Posted by gabbix2 on December 31, 2002, at 19:34:56
In reply to what's real?, posted by Jason Higgins on December 30, 2002, at 2:14:30
Welcome Jason, it is comforting isn't it to find a place that makes you feel less alien.
Question What is real?
That I think is a question that philosophers have pondered since antiquity.
I couldn't begin to answer, after all it would be impossible for anyone to prove that anything exists outside there own reality. After all, even if people agreed with you, you'd never know if perhaps they were just products of your imagination.However one thing I have noticed, is that for me there is an understanding that somehow my negative perceptions are correct, whereas my happy or content moments are simply a fluke.
Really that makes no sense logically.Also medication at first can sometimes make you feel a little 'over wound' like you are happy but have nothing to attach that emotion too, in my experience. I too wondered if I should really feel okay, while sitting on my couch with nothing to do.
For me it mellowed out, but it does hopefully help to get you on the bottom rung so to speak, where you can make some positive changes where you can feel your happiness is more grounded in reality.
Once again, welcome, and I hope that helped a little.
Happy new year.
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