http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/turn-off-your-tv en-us 60 <p>Does this apply for watching a specific movie that we want to see (we know it will be on TV or we have it on <span class="caps">DVD</span> etc.) or watching a match with friends? I don&#8217;t think so. But I agree: turn off your TV when your start to feel a mild depression and do something that makes you feel happy.<br />From my experience I see that watching something in TV that I planed to watch, makes me feel at least not depressed and watching TV, for the sake of watching, makes me feel depressed after a short period of time, because of the &#8216;things&#8217; that my soul knows ;-).</p> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:46:52 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:69:694 jeznet http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/69 <p align="justify">(Better yet, never turn it on.)</p><p align="justify">Alright. Guess the average emotion of your average TV viewer.</p><p align="justify">Yep, mild depression.</p><p align="justify">Yikes. Makes sense though, eh? Your soul knows that you&rsquo;re just avoiding life when you plop down to watch some fictional drama unfold or distract yourself in the myriad of numbing selections.</p><p align="justify">Turn off your TV, (pretty) please. :)</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:09 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:69:69 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/69