am >going to die. I realize I am mortal and nobody special. I will die one day, >just like everyone dies eventually.

What is the ‘I’ "ew" refer to? "Eye" believe more than 90 percent of the atoms of "your" body are different from what they were, say, ten years ago. Some say the only difference between death and deep sleep is that after you’re gone you’ll awake in a brand new body. The Bhagavad Gita ( 2.13 ) states:         dehino ’smin yath