February 2011
January 2011
Depressive realism →
aboutthemoon:
Depressive realism is the proposition that people with depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by positive illusions of illusory superiority, the illusion of control and optimism bias. The concept refers to people with borderline or moderate depression, suggesting that while non-depressed people see things in an ...
“(In Arabic) “The word shams (sun) is feminine, and qamar (moon) is masculine....”
– Shaykh Abdallah Adhami (via meccadonna)
This is really beautiful. Interestingly, the opposite is true for the Romance languages I know. (i.e. el sol, le soleil mean “the sun” and are masculine; la luna, la lune mean “the moon” and are feminine)
I feel g o o d today.
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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