--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote:
> It's really a puzzle to me. > > One of the reasons I decided to give Spain > a try was the experience of living in France > for four years and finding that beneath the > surface of almost every French woman I got > involved with was a serious depressive *who > had no desire to ever become less depressed*. > It was as if the more depressed they were, > the more French they were. Go figure. > > Here in Spain it's much healthier. Lurking > just below the surface of most Spanish women > is a character not unlike the one Penelope > Cruz played in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." > > If you've seen the movie, you'll get that. :-) That is really interesting. I haven't seen the movie but I plan to. For all our faults the American national character has a Doris Day vibe that suites my optimism. Que Sera, Sera! When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be Will I be pretty, will I be rich Here's what she said to me. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. When I was young, I fell in love I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead Will we have rainbows, day after day Here's what my sweetheart said. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. Now I have children of my own They ask their mother, what will I be Will I be handsome, will I be rich I tell them tenderly. Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see Que Sera, Sera What will be, will be. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk" <kirk_bernhardt@> wrote: > > > > > > > > So I went. It wasn't scary. The guy was nice, listened to > > > > me, asked some good questions, gave me Celexa. > > > > > > I wish you could somehow get the "new" French antidepressant, > > > Valdoxan (agomelatine): > > > > > > http://biopsychiatry.com/agomelatine/valdoxan.html > > > > It will be the death of all those wonderfully dark French > > movies and novels! And all those Gitanes Cigarettes aren't > > going to smoke themselves you know. > > As far as I know (and to this day I don't > understand why because they have one of the > most beautiful countries and standards of > living I've ever encountered), the French > have one of the highest percentages of > antidepressant use on the planet. The last > stats I saw when living there claimed that > the *majority* of French were taking them. > > And that hadn't done a *thing* to curb the > glorification of depression that you are > speaking about! > > It's really a puzzle to me. > > One of the reasons I decided to give Spain > a try was the experience of living in France > for four years and finding that beneath the > surface of almost every French woman I got > involved with was a serious depressive *who > had no desire to ever become less depressed*. > It was as if the more depressed they were, > the more French they were. Go figure. > > Here in Spain it's much healthier. Lurking > just below the surface of most Spanish women > is a character not unlike the one Penelope > Cruz played in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." > > If you've seen the movie, you'll get that. :-) >
