Post by joe1960 on Feb 8, 2010 4:45:15 GMT -8
I found this great passage on depression from Susan at this site: www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Peabody4.html
I believe now one of the reasons that I am drawn to my PoA is because my depression symptoms are reduced: fatigue, insomnia, malaise, etc. I am currently trying St. John's Wort. I've tried many prescription anti-depressives but the side effects were horrendous.
Is perhaps the reason so many of us have trouble breaking with our PoA is because they alleviate our underlying depression problem?
“I am single and cannot have a relationship with anyone, for no one measures up to my addict . . .” Love addicts are often addicted to drama and excitement. We don’t want love, we want to get high. Romantic love sends certain chemicals flowing through our bloodstream that are very similar to anti-depressants. Love abates our depression. I can understand that a healthier kind of love would be less enticing, but you are an addict and your addiction is killing you. If you end contact with this man (he will not make it easy) and go through withdrawal, then try and accept the fact that “real” love will always be less exciting than addiction. Intense desire—which abates your depression—has turned on you. The cure is worse than the disease. Find another way to treat your depression or live with it. I do both.
I believe now one of the reasons that I am drawn to my PoA is because my depression symptoms are reduced: fatigue, insomnia, malaise, etc. I am currently trying St. John's Wort. I've tried many prescription anti-depressives but the side effects were horrendous.
Is perhaps the reason so many of us have trouble breaking with our PoA is because they alleviate our underlying depression problem?
