another night, tired and still unable to sleep....
In the process of trying to describe a trait about myself today, the word "brooding" entered my mind. i looked it up to make sure that the concept matched dictionary.com's definition, after confirming, yes, it means more than intense deep thinking, it has a negative connotation relating to preoccupations with despair (and the assortment of related emotions.) Needless to say, i picked another word..... but after all considered, i know i do foster ruminative behaviors.
oh well,
as a reminder to potential consider �The Depressed Person,� a short story by David Foster Wallace.
"There is nothing profound about depressive rumination. There is just a recursive loop of woe."
"The end result is poor performance on tests for memory and executive function, especially when the task involves lots of information" that doesn't sound familiar....
"Such research has reinforced the view that rumination is a useless kind of pessimism, a perfect waste of mental energy" didn't i say something relating almost directly to this concept earlier today?
alas! the article turns into a discussion on the problem of depression in terms of natural selection. Why is a condition that leads to low reproduction rates and suicide so common? Perhaps there is an advantage to ruminating and deep reflexive thought? (minus the bs that is brought into it from drugs and side effects and cultural norms)
�Of course, rumination is unpleasant,� Andrews says. �But it�s usually a response to something real, a real setback. It didn�t seem right that the brain would go haywire just when we need it most.�
Aristotle was there first, stating in the fourth century B.C. �that all men who have attained excellence in philosophy, in poetry, in art and in politics, even Socrates and Plato, had a melancholic habitus; indeed some suffered even from melancholic disease.� fucking aristotle is always there first....
The capacity for intense focus relies in large part on a brain area called the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC), which is located a few inches behind the forehead and associated with mental talents, like conceptual knowledge and verb conjugation, and maintaining attention. Deficits noted in patients with ADD, Excess noted in patients with depression.
to be continued
1:42 a.m. - 2011-03-25
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