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Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by eli_gottlieb on Friday September 18, 2015 @06:19PM (#10242383)
Which is pretty ironic, considering that the people who completely lack desires tend to be those suferring major depression much more than those who have achieved an enlightened serenity.
Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by duaneb on Friday September 18, 2015 @08:51PM (#10242867)
As someone who has grappled with fairly severe depression, it's not that you have no desires. Your body does a decent job of making sure you maintain your body by giving you plenty.

I would merely say you have no rational desires. As a human your are functional, but as a rational human you've hit a wall.

Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by lfowles on Saturday September 19, 2015 @11:27AM (#10244500)
I can't definitively say I've been depressed, but is it fair to say that you still have desires and want things, but it feels like there are insurmountable barriers between you and desires/things?
Re:How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis by duaneb on Sunday September 20, 2015 @06:54PM (#10249518)
Yea, I think that's fair. I think it's also pretty subjective, so it wouldn't surprise me for people to experience it differently. But whatever is wrong or blocking one or one's desires (or whatever) is in one's brain, if not one's control.