[Triumph36]

Anacardo,

As a man of intellect, you certainly prize ideas highly - probably higher than material things. And while it's tempting to go down with the ship of bad ideas, there has to come a moment when you realize that most of what you've believed or felt has been artificial already - your ideas are so that you can construct a certain kind of life for yourself. That life's not working out very well right now, so maybe it's time to actually examine what's been behind that lack of success.

I don't think I agree with Burlap's furious re-training program - I'd rather submit myself to anti-depressants than do that, it sounds like some demented Clockwork Orange experience - I could never take such an endeavor seriously. Still, there's got to be a better way.