Thursday, February 11, 2010
concept revisited
Ok time to catch back up. After reading various text on depression and happyness i felt that i should become more specific with my concept than just dealing with antidepressants. (for this class at least) I'm attempting still to get through Prozac Nation and i can't decide whether i want to stop listening or feel bad for her. The book nearly made me feel depressed while listening to her hopeless views on life. This inspired me to be a little more lighthearted. I also want to comment on other possible remedies people use for even temporary happiness. What makes us happy? I have often found that it's the small things that keep me going as i always try to find enough to fuel my spirit.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Research and Concept
"It seemed that we were still operating with the same ol rules: Once you feel desperate enough to be institutionalized, there is help available, and insurance to cover the cost; until then, you're on your own kid" p131, Prozac Nation
This line seemed like a good starting point for me. This book made me question the idea of needing help from a professional when it came to psychology. Understanding one another as well as ourselves seems to be a complete necessity of being alive. Understand ourselves so we aren't detrimental to another and understand others so they do not hurt ourselves. Not that therapists are unnecassary, but their image as being the only ones able to help a mentally ill individual through their problems is unfounded. The best help i've recieved in life has always come through new individuals who have challenged the way i think and caused me to realize potentials that i never thought possible. Anyone may inspire you to push through this difficult ride we call life.
What gets worse is our countries current infatuation with drug remedies. Just take this little pill and all your sad thoughts will go away without you having to struggle and achieve a sense of self-worth at all. POOF! you will be the perfect human being. I have researched - and will continue to read through - a number of books dealing with topics from dissassociative disorders and antidepressants to bioenergetics and the science behind moods. The sociology experiments from youtube.com were researched to understand why certain trends in our culture prevail and how fear constricts and warps our own perspective without us knowing. All of which could aid pharmaceutical support for such a seemingly obvious failure. We certainly do not understand the human mind enough to be fooling around with the chemical make-up. Giving a suicidal-depressed person energy had an adverse affect on some, allowing them the motivation needed to go through with a suicide attempt. Even if suicide does not happen, from what i've heard from talking to friends that are on various antidepressants, one feels happier, yet the happiness is still known to be a false reality. The increased serotonin gave energy to move and complete tasks yet they felt nearly robotic in that they did not care whether something would hurt others or even sometimes themselves. So does prozac turn off our inner voice i can't say for sure although i have had urges to experiment myelf. I did at one time go through therapy and found that all the help i needed came from the fact that i had an opinion of someone who was completely rational and told me his honest opinion of myself and my situation. It helped having someone support me to say, you are actually doing the right thing even though nothing seems to be working out because of it.
I wish to use 1950's art deco style to hint at the high societal demands of the time, as well as the "robotic" thinking that can be affiliated with antidepressants. I want to do an animation that seems to be a short t.v. segment from a fictional dystopia of our own 1950's. A small t.v. segment will be ended by a t.v. commercial for a made-up chip that's the most recent update needed to be the most productive robot.
Books i have checked out
Prozac Nation, The Science of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Mood, Bioengergetics, Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of
Transient Mental Ilnesses, The Myth of Sanity: Divided consciousness and the Promis of Awareness,
and my curiosity's favorite Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Technique of Milton H Erickson, M.D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvSNg0HZwk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwSC5fS40w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sstoa406Oa0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0iOd3KEAY&feature=related (i know it's o'reilly. This episode makes me dislike the man even more.. the doctor makes some good remarks tho.)
This line seemed like a good starting point for me. This book made me question the idea of needing help from a professional when it came to psychology. Understanding one another as well as ourselves seems to be a complete necessity of being alive. Understand ourselves so we aren't detrimental to another and understand others so they do not hurt ourselves. Not that therapists are unnecassary, but their image as being the only ones able to help a mentally ill individual through their problems is unfounded. The best help i've recieved in life has always come through new individuals who have challenged the way i think and caused me to realize potentials that i never thought possible. Anyone may inspire you to push through this difficult ride we call life.
What gets worse is our countries current infatuation with drug remedies. Just take this little pill and all your sad thoughts will go away without you having to struggle and achieve a sense of self-worth at all. POOF! you will be the perfect human being. I have researched - and will continue to read through - a number of books dealing with topics from dissassociative disorders and antidepressants to bioenergetics and the science behind moods. The sociology experiments from youtube.com were researched to understand why certain trends in our culture prevail and how fear constricts and warps our own perspective without us knowing. All of which could aid pharmaceutical support for such a seemingly obvious failure. We certainly do not understand the human mind enough to be fooling around with the chemical make-up. Giving a suicidal-depressed person energy had an adverse affect on some, allowing them the motivation needed to go through with a suicide attempt. Even if suicide does not happen, from what i've heard from talking to friends that are on various antidepressants, one feels happier, yet the happiness is still known to be a false reality. The increased serotonin gave energy to move and complete tasks yet they felt nearly robotic in that they did not care whether something would hurt others or even sometimes themselves. So does prozac turn off our inner voice i can't say for sure although i have had urges to experiment myelf. I did at one time go through therapy and found that all the help i needed came from the fact that i had an opinion of someone who was completely rational and told me his honest opinion of myself and my situation. It helped having someone support me to say, you are actually doing the right thing even though nothing seems to be working out because of it.
I wish to use 1950's art deco style to hint at the high societal demands of the time, as well as the "robotic" thinking that can be affiliated with antidepressants. I want to do an animation that seems to be a short t.v. segment from a fictional dystopia of our own 1950's. A small t.v. segment will be ended by a t.v. commercial for a made-up chip that's the most recent update needed to be the most productive robot.
Books i have checked out
Prozac Nation, The Science of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Mood, Bioengergetics, Mad Travelers: Reflections on the Reality of
Transient Mental Ilnesses, The Myth of Sanity: Divided consciousness and the Promis of Awareness,
and my curiosity's favorite Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Technique of Milton H Erickson, M.D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvSNg0HZwk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwSC5fS40w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sstoa406Oa0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh0iOd3KEAY&feature=related (i know it's o'reilly. This episode makes me dislike the man even more.. the doctor makes some good remarks tho.)
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