Those are good points duchess. I've had a lot of contact with two different women who suffer from depression, and at least one of them has other things also. (Social phobia and ADD, at least.) I have not the slightest doubt that, in both cases, the cause is physical/chemical. Not that anyone can live a life free of any depression at every moment, but some have two strikes against them just because of the way their DNA set things up. Not in any way resembling a fair shot, but that's life sometimes.
However, my original post in this thread was about taking someone else's word for what you should believe and feel. Religion is a good one. Someone could read any given religion's sacred writings and say, "I can't imagine how such a thing could be. That doesn't make the slightest bit of sense." And yet, for some reason, they had already decided that that sacred writing MUST be Truth. Or maybe they decided to accept someone or other as the authority on what is Truth. And if that person says that those sacred writings are, indeed, Truth, the person says, "Well... OK. I guess you must know." So the person accepts it, despite the fact that their experience, logic, and intuition say otherwise. My quotes above are saying that we should all be taking our own word for what is Truth. ____________ Highdrake's mastery of spells and sorcery was not much greater than his pupil's, but he had clear in his mind the idea of something very much greater, the wholeness of knowledge. And that made him a mage.<i></i>
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