Thoughts on survival

Maybe this isn't the place for this, but does anyone remember the study where scientists told people that they didn't exist and it made them more depressed?

Maybe this isn't the place for this, but does anyone remember the study where scientists told people that they didn't exist and it made them more depressed?

If they became more depressed then they were already experiencing depression.  In such situations, what was the study supposed to have demonstrated?

There are a few comments I've seen throughout this thread which refer to survival as something which  'happens' (or doesn't happen).  I find myself not comprehending the language, it doesn't seem to relate to how I see things. For me the verb 'happen' doesn't even make sense. It's more of a puzzle to me that it is possible to describe the timelessness of the 'eternal now' in the language more fitted to particular events taking place within space-time. So for me I only grasp that it is always 'now', outside of time.

As for my concerns, they have always revolved around the process of living, why and what to do, here, in this world. This life is the deepest concern. In the past I ground to a halt for prolonged periods, for lack of a reason to take any particular action.

The way we or others use language can often be a problem but the meaning intended is what's truly important.

  There are many words and phrases others use but aren't the ones I'd use for myself yet I may adopt their words to engage with them effectively.