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Uplifting Thoughts for the Isolated and Depressed in Times of Plague

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Because I have so much leisure time now, I had time to look through a part of my virtual archive again, also because I had today a slightly depressive feeling which disappeared after watching these three videos on YouTube.
I can only tell you, if you do not like the music in them, maybe it is because "... you are not ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it".
;) :cool:



 
One of the reasons I started this thread was concern for the mental health of those isolated and depressed in these times. I fear suicides will rise. I urge those with dark thoughts to reach out, if only online, and listen to others.
In Homer's Odyssey, there is a passage where Odysseus (Ulysses) visits the underworld. There he encounters Achilles, the greatest hero of the Trojan War who died gloriously in battle. He envies Achilles who responds that he envies Odysseus. The exchange is heartbreaking:

“But you, Achilles,
there’s not a man in the world more blest than you—
there never has been, never will be one.
Time was, when you were alive, we Argives
honored you as a god, and now down here, I see,
you lord it over the dead in all your power.
So grieve no more at dying, great Achilles.”

I reassured the ghost, but he broke out, protesting,
“No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus!
By god, I’d rather slave on earth for another man—
some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive—
than rule down here over all the breathless dead. (Than be Lord of all the Dead) ”

This life is precious. Treasure it!
 
fallenmystic said:
Is it just me, or that it actually looks like he was collared and leashed in the above video? :p
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An interesting question from a behavioural researcher's point of view, because I did not see such a possible combination. ;)
But it could simply be a combination of your expectations in general in these threads here and an unexpected picture which was supplemented by your subconscious expectations.
For further informations, please visit this site:
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Displacement activity - Wikipedia

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:p :rolleyes:

Concerning depressions in these times, everything is possible.

Historical statistics from Germany sometimes showed unexpected developments in the number of suicides in times of war.
When a war began, these numbers were surprisingly falling down very much because the majority of the really depressed seemed to think:
"Life was always really hard for me but now it is hard for everyone and maybe, we help each other more, so I could also get more help. Moreover, it is no more necessarily up to me to end my life, maybe someone or something else will do this in this war, so I will wait and watch this unusual situation."

This is one possibility of thinking, but there is also the possibility of "escapistic" thinking in times of a plague or an illness, which one might not experience any more, similar to the story of the German-Swiss millionnaire Gunter Sachs and ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, who did not like to wait for going through Alzheimer, which was supposedly diagnosed for him:

Gunter Sachs - Wikipedia

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By the way, in Sociology lessons in Germany's universities, you have to learn for the exams the theoretical and historical backgrounds of reasons for suicide, caused by social circumstances (e.g. escapistic, ludic ones etc.) and one of the professors in my time at the university was famous for giving this advice just before the exams to his laughing students:
"By the way, I would recommend to you for the exams to learn all about and perfectly rule, controle and dominate all the eight versions of suicide caused by social circumstances in society, of which we were talking about in my lectures!"
:facepalm:
So, I think, I am rather prepared for a lot of times to come.
:eek: ;)
 
Silent_Water said:
An interesting question from a behavioural researcher's point of view, because I did not see such a possible combination. ;)
But it could simply be a combination of your expectations in general in these threads here and an unexpected picture which was supplemented by your subconscious expectations.
For further informations, please visit this site:
en.wikipedia.org

Displacement activity - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
:p :rolleyes:
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I don't think I need to read any research to see how perverted I am, because I just know it :p
 
Maybe this is also an uplifting aspect worth to be mentioned here:
Psychologists often give the advice to their patients to hear music of which they have / had the impression it helped them for example through an illness or another kind of hard times - no matter if this music is really regarded to be nice by others. Moreover, if possible, the music should be combined with an imaginative visualisation. For example, when a child has a sore throat or a pharyngitis, some doctors for children in Germany really tell the child - for example if it is a boy - to imagine something very small and invisible which could attack the invisible bacterias in its body, for example a miniaturized X-Wing-Fighter from StarWars which attacks the bacterias by laser beams together with the medical anti-bacterial "sweets" the child should suck.
According to psychological studies, children with such ideas and instructions of visualisations of an attack against the bacterias are really getting healthy again faster than kids who only have anxious parents who transfer their anxiety often unconsciously to their child.
Although grown-up persons certainly often do not really believe in such visualisations, they later say they felt better after having the imagination of something "aggressive" like small fighter jets attacking the bacterias or viruses in their bodies. So, it seems to be healthy for ill human beings to be a bit more childish and highly imaginative than one would usually think.
In fact and in order to prove to you how crazy I am for myself, I remembered hearing some of these - for me "uplifting" - melodies and songs during some of my own illnesses when I was and wanted to be aggressive against my illness. Sometimes, I heard e.g. "Lucifer" (which also helped me indeed through a pharyngitis) before a game when I wanted to be aggressive in order to win a chess game against one "bully boy" I did not like at all when we both were still schoolboys in the same gymnasium (I won!) and sometimes I heard some of these music simply when I wanted to be agressive enough to buy a special offer on a "Black Friday" in a German "Media Markt" :eek: (then it's time for the theme of "Speed"!).
(I seem to be a really dangerous guy when I want to become aggressive by hearing music.) ;)




