If depression correlated to creative focus, I would be a prolific bestselling author. In my experience depression saps creativity.
That psychiatrist is at the University of Virginia. I think I'll make an appointment and see what he says about me.
River: I didn't think you'd come for me. Simon: Well, you're a dummy.
'Serenity'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2010 9:01:52 am PST #12591 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
-t - Mar 02, 2010 9:03:30 am PST #12592 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is that kind of like how Brian Wilson wrote so many songs when he was in bed with depression?
Did he? My Brian Wilson knowledge is regrettably sparse. But, yeah, I think so.
Burrell - Mar 02, 2010 9:03:57 am PST #12593 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Why are my sinuses trying to kill me?
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2010 9:06:33 am PST #12594 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
From a friend who is actually reading the source article/study that the NYT article is about, here are two pull quotes from its introduction
Because we think that the clinical significance criterion leads to the overdiagnosis of depressive disorder, we intend our arguments to apply to a range of depressive symptoms, from transient sadness to much of what would currently satisfy DSM–IV–TR criteria for major depression.
also
In this article, we also rely on studies of people who, instead of coming into the lab with preexisting depression, are exposed to an experimental sad mood induction.
So, you know. I already thought they sounded like they needed a cockpunch. Now I think they need a few.
Atropa - Mar 02, 2010 9:09:14 am PST #12595 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
In this article, we also rely on studies of people who, instead of coming into the lab with preexisting depression, are exposed to an experimental sad mood induction.
OH NOT EVEN.
So, you know. I already thought they sounded like they needed a cockpunch. Now I think they need a few.
Yes. And possibly being whacked on the head repeatedly WHILE being cockpunched.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2010 9:09:57 am PST #12596 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Experimental sad mood induction? I'm curious, but not respectful.
I'm at the point in B'crazy where we talk about Due South and fandom TV. This is probably going to be a more stressful reread for me than Zoe or Gus.
Dana - Mar 02, 2010 9:10:04 am PST #12597 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
are exposed to an experimental sad mood induction.
The hell?
P.M. Marc - Mar 02, 2010 9:11:30 am PST #12598 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
The hell?
Cock. Punches.
I am just saying.
Zenkitty - Mar 02, 2010 9:14:47 am PST #12599 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
From having just read the article (about them, not by them) "experimental sad mood induction" means they played "Requiem" for the test subjects on a gray rainy day. In another case, they showed the test subjects a video about cancer and death before the task was performed.
Because that's JUST LIKE depression.
brenda m - Mar 02, 2010 9:14:50 am PST #12600 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm at the point in B'crazy where we talk about Due South and fandom TV.
Yeah, I'm not going near that sad mood induction.