some people don't know any better. They fail to learn from experiences
I'd say that people learn different things from different or similar experiences. Some learn that optimism keeps them going. Wouldn't you rather feel better if you could?
The world-view can be one way or another - it has nothing to do with temperament, which is established by neuro-chemistry - and can of course be changed, and often is. Hence my descent into depression. Recovering from depression was not a matter of changing my circumstances, it was a matter of changing my neuro-chemistry with pills and regaining physical health. My circumstances haven't changed much at all. What has changed is my ability to cope with them.
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Date: 2007-03-21 05:53 pm (UTC)I'd say that people learn different things from different or similar experiences. Some learn that optimism keeps them going. Wouldn't you rather feel better if you could?
The world-view can be one way or another - it has nothing to do with temperament, which is established by neuro-chemistry - and can of course be changed, and often is. Hence my descent into depression. Recovering from depression was not a matter of changing my circumstances, it was a matter of changing my neuro-chemistry with pills and regaining physical health. My circumstances haven't changed much at all. What has changed is my ability to cope with them.