Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Philosophy Wire: Depression. A molecule. A crying man…

People who live with depression have low blood levels of a specific molecule, a medical research has revealed. It's called acetyl-L-carnitine, and those with particularly severe, treatment-resistant or childhood onset depression were found to have the lowest levels. [1] A man sits under the sun. Crying. His hopes are gone. His life has ended. But it is only then that his soul is reborn. His life will now begin. It is not a life with molecules. But a life made out of thin air. Air drifting between happy faces. Air gushing through the human cries of desperation. It is not you having depression. It is the cosmos crying. Breath deep. You are not putting air inside your lungs. You are extending yourself into the cosmos…

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