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Originally Posted by Voice  I find it amusing that people search for the cure for cancer when it's right under their nose. What is this secret cure? Why, stop eating, drinking, and breathing toxins, of course.
Yet that is a solution no one wants to consider (people because it requires a change of habitual behavior, corporations because it cuts profits). Instead, they want to get cancer, and then try to remove it. |
I think you should look into the actual mechanisms of cancer before you start telling people all they need to do is make some lifestyle changes and they'll be able to avoid it.
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Originally Posted by Voice The same can be said of depression. Exercise, medications, meditation, self-help books, etc., may help to treat some of the symptoms. But if the underlying causes are not addressed, the 'cure' either won't work, will rebound as a deeper depression, or will appear to work but leave your life hollow (you may go to work and feel adequate energy, but you won't be truly happy). |
Once again... what you say is sometimes right. If a person is going through a period of unhappiness and is not satisfied with their lives, etc, then they may be able to feel better by addressing these underlying causes. However, true depression is a physical disorder, and not just a melancholy mood. Would you tell someone with cystic fibrosis to eat well and live in a pristine environment and expect their chloride channels to just start working?