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    Cut the negativity and welcome change

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    • Posts: 5,304 Member
      I m a believer in karma and also in making your own life peaceful and positive. I hope you find that positive energy because focusing on the negative parts of MFP and calling people out on it is not helping the cause.

      This. I mean, I get what you are trying to get across...

      But for every negative post/profile, there's 10 others that are positive. Somehow it's just easier for a lot to focus on the negative.
    • Posts: 1,340 Member
      Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar...


















      ...And doesn't.
      :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
    • Posts: 669 Member
      Great thought for the day. Very apt personally too. Thank you!
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      Thanks, I reviewed the link about the 2 dogs and walked out my office smiling !
    • Posts: 848 Member
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      This. I mean, I get what you are trying to get across...

      But for every negative post/profile, there's 10 others that are positive. Somehow it's just easier for a lot to focus on the negative.
      QFT^

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    • Posts: 1,524 Member
      Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar...


















      ...And doesn't.

      Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.
      The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?"
      Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"
      The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!"
      Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"
      The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk.
      "A cat," Schrödinger replies.
      The cop opens the trunk and yells "Hey! This cat is dead."
      Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well he is now."
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    • Posts: 22,505 Member
      :huh: Not sure what to make of this...
    • Posts: 3,498 Member
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      Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.
      The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?"
      Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"
      The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!"
      Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"
      The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk.
      "A cat," Schrödinger replies.
      The cop opens the trunk and yells "Hey! This cat is dead."
      Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well he is now."

      I'm uncertain if this a joke.

      Now my brain hurts.
    • Posts: 1,618 Member
      I don't predict this ending well. I think you had good intentions, OP, but "negativity" is more of a reflection on the reader most times than it is on the person that actually wrote it.
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    • Posts: 2,640 Member
      Your mind will set you free
    • Posts: 848 Member
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      Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.
      The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?"
      Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"
      The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!"
      Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"
      The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk.
      "A cat," Schrödinger replies.
      The cop opens the trunk and yells "Hey! This cat is dead."
      Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well he is now."
      Heard it before but still love it!
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      No, you can't will those away but you can find better coping strategies to alleviate both the symptoms and effects. For example, many folks are Vitamin D deficient which manifests itself as depression amongst other symptoms. Simply supplementing with Vitamin D significantly reduces the depression caused by the deficiency.

      Well, bless your little heart for recommending Vitamin D to fix depression. Now what about people who have clinical depression, bipolar disorder, panic/anxiety disorders that are so bad they're classified as medical problems and other non-situational mental illness?

      There isn't a vitamin out there to cure what I've got but I do agree that taking Vitamin D is a good strategy for most people.
    • Posts: 5,304 Member
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      Well, bless your little heart for recommending Vitamin D to fix depression. Now what about people who have clinical depression, bipolar disorder, panic/anxiety disorders that are so bad they're classified as medical problems and other non-situational mental illness?

      There isn't a vitamin out there to cure what I've got but I do agree that taking Vitamin D is a good strategy for most people.

      This!!!

      I've always suffered from depression. I take a vit d+calcium supplement, a vit b complex...still deal with depression. I exercise and lift heavy things...still deal with depression. Sometimes it's just brain chemistry and no vitamins or amount of sun can cure that.
    • Posts: 277 Member
      My post said more than that, but I do agree with you that it is pithy advice. Beating depression and issues in general take a fair amount of discipline and stamina, which a lot of people aren't willing to take. Losing weight is about a lot more than just being more positive, but it's a start.

      I'm so sorry I missed this post before I replied to the Vitamin D one.

      I'm trying to keep it together about your dismissive attitude about beating depression. If you knew what it was like to have a chronic, debilitating mental illness I doubt you'd accuse someone who does of not having discipline and stamina. I have plenty of it. That's why I go to a p-doc every other week, a GP once a month, a therapist twice a month and take a handful of medication every day.

      Depression that you can just make go away with a positive attitude doesn't even come close to what I live with on a daily basis.
    • Posts: 2,528 Member
      No. My negativity is fuel for the furnace that is my rage and that furnace helps me push harder and achieve more.

      You, dear, win the internet today! Bless you! One million percent agree! How we choose to use the negativity (internal/external and real/perceived) is what counts. I just say "F U" to the negative energy--I'll eat every excuse and defeatist thought I have for breakfast and lift it, blast it, and burn it up all day.

