Happiness: Enough Already | Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com
Happiness: Enough Already | Newsweek Culture | Newsweek.com
I agree wholeheartedly.
The title of Dr. Wakefield's book: "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder" is not only priceless but I believe says it all.
Stop and think about it - as far as *I* am concerned the greatest art/music/literature throughout the ages has sprung from more tortured souls than your typical 'happy-go-lucky'-joe-schmoe types.
What's wrong with not only recognzing that it's OK to be that sad but to USE your sorrow for breakthroughs and to fuel your 'art', (whatever form that may take for you)?
Nothing, absolutely nothing....
I agree wholeheartedly.
The title of Dr. Wakefield's book: "The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow Into Depressive Disorder" is not only priceless but I believe says it all.
Stop and think about it - as far as *I* am concerned the greatest art/music/literature throughout the ages has sprung from more tortured souls than your typical 'happy-go-lucky'-joe-schmoe types.
What's wrong with not only recognzing that it's OK to be that sad but to USE your sorrow for breakthroughs and to fuel your 'art', (whatever form that may take for you)?
Nothing, absolutely nothing....
Labels: feelings, Life imitating Art, Psychiatry
posted by Colette at 2:21 PM
1 Comments:
I blame the whole "pop a pill and feel better" mentality of the last twenty years or so. I know more people on happy pills than I know without them.
Scary indeed!
Wasn't there a movie that dealt with this sort of thing, I think it was called "Prozac Nation".
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