NigelW Posted April 12, 2013 Posted April 12, 2013 Just another philosophy enthusiast! I think I would equate the dangers of free-thinking to free-running! My childhood was, to put it lightly, a gong show. I moved around a lot and barely finished high school. My family has been striken with mental illness. Drug and alcohol abuse was also prevelant. Both of my siblings and my mother have issues with mental health, ranging from bi-polar to schizophrenia. My father was an irrational mess. Preferring to party and work in the oil sands. I'm not sure how I got here. I've been in and out of high school and college, with some success, over the last 6 years. My main focus was architecture and design. I've taken introductory philosophy and geography classes in university but I lost motivation when they went on strike. I transfered to a technical school, away from my family, and really began to come out of my shell. When I began to not feel so dissociated I started getting into philosophy with a goal to gain a solid footing for thinking critically. Recently, I went through a very severe depression causing me to withdraw from my classes. I went through some of the podcasts on depression, which have been incredibly valuable in helping me to climb out, so to speak. I started seeing a therapist and being honest with my friends and family. It seems like an uncommon virtue that even those who were "close" to me didn't have. Despite all of this, I am very optimistic and I retain my enthusiam for truth! I feel like an ethical astronaut that is on the ocean floor and FDR is an underwater air supply refill station! I hope that I can learn and contribute! Thanks, Nigel
cherapple Posted April 12, 2013 Posted April 12, 2013 Welcome! Isn't it amazing what honesty and action and honest-in-action will do to for depression? I can identify with the feeling of drowning and finding the life-giving air supply that living philosophy (there's a double meaning there) offers.
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