Comments on: Perfectly Imperfect.

By: eeabee

eeabee — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:49:03 +0000

I love this–the passion in the way you describe it and the writing itself, especially these:

“It’s about being what you are, and fighting for yourself. It’s a catch-cry to be passionately engaged in living, even if living is hell. Even when you feel like you’re missing out, like you’re lesser than, always making up for something, ever waiting for the other shoe to drop. Perfectly imperfect is dropping that shoe, and booting it across the room. It’s wiping the chess board of all its pieces, and playing the game out in your mind. It’s focus and dedication to self, and it’s about recognising life is complicated, messy, and a struggle against great odds for every single one of us. It would be no achievement to be perfect if you just fell into it, if it came naturally, if human perfection were actually about being ‘right’ and acting ‘right’.”

This is a good thing for me to read–it feeds that fierceness that makes it possible to get through depressions and the various other tricky spots we experience.

By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:56:12 +0000

That’s a particularly good question Ash. I’ll have to ponder that one… What would be the actual rewards of being perfect? Could we even define that?

By: Ash

Ash — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:28:39 +0000

Like CC, I feel like you went inside my head, pulled this out, and then made it articulate & eloquent.

*sigh*

It’s so much easier to be perfect at being imperfect… but is it as rewarding?

By: Mighty Morgan

Mighty Morgan — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:39 +0000

Excellent post….and superbly written!!!!
I have had the unfortunate experience of suffering from depression for years…after all the therapy, all the medications, all the shoulda, woulda and coulda’s of regrets that I have allowed myself to drown in, I realized I was tired of trying to fit into a mold of “perfect” that essentially never existed…except within my own mind.
For me I learned that it was my ideas and beliefs that kept me stuck in a cycle of up’s downs and all around’s which never offered me much of anything but the same old disappointments of each new day……I can say that today I do not suffer at all from the ill effects of any type of depression or perfectionism of any type….the only reason being that I let go of all the ideas I held in my mind of what I thought I had to be……you seem to be well on your way to a breakthrough of some kind that will offer you some freedom of self…. :)

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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:24:03 +0000

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By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:54:01 +0000

Exactly, Bobby. And thank you =)

By: Bobby Revell

Bobby Revell — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:37:22 +0000

This is brilliant and I can relate to your sentiment. Every year that goes by, I see things more and more clearly. Now more than ever, people are taught they are beautiful, dumb, ugly and so forth – at an earlier and earlier age. I have suffered from depression all my life and I know how it relates to there ideas. I really like the way you describe using perfection or lack thereof to your advantage. Overall, this is a very powerful post:)

By: Catatonic Kid

Catatonic Kid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:47:48 +0000

@LooCouL – Yep, one sure does. It sure has enough money being poured into researching it that I hope they find ‘the’ answer soon. Though I suspect, as with most complex diseases, that what they will find is more than one disease mechanism in action.

Clinical depression is chemical. It’s also emotional, cognitive, behavioural, genetic, and more. There isn’t one path of causation. It’s the result of complex interactions of the human organism with itself and its environment.

I wish it was deficiency in a nutrient or even just one neurotransmitter (serotonin). It isn’t just that though things like serotonin inhibitors can help, so can Omega 3. They aren’t necessarily the cause in each case, just as they aren’t cures but aids in treatment.

By: ClinicallyClueless

ClinicallyClueless — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:19:24 +0000

@ LouCeel. If you really want to know more about depression take a look at my post, http://clinicallyclueless.blogspot.com/2008/05/major-depressive-disorderit-is-painful.html. It will also give you other links for information. Untreatable’s blog will also provide good information.

By: LouCeeL

LouCeeL — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:44 +0000

I cannot speak as one who has been depressed. One wonders where all that comes from. Is it chemical? Some imbalance in the brain that a gene, or a bump on the head, caused? Or nutrition – is it a lack of some chemical not taken in? B6? Omega 3’s and Omega 6’s. B complex? I wish I knew. There’s a whole world of people out there looking for the same answer.