Depression, the Pursuit of Honesty?

I have a few further comments on depression. One major cause of depression is the suppression of an interpersonal conflict that has never been resolved. Even after resolve or “closure” has been achieved there are a variety of uncontrollable things that can trigger a similar recurrence. If the people around you are not aware of you newfound closure, and if they have not achieved similar enlightenment, similar surroundings and situations (i.e. nature) will likely trigger a similar bout. That is how nature works against us as human beings and why it is so important we remain flexible in our lives. If a traditional “American” lifestyle was to predicate how we live, no one would be free to move away from unhealthy surroundings. Buying a home, often known as one of the most powerful forms of equity, is not conducive to flexible living unless one owns many homes around the country or world. That necessitates money, more money than the average American has. That is why I have often stated as my American philosophy, “One must have much money today to buy the things Americans were afforded two decades ago.” It used to be clean drinking water, clean air, and a quiet environment allowed us to live fairly healthy psychological lives. To achieve the same amenities today, you must buy them. Who was it that came up with the great strategy to pollute our fresh water and sell it to Americans in little bottles? We can’t say with certainty that some unknowing economic force planned this. It is more likely that with diminished governmental watch dogging (i.e. the weakening of the Environmental Protection Agency and the dismantling the Federal Office of Noise Abatement) this naturally occurred. If government doesn’t make conservation a priority, big business always has and will overstep their boundaries in the private sector and encroach upon the rights of the American people. The most blatant example of this was the inception and passing of Eminent Domain, a law which allows the federal government to take privately owned land for “private” use. This is not use by the public or the government, rather use by private businesses that want the land. As well as being a clear breech of the Constitution, this legislation attempts to demoralize the American people by stating irrevocably business is more important than the quality of life of the common people. On top of this many private businesses have abandoned American workers by outsourcing their assembly line-like jobs to China and India, countries with what seem to be burgeoning economies. Is this the end result of a Free Trade Agreement, where both government and private business abandon the American people in search of more prosperous pastures for themselves? One can only think that Dick Cheney, with his constant distracted demeanor, has always only been thinking about his own personal interests, Haliburton. I have always wondered why he never seemed focused or even engaged in any policy-making with the press or the American people. It seemed like his decisions were being dictated by some unseen force, possibly his own personal interests in the discovery and drilling of oil. Akin to Eminent Domain, a law that gives little explanation as to why it takes one’s land, a “State of War” of the union perversely gives the president martial law in enacting legislation of his choice with little or no explanation of its intent except for the seeming good of the American people. We should ask ourselves the question again why this sitting president led us into such a now unwanted war. Depression in a nutshell occurs when the human soul is not allowed the freedom to feel an honest response to a real situation. No matter how strong attempts are to cover up reality, the human psyche has the power to destroy itself over the seeking of honesty. That is why the youth of America coined a meaningful phrase which on the surface seems like a ghetto cliché. “Keep it real.” The media-exploited sound byte “keeping it real” should become our National Anthem. All the anachronistic patriotism once effective in psychologically uniting the country for a common good, now falls drastically short because the “American Dream” is no longer within our reach. To wake up to this prospect everyday in a world where “old money” is mortared in stone, Wall Street is hawking tonic on the street corner, media is superficial propaganda of the rich, and government looks after only its own personal interests is to wake up to an America filled with darkness and despair. The commercial, saccharine, pop music can not continue to disguise the real truth in America, because with our neglected polluted environment the resulting depressive state of our people will cause America to self-destruct. Who is going to run the country then? All ready we have had foreshadowing of such events. How else can we define the widespread outbreaks of murderous teen violence in our public schools? Can it be coincidental that so many youths have responded similarly across America? The search for truth may be the unifying pinnacle of the human soul, and depression may be its watchdog. It is unfortunate “spin” has taken a front seat to children’s lives.