Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Cure For Melancholia - Melancholy Miscellany
















Zoloft, meditation, Janet Jackson, coffee enema, Munch & Mirror

A) “Was it the Zoloft, the meditation, the hikes, or the steady love, listening and faith of my family and friends that helped me through? Was it the acupuncture, the eight hours a night of medicated sleep? The anxiety management class on Wednesday nights, the yoga class on Thursdays, the warm days and brave light of spring?” --Meredith Maran, “Anatomy of Melancholy,” More Magazine, Dec. 07 – Jan. 08.

B) And then there’s P.J. O’Rourke’s NY Times review of Starbucked, A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine. O’Rourke writes, “I now possess the knowledge, of which I will never be rid, that Janet Jackson treated her chronic depression with a coffee enema.”

C) Or, the family dog offering comfort and reassurance,

Dog:

“I can out-think, out-work, out-fight any dog
in that world or in this.
Woof fuckin’ woof. I told you before, I’m here
To look after your father...”

(from "Dog Door to Heaven," God is in the Cracks)

D) Or,

BioTech,
MindSoothe,
ATP Acupuncture,
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy,
All Natural Supplements,

Highest concentrations of EPA
for optimal daily Omega 3 intake!

Lexapro, Homeopathy,

Chocolate, a Cure for Depression, study says, Scientists found that chocolate significantly improved the mood of people at risk of depression.

Is There a Cure for Depression? Right now there is no cure. Antidepressants correct the chemical imbalance only for the time you are taking them.

Applying electricity to the brain could relieve the symptoms of major depression and other brain disorders, say scientists.

Improved Health and Self-image Complete the Depression Cure. Following a healthy diet and lifestyle with the right amount of sleep, sunshine and exercise...

in progress...

Photo of family dog by Lynn Lundstrum Swanger (Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog)
& Munch/Mirror image courtesy Douglas McClellan

5 comments:

Beau Blue said...

Chocolate, a Cure for Depression

Women, a Cure for Depression.
Two hundred foot tall Redwood Trees,
a cure as well if walked under and around
breathing deeply and marveling at their
bronze appearance in the damp afterward
of three inches of rain. The valley shouts
like a dog, but far away and everywhere close
is quiet. An infinite impression stamps you,
depression rolls eastward, the sky turns blue.

-blue

Robert said...

Friend, you got the idea... we're together on this one. Of course in Boulder Creek you got a grove of Redwoods. Here we got... our neighbor's.

mewmewmew said...

a cure as well if walked under and around
breathing deeply and marveling at their
bronze appearance in the damp afterward
of three inches of rain.


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mewmewmew said...

a cure as well if walked under and around
breathing deeply and marveling at their
bronze appearance in the damp afterward
of three inches of rain.


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website creator

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