Posted by: Tyler
« on: May 03, 2017, 03:25:34 am »Hi there, new person. Sorry about your name pick, but I won't call you by that name, or myself for that matter.
Actually, I want to try and .. say something to you about that (the depression) here, although it would be easier to offer you some relevant text. You haven't requested that, though, so I really can't point you in any direction, even if it is very relevant and may answer quite many of your probing questions. Actually, I have information about some relevant text that could answer many of your probing questions as well, lady with the paper bag over her head, but you haven't asked about that either.
I can offer you this, though - my own experience, which perhaps you will find to be different than what you've encountered to date.
I fought depression myself for a long time, and ... some days, I still do in fact. But actually, I eat more green vegetables today, and drink milk for the energy, and explore the use of herbs for curiosity and excitement over what potential salubrious effect they might have on me. I don't live in any kind of bliss or Nirvana, but my existence is ... well, satisfactory to me.
I suppose I had tried to touch on the subject in some earlier posts, that in the viewpoint that I have accumulated now, I would say that there is a difference between wishing to be somebody we aren't, and so wishing to have the beauty of somebody else, and then simply developing into the best possible version of ourselves ... Obviously, I cannot say what your nature is, but, for me anyway, the actual striving in order to develop into my own best appearance is satisfying, because as I improve my beauty, my vitality, my nourishment, and also am learning skills along the way to help me do that, then the whole thing makes me .. actually a bit optimistic, and I just think about who I might be when it's all been done to completion.
I look .. at my own face now and then, after I have made a bit of progress, and try hard to imagine what I would look like, if I had more vitality, more life in the eyes, warmer skin, and so looked like the best, most beautiful version of myself ... And then, I try to make those things come true, either by taking in more nourishment, or by getting outside for a walk in nature, or sometimes by even forming the basic volition to think a nice sentiment about myself instead of the usual self-loathing and lies, and yes I'm also trying to put the adjustment on my bone structure with these gentle applied forces ... all because the whole, greater thing ... even almost a spiritual thing ... calls me to hold my thoughts in the cognition of what might be, instead of bemoaning what is.
.... although, I have to *recognise* reality before I can begin to make positive improvements, that is true. But ... I would say to anyone ... that they don't only have to think about the negative reality, because they can also uplift themselves with the positive idea of what could be.
....
If I may say to sum up ... it's good to dream, and not be defeated by the harsh reality all too often. Although, it's possible that these forums are weighing too heavily on one aspect, the boney aspect of beauty, and neglecting that .. nourishment, nature, fresh air ... and even dreaming a dream of absolutely anything at all, to uplift the mood a bit ... all play a role in shaping true beauty eventually. And, of course it takes patience ..
I hope this all helps
.. Salome
Actually, I want to try and .. say something to you about that (the depression) here, although it would be easier to offer you some relevant text. You haven't requested that, though, so I really can't point you in any direction, even if it is very relevant and may answer quite many of your probing questions. Actually, I have information about some relevant text that could answer many of your probing questions as well, lady with the paper bag over her head, but you haven't asked about that either.
I can offer you this, though - my own experience, which perhaps you will find to be different than what you've encountered to date.
I fought depression myself for a long time, and ... some days, I still do in fact. But actually, I eat more green vegetables today, and drink milk for the energy, and explore the use of herbs for curiosity and excitement over what potential salubrious effect they might have on me. I don't live in any kind of bliss or Nirvana, but my existence is ... well, satisfactory to me.
I suppose I had tried to touch on the subject in some earlier posts, that in the viewpoint that I have accumulated now, I would say that there is a difference between wishing to be somebody we aren't, and so wishing to have the beauty of somebody else, and then simply developing into the best possible version of ourselves ... Obviously, I cannot say what your nature is, but, for me anyway, the actual striving in order to develop into my own best appearance is satisfying, because as I improve my beauty, my vitality, my nourishment, and also am learning skills along the way to help me do that, then the whole thing makes me .. actually a bit optimistic, and I just think about who I might be when it's all been done to completion.
I look .. at my own face now and then, after I have made a bit of progress, and try hard to imagine what I would look like, if I had more vitality, more life in the eyes, warmer skin, and so looked like the best, most beautiful version of myself ... And then, I try to make those things come true, either by taking in more nourishment, or by getting outside for a walk in nature, or sometimes by even forming the basic volition to think a nice sentiment about myself instead of the usual self-loathing and lies, and yes I'm also trying to put the adjustment on my bone structure with these gentle applied forces ... all because the whole, greater thing ... even almost a spiritual thing ... calls me to hold my thoughts in the cognition of what might be, instead of bemoaning what is.
.... although, I have to *recognise* reality before I can begin to make positive improvements, that is true. But ... I would say to anyone ... that they don't only have to think about the negative reality, because they can also uplift themselves with the positive idea of what could be.
....
If I may say to sum up ... it's good to dream, and not be defeated by the harsh reality all too often. Although, it's possible that these forums are weighing too heavily on one aspect, the boney aspect of beauty, and neglecting that .. nourishment, nature, fresh air ... and even dreaming a dream of absolutely anything at all, to uplift the mood a bit ... all play a role in shaping true beauty eventually. And, of course it takes patience ..
I hope this all helps
.. Salome