On Improving One's Vision

Written by craig

The other morning I was talking with a psychotherapist friend and the subject of medications came up. She said the problem with pills is that they don't “fix” anything. That got me to thinking.

In one sense, she's right; when I take a pill for depression. If I stop swallowing that little yellow tablet, then the sadness, the depression, the misery, all come back eventually. If my friend's approach is correct, this means that, in order to “work,” the solution would have to provide some sort of permanent, long term, significant improvement.

 When it comes to relieving depression, the traditional approach is to go to therapy. In fact, some of my therapist friends have been going to their own therapists for years. I've also seen similar claims for such things as diet, meditation, exercise, yoga, etc. For the sake of discussion, let's assume that they all work.

Which of those requires less time than the 20 seconds a night it takes me to pop a pill? Which of those is cheaper? Do any of them provide that “permanent” solution we seek? Is any one of them even less expensive? Which of the above provides the least intrusion into my life? (For that matter, do any of them have the thousands of research articles supporting their claims?)

'Come to think of it, I've been wearing glasses for years and my eyes are still just as nearsighted as when I started. 'Thing is, they work very well when I use them. So does that little yellow pill.