"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.)
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Sounds like you've done a decent bit of research and that you've come up with a solid idea, I just wonder if you aren't directing yourself too much at this point. I think the "stepford wives" aesthetic could definitely work especially if you decide to work with robots instead of people. I would just continue to keep my mind open and look for new ideas, does it have to be anti depressants, what about ridalin. Ya know, turn your kid into a zombie.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, stepford wives. That's great. I was a kid when the suburbs were full of mom's on valium. Now its zanax, not as bad. This is a serious issue tho. I know people as well who have attempted suicide while on prozak and other such anti-depressants. As for me, I vomited up every single one. And i've tried most of them. I'm rambling, but its interesting to watch some movies from the 70's and 80's and still see huge stars who still looked human - rather than nipped and tucked and botoxed and tanning boothed to begeezus and back.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of placebos. There is so many uses for them but its fascinating to see people get results off of them. You could play with the idea of these fake results that people make them selves believe. Its the connection with the mind and the body that you could play a lot with.
ReplyDeletei love the idea. im confused as to if people respond to placebos but i gus if they do its more of a mental cause but it works for me
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