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Originally Posted by vital
Hi DechanDawa,
Thanks so much for the kind words. I can tell that you really get it. I especially love what you say about color and lightning bolts and stars  . As you say, it still is a little bit of a secret, even though it is steadily spreading and Brigham and Women's Hospital just asked me to present it to a third round of patients, so I think that the professionals are catching on too. It's understandable that it's a bit of a secret, though. It sounds like it's kind of a random nice coping thing to do - one of many possible ways to feel better, but not a huge deal. What's been missed, I think, is that this gets directly at that heart of what's really going on when you are depressed. Even when I knew it made sense, I was still shocked and amazed at how a life-long problem that seemed inescapable could be dissolved so easily.
 - vital |
Okay, I did some research and now think I am straight on the founder of Snap! You! SY!
Snap! would not work well, I think, for those convinced depression is biological in origin, because Snap! is about self-generated responsibility. As in Response-ability. However, I do think a long depressive episode changes brain chemistry so Snapping! is like you are bringing the brain back to some former state. That's how I see it. It could be that some areas of the brain atrophied, but the brain is very plastic, and "wants" and delights in setting up new neural networks. You know, I still want to "know" the meaning of the depression, why it started etc. However,recently I read something, a quote that made more sense than analyzing depression, and it said: "Curing unhappiness requires more happiness." That's very Buddhist. Maybe later is a better time to think about the depression. Now is the time to get out of it. That is why the joyful explosion in my mind while Snapping! is important. I might not want to think that way because my depressed mind is like a goth teenager, still wanting to wallow in the mire! But we have to re-introduce the idea of joy. It's so hard. But one has to want happiness, and taste happiness, in order to retrieve happiness.