I Think Intelligence Can Cause Depression and Isolation

so can stupidity but it shows up differently. phony happiness is worse than real sorrow sometimes.

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Magenta · F

I so agree on the phony happiness. And also over positivity. To think we must [i]try[/i] to feel happy constantly, is unnatural and devalues authentic human emotions. I would much rather the genuine, even in sadness.

Platoscave · F

@Magenta the author Barbara Ehrenright wrote about that stuff when she had cancer.
I myself feel it all around me... but then the downside is that people get mean from their own crashing self-duplicity...
and then take it out on YOU.

Magenta · F

@Platoscave Ah. I'll have to check her out. Maybe it has to do with upbringing too. I came from a very reality setting, and you just deal with how it is, without the use of emotional band-aids or pacifiers so to speak.

Platoscave · F

ty for friending me magenta...great color btw!

Magenta · F

@Platoscave You're welcome. :-)