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Praefectus Praetorio said:
I played golf today. My lowest score ever. But I still messed up some shots and cursed mildly. So I thought of this
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Reminds me of what happened years ago to Lee Travino:
After he was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, Trevino was asked by a reporter what he would do if he were out on the course and it began to storm again. Trevino answered he would take out his 1 iron and point it to the sky, “because not even God can hit the 1-iron.” :pancarta:



Do you really play, PP? What was your score?
 
poem21045 said:
Reminds me of what happened years ago to Lee Travino:
After he was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open, Trevino was asked by a reporter what he would do if he were out on the course and it began to storm again. Trevino answered he would take out his 1 iron and point it to the sky, “because not even God can hit the 1-iron.” :pancarta:



Do you really play, PP? What was your score?
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81 from the reds :oops: I know. I should stay home and workon Singapore III.
 
poem21045 said:
From a former coach who now teaches golf to "senior citizens," I applaud you. I'm one year your junior and I'd be very happy with that score.
:Laie_22mini::aplastao: :Laie_22mini::aplastao:

Were you able to keep your "social distance" on the course and in the clubhouse? Or didn't you feel it was necessary?
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I'm often in the 90's. But recently I've gotten my mind under better control and just avoid getting in trouble.
I played in a threesome. one guy 74, shot 84. the other also 84 - he is 95 years old!!! - he shots straight down the middle and putts well.
We each get our own cart and stay apart on the tee and green, in between great distancing. Clubhouse closed. Only take out food and drink.
 
Barbaria1 said:
Is that good or bad, and what goes “reds” have to go with it? (questions from someone who knows absolutely nothing about golf aside from it being pretty boring to watch on tv).
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I sometimes watch the Women's Professional Tour (LPGA). In fact I actually watched the Singapore Open a year ago which gave me some ideas for a story.:span1: I must say some of the lady "professionals" have very tight, littles! :babeando:

On most golf courses there are several tees, or places to hit your first shot (drive ) from. They are to allow for better and weaker players. On this course, they are identified by color (total yardage). Blue (6800yds)-"Tournament; White (6355) -"Men's" standard; Green (5903) - "Youth/Senior"; Red (4904) - Women's/seniors. We all play the Reds. So you see we only play 77% of the distance of the Mens. With age, your flexibility and muscle tone decreases and adjustment is necessary. On a good drive I can hit the ball 200-220 yards. A good young player can hit easily over 300.
 
Barbaria1 said:
Is that good or bad, ...
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Barb, I'll chime in for Praefectus, for whom modesty may prevent an honest reply.

I've coached and taught golf for almost 40 years, to people of all ages. An 81 on a (presumably) par 72 course is an excellent score. The average golfer would score 101 (according to a Golf Digest study). Shooting 81 means you're 9 over par. That means you may have had 9 pars (the score an amateur golfer shoots on a hole if he plays it optimally) and 9 bogies (the score he shoots if he does slightly better than average). In other words, a very consistent round, probably devoid of "blow-up" holes (an 8 or 9, say, on a par 4 hole).

So, Praefectus shot a score probably unreachable by the average golfer. And that average golfer is in his 40's! Praefectus is 72. And, I don't care what tees you play from. As my brother (a former pro golfer) once told me about playing from different tees, "You still have to hit the greens; you still have to make the putts." A shorter course doesn't ensure a lower score.
 
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poem21045 said:
Barb, I'll chime in for Praefectus, for whom modesty may prevent an honest reply.

I've coached and taught golf for almost 40 years, to people of all ages. An 81 on a (presumably) par 72 course is an excellent score. The average golfer would score 101 (according to a Golf Digest study). Shooting 81 means you're 9 over par. That means you may have had 9 pars (the score an amateur golfer shoots on a hole if he plays it optimally) and 9 bogies (the score he shoots if he does slightly better than average). In other words, a very consistent round, probably devoid of "blow-up" holes (an 8 or 9, say, on a par 4 hole).

So, Praefectus shot a score probably unreachable by the average golfer. And that average golfer is in his 40's! Praefectus is 72. And, I don't care what tees you play from. As my brother (a former pro golfer) once told me about playing from different tees, "You still have to hit the greens; you still have to make the putts." A shorter course doesn't ensure a lower score.
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CF can be so educational :)

Way to go, PrPr! :goodjob:
 
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