tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post5288567396915292603..comments2023-12-16T16:12:08.051-08:00Comments on Self-Knowledge and Self-Realization: M. Expresses Anger and Confusion After Deeya Left Sangha; My Response.Ed Muzikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214241089861837159noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27560333.post-53045852070281554782014-06-20T09:12:00.778-07:002014-06-20T09:12:00.778-07:00Ed.......
In reading your commentary, I'm rem...Ed.......<br /><br />In reading your commentary, I'm reminded of my experience with Prozac some fourteen years ago when I was re-experiencing bouts of agoraphobia which I thought had been long gone. I found it initally to be great because it did such a remarkably thorough job of putting my mind at ease, and I loved that I was no longer being so "victimized" by episodes of the panic induced situations where losing control became overwhelming at times. And it was such a welcome relief, this sensation of coasting along so easily, tantamount to being on such a lovely kind of positive state of controlled bliss. But about four months down the road, I found the Prozac was not just doing what I intended it to do; it had the unintended effect of robbing me of all emotion. A good deal of the time I felt like I'd had an emotional lobotomy, devoid as I'd become of all emotional experience whether it be joy, sadness, anger, etc. And so I declared, "fuck this, I'll take back the anxiety any day". I hated being reduced to this robot like, emotionally barren existence. Some psychology student later told me I had descended into a "flat affect" state. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com