I see them all the time , sometimes they look like what you see in books ,
sometimes they're much more brighter than what I've seen in books ,
sometimes like lightning bolts , sometimes not so bright like wisps of smoke
,





"Wrecking Ball" <j39s89384d@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Have you ever seen the northern lights? Does it look just like it does
in books?

% wrote:

i live really close to there





"SortaLily" <up.down@near.far> wrote in message
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Alaska .. is the real NORTH. .... One day I will live there. (I

hope)....

"%" <surfs@uniserve> wrote in message
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you should come to the real north





"SortaLily" <up.down@near.far> wrote in message
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Beeing sick ... starting a new job this past week.. family stuff ...
AHHHHHHHH I need to get away. Go visit my friend up North .. North

in

the

cold empty middle Wisconsin. That is where I go when things get too

much

here. I go there for a weekend. He lets me just hang out take long

walks

by myself... we have a few deep talks .. but mostly he lets me just

veg

.recover and then i go back home ready to tackle life again. But no

time

..

must stay here ... get well.. settle into new job ... and deal with

family.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 18:54:49 GMT,

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:38:00 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@starfleet.gov> wrote:

No, I'm not. Just look around a.s.d. and count the number of people here.
Then tell me how much they know about depression.

Um. They know they are because they're here? heh. This is anarchy
here - an alt. UseNet cyber bar room.

There are some here that have a true handle on what depression is.
They live it and deal with it. Of course, on the road to finding them
YMMV.

I meant tell me how much they, meaning medical science, knows about
depression. In other words, if medical science really had a handle on it,
a.s.d would be nearly empty.

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:20:46 +0000, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:

Anxiety and hyper-activity *are* condidered illnesses, and treated with
medication, in cases that are 'bad enough'. Homosexuality was classed as
an illness for a long time in the 20th Century, and all sorts of
treatments were tried to get a 'cure' (there were even 'successes').

Wow, it's a curious form of politically correct suicide to claim that
there have been successes in treating homosexuality... I'll join you.
There have been successes. Homosexuality, like depression, is not a
single thing either. Sexuality is a very complicated thing.

A "true" homosexual would be hard-wired to be aroused by the same sex -
their subjective sense of sexuality would be the complete opposite of
their gender. Obviously that isn't the case. There are many
psychological factors involved that can affect sexuality.

I do 'have a hunch' that some sort of infection may be involved in at
least some forms of 'mental' illness, including some forms of
'Depression'.

Borna virus...? There is some research going on to find out if the borna
virus might cause certain forms of mental illness (depression, bi-polar).
I investigated as far as to be tested for it twice. I tested negative
while manic, and positive while depressed.

That happens to be what they have usually found to be the case. That and
some mysterious viral infection earlier in life (in my case during the
summer between 5th and 6th grade.) If there is anything to it, I may have
gotten it from a guinea pig I owned back then (and Winnie died not long
after that.)

It's just research, but I'm still looking into it. I did feel much better
while taking Amantadine (the one drug they suspect may treat a borna
infection, at least as far as making it dormant).

Whiskers wrote:

In alt.support.depression on Friday 24 Oct 2003 10:36 pm, devilman
<noone@sodifjoijsdfsdfoisdf.com> wrote:

snip

Depression is one of the most common so called "diseases." If it is
biological in origin, why haven't we seen more variety of such emotional
states? What is to stop society from labelling shyness, social anxiety,
homosexuality, and hyper-activity as diseases?

snip

Anxiety and hyper-activity *are* condidered illnesses, and treated with
medication, in cases that are 'bad enough'. Homosexuality was classed as
an illness for a long time in the 20th Century, and all sorts of
treatments were tried to get a 'cure' (there were even 'successes').

Anxiety and hyper-activity can never be cured. That's like saying one
can cure feelings of jealousy. They can be reduced and controlled, but
they are natural feelings that everyone experiences. And they need not
be bad things in and of themselves.

I don't know why you chose the term 'disease'. It can mean different
things to different people.

I interpret "disease" to mean that it is bad in and of itself.

I do 'have a hunch' that some sort of infection may be involved in at
least some forms of 'mental' illness, including some forms of
'Depression'.

Infection or other biological reasons may have something to do with it,
but I'd imagine these are quite rare. Depression is usually associated
with temperament and with attitude towards life. This is not a purely
biological chemical thing.