There helplines in some countries.
In a novel UK Listeners are mentioned. Do they really exist ?
It can be draining to listen to people who are unhappy and need someone to talk to about it.
It is a kind of anonymous psychotherapy.
Has anyone here made personal experience with it ?
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- Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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- Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
If one is interested in something (inter-esse = inbetween-be) one is involved and in action and alive. The opposite is detachment. (And yet buddhists crave detachment as a means to overcome the tragedy of life. Interesting, isn´t it ? :) Sorry, I couldn´t resist this one.) One way to become involved...
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
An artist like a sculptor leads an interesting life because they create something new.
A secret agent is excited by the circumstances of their work.
A normal person is more challenged if they wish things to happen in their lives.
A secret agent is excited by the circumstances of their work.
A normal person is more challenged if they wish things to happen in their lives.
- Tue Feb 28, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
I see the point, tonterias, and I agree. One can also need a break from people or books. After a while one is happy to resume the relationship, sometimes on a higher level because in the meantime one was able to grow a bit. It happens often to me that I stop reading a good book (who has developed in...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
Another example: clinical depression. Only those who experienced it personally, for a day or longer, have an idea what it is, while being sad can be enjoyed of course, feeling like a romantic heroine or hero in a melodrama. Can one enjoy clinical depression somehow ? If you know that it is going to ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
Another kind of misery I can think of, especially on a discussion forum like this one, is not getting enough attention.
Is it possible to enjoy it somehow ?
One could compare oneself to victims of stalking and feel happy by comparison but this is probably a cheap trick.
Is it possible to enjoy it somehow ?
One could compare oneself to victims of stalking and feel happy by comparison but this is probably a cheap trick.
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
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Re: The Tragedy of Life
I mean one´s own cancer.
You are good at smiling though, I saw your picture somewhere here. Sunshine on wuthering heights.
You are good at smiling though, I saw your picture somewhere here. Sunshine on wuthering heights.
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
- Replies: 117
- Views: 6475
Re: The Tragedy of Life
Let me try to illustrate the point Dattaswami makes by some examples: I get cancer (let us not shy from serious misery). Could I somehow watch the progress going on in my body, like a child would, and see how interesting it is ? In case of physical pain there are pain-killers. Or one has gangreaned ...
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
- Replies: 117
- Views: 6475
Re: The Tragedy of Life
Whatever happens to us and whatever we do should add up to something meaningful.
If my suffering makes sense because I need to pay for crimes in my previous life (some religions see it that way) then the suffering is necessary and bearable.
If my suffering makes sense because I need to pay for crimes in my previous life (some religions see it that way) then the suffering is necessary and bearable.
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:06 pm
- Forum: Philosophical Counselling
- Topic: Can philosophy cure depression ?
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- Views: 46717
Re: Can philosophy cure depression ?
Yes, you are right. I was talking of sadness or melancholy. What clinical depression feels like I can imagine though, because I feel like it while I am having a migraine. I know it will stop after 24 hours so I don´t do anything about it. The question that comes to my mind when having the migraine i...
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
- Topic: The Tragedy of Life
- Replies: 117
- Views: 6475
Re: The Tragedy of Life
Dear Mr or Ms Dattaswami. Perhaps you are a good person who wishes to make the world a better place. But you would get more attention if you formulated your messages in short succinct sentences, if I may suggest with all due respect. Peace. If you can enjoy misery just like happiness then you will ...
- Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:27 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Post a pic of yourself
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- Views: 27911
Re: Post a pic of yourself
People are shy about their pics and I can understand. However, a pic does not express the soul of a person. What expresses the soul of a person is the voice. How about posting mp3 recordings of our voices ? A simple mp3 player can register a short spoken text. Then it could be uploaded here. And if ...
- Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Adrian Monk
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- Views: 473
Re: Adrian Monk
Hygiene is an important issue and can decide about life and death. Monk probably never thought of the danger of frequent hand washing. Skin needs a layer for protection against germs and this layer gets destroyed when you wash your hands. Some people washed their hands too much because of corona and...
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:10 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Adrian Monk
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- Views: 473
Re: Adrian Monk
What´s the point of asking a novelist or a script writer about one of their characters ????
It´s for the audience or public to figure out for themselves.
This can happen by discussing it together in a polite way.
It´s for the audience or public to figure out for themselves.
This can happen by discussing it together in a polite way.
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Adrian Monk
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Re: Adrian Monk
Mr Impenitent
I don´t know the actor, does he play any other roles ?
Never thought of checking wikipedia for a fictional character.
My guess was that the director and script writer wanted to show that certain people who seem "strange" have their good qualities.
I don´t know the actor, does he play any other roles ?
Never thought of checking wikipedia for a fictional character.
My guess was that the director and script writer wanted to show that certain people who seem "strange" have their good qualities.