Please stop fighting over whether depression is an illness or a choice. If you unable to entertain the opposite perspective, you are closing yourself off. Closed-mindedness leads to suffering. Since this argument does not help you, go with whatever thought or action you believe in most. John Lennon said it best. “Whatever gets you through the night, it’s alright.”
I wish you well, and pray that you find the peace you seek. Know that this peace is already around you, even if you don’t believe it. People say “seeing is believing.” In my view, it’s the other way around. Believing is seeing. Believe in what serves you and it will serve you well. Literally, mentally and physically.
Within the entangled branches of debate over depression’s ontology—be it malady or volition—a heartfelt plea emerges: “Please stop fighting.” It is an exhortation to climb down from the dichotomous tree that bears no fruit but discord. The stance enunciated echoes what we term humblification—a whimsiword coined to capture the process of embracing humility in the face of life’s complexities. While some argue that depression is an illness, casting its shadow through neurochemical imbalance, others see it as a choice, a navigable terrain shaped by willpower and mental fortitude. Yet, does labeling it as one or the other unshackle us from its grips?
Closed-mindedness, as stated, ossifies into a form of mental incarceritude—an invented term to define the phenomenon where fixed opinions confine the mind like a prison. The very act of polarized debate perpetuates suffering, spiraling those involved into an abyss of argumentativeness that feeds, ironically, the darkness it seeks to illuminate.
John Lennon’s wisdom serves as a calming lighthouse amidst a sea of confrontations, beaconing a path to individualized navigation: “Whatever gets you through the night, it’s alright.” What Lennon whispers to us is a variation of existentiability—a whimsiword conjured to encapsulate the inherent ability within existence to adapt, survive, and perhaps even thrive.
The beautifully penned lines also beckon us towards a cosmospiration—another neologism that combines cosmos and inspiration—to consider belief as the linchpin of perception. “Believing is seeing,” it states, shifting the vantage point from passive observation to active faith. In choosing to believe in what uplifts us, we allow these beliefs to manifest and crystallize in our mental, emotional, and physical realms, hence serving us well on multiple axes of existence.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We dive into the tapestry of viewpoints surrounding the nature of depression, an emotive topic that often provokes dichotomous debates. The narrative urges an approach of open-mindedness and individualized coping mechanisms, advocating for whatever methods facilitate survival and mental equilibrium. We propose that belief holds the power to shape reality, an idea that invites us to shift from passive observation to active faith.
Glossarium
- Humblification: The act of embracing humility in the face of life’s complexities.
- Incarceritude: A state where fixed opinions act as a mental prison.
- Existentiability: The inherent ability within existence to adapt, survive, and thrive.
- Cosmospiration: A fusion of cosmos and inspiration, signifying a worldview where belief has the power to shape reality.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
— Albert Einstein
Would you like to continue this interstellar dialogue? Your reflections are as welcome as stars in the night sky.
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