      I've been called "hardcore" for this mentality. But guess what? It beats my defeated, sloth-like, weepy, depressed former self.
    • Posts: 999 Member
      :huh: Not sure what to make of this...

      Yeah. Negative to one is not negative to all, same as "bullies" to some are "helpful" to others.

      Threads that make blanket statements about MFP members as a group are generally not received well.
    • Posts: 4,007 Member
      There is a story they tell of two dogs. Both dogs, at separate times, walk into the same room. One dog comes out wagging his tail while the other comes out growling.

      A woman watching this goes into the room to see what could possibly ma...ke one dog so happy and the other dog so mad. To her surprise she finds a room full of mirrors. The happy dog found a thousand happy dogs looking back at him. The angry dog saw only angry growling dogs looking back at him. Meaning: What you see in the world around you is a reflection of who you are.
    • Posts: 14,776 Member
      I'm in to learn more about how to cure my depression through willpower and supplements.
    • Posts: 3,502 Member

      Heisenberg and Schrödinger get pulled over for speeding.
      The cop asks Heisenberg "Do you know how fast you were going?"
      Heisenberg replies, "No, but we know exactly where we are!"
      The officer looks at him confused and says "you were going 108 miles per hour!"
      Heisenberg throws his arms up and cries, "Great! Now we're lost!"
      The officer looks over the car and asks Schrödinger if the two men have anything in the trunk.
      "A cat," Schrödinger replies.
      The cop opens the trunk and yells "Hey! This cat is dead."
      Schrödinger angrily replies, "Well he is now."

      Awesome. :drinker:
    • Posts: 22,834 Member
      I'm in to learn more about how to cure my depression through willpower and supplements.

      Can be done. First step is to realize that depression is NOT you. It is a chemical reaction in the body that makes you feel depressed or anxious. Exercise and finding the right healthy diet makes a huge difference in getting balanced.

      Good luck.
    • Posts: 238 Member
      People perceive positive and negative differently. If I tell you something that goes against your belief system, you think I'm being negative while someone standing next to you is more in line with my thinking and will think what I said is awesome. So, I don't know how to make everyone happy. It's not worth my time to think about it. I just exist and I do my thing. It's not my job to be positive for you so that you can be happy. That's not really how it works.

      I agree with what you said, so you made me happy, if that counts for anything.
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      Can be done. First step is to realize that depression is NOT you. It is a chemical reaction in the body that makes you feel depressed or anxious. Exercise and finding the right healthy diet makes a huge difference in getting balanced.

      Good luck.

      Must have forgotten my sarcasm font again.

      /sarcasm
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      Must have forgotten my sarcasm font again.

      /sarcasm

      Nope. The sarcasm font was clear as day.
    • Posts: 14,776 Member
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      Nope. The sarcasm font was clear as day.

      I suppose that my therapist will be happy to learn that all I've ever needed was a better diet and more exercise. Do you think she'll miss me now that I've seen the light?
    • Posts: 1,238 Member
      People perceive positive and negative differently. If I tell you something that goes against your belief system, you think I'm being negative while someone standing next to you is more in line with my thinking and will think what I said is awesome. So, I don't know how to make everyone happy. It's not worth my time to think about it. I just exist and I do my thing. It's not my job to be positive for you so that you can be happy. That's not really how it works.

      Am I the only one that thought OP's post was about people making excuses for not losing weight and just need to suck it up and get 'er done?
    • Posts: 2,276 Member
      are you aware that you're doing it?
    • Posts: 277 Member
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      Can be done. First step is to realize that depression is NOT you. It is a chemical reaction in the body that makes you feel depressed or anxious. Exercise and finding the right healthy diet makes a huge difference in getting balanced.

      Good luck.

      I can't with this post. I just can't.

      I think there is a disconnect here. Some people have chronic medical diseases and some people have behavioral health issues (as the insurance industry puts it). Diet and exercise won't cure the former. The symptoms can be managed but it takes a lot of willpower and stamina.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      I haven't noticed any negative posts. Most are helpful, the rest are funny.

      You know the story about the two dogs that walk into the room full of mirrors?

      And then there are these people.
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