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I don't particularly care about the planet, but I agree with you. What irks me more is that there is an element of consent involved with birth. Life is mostly s

I don't particularly care about the planet, but I agree with you. What irks me more is that there is an element of consent involved with birth. Life is mostly suffering and struggle for the majority, and it is a mean thing to bring someone into existence and have them deal with the meaninglessness and misery that is existence, all by themselves so. And what happens when they can't cope, or they don't follow the rules, or they simply want to exercise their freedom to cease to exist? We end up blaming them. It's all very absurd.

chuckgreenman 8y ago
Friend, I recognize this thought pattern because it's one that I've had before. While I didn't recognize it at the time I was in a deep state of depression, on the verge of committing suicide, thinking that maybe I wouldn't feel tired or defeated anymore. I'd seriously consider seeking out a psychologist, they are really good. There's so much light out there in the world.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  Having gone to the medical industry for help with my own extreme bout of depression, I very much don't recommend it. They have very little idea what they're doing when it comes to depression, but being doctors they refuse to admit this and keep applying leeches to balance the humors or whatever the treatment fad of the day is.
  - chuckgreenman 8y ago
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the flavor of the week as you call it, began to develop out of Stoicism, a school of philosophy that was forming in the early 300s BC. CBT began to be formalized in the 1960s, and it's backed with numerous studies confirming it's efficacy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000963/
    - justtopost 8y ago
      Appeal to antiquity, check. Appeal to authority, check, dubious efficacy studies check. This is hardly a rebuttal, cbt is bunk.

chuckgreenman 8y ago

Friend, I recognize this thought pattern because it's one that I've had before. While I didn't recognize it at the time I was in a deep state of depression, on the verge of committing suicide, thinking that maybe I wouldn't feel tired or defeated anymore. I'd seriously consider seeking out a psychologist, they are really good. There's so much light out there in the world.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
Having gone to the medical industry for help with my own extreme bout of depression, I very much don't recommend it. They have very little idea what they're doing when it comes to depression, but being doctors they refuse to admit this and keep applying leeches to balance the humors or whatever the treatment fad of the day is.
- chuckgreenman 8y ago
  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the flavor of the week as you call it, began to develop out of Stoicism, a school of philosophy that was forming in the early 300s BC. CBT began to be formalized in the 1960s, and it's backed with numerous studies confirming it's efficacy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000963/
  - justtopost 8y ago
    Appeal to antiquity, check. Appeal to authority, check, dubious efficacy studies check. This is hardly a rebuttal, cbt is bunk.