Crate Boy.
Crate Boy.
I'm not going to get into the game of "Oh, you're not REALLY depressed. I'M depressed. I'm MORE depressed! You don't UNDERSTAND!" This isn't a game. I'm not going to bother going through everything I've gone through in the past.
Honestly, one of the things I used to think while I was depressed is "Oh, I have it so much worse than everyone else. It MUST be worse for me, look how badly I'm doing. No one could even KNOW how bad I have it. Oh woe is me, etc. etc." Ya know what, there's nothing special about being depressed. Millions of people are depressed. Depression is LARGELY due to the choices we make ourselves. That's one thing I never wanted to hear, that it was largely my fault for being depressed, but I think it is. Not that I'm to blame necessarily, we all do the best we can in life. (Perhaps I shouldn't say it's my "fault", rather that I'm partially the "cause".) But sometimes people make some unwise choices. Choices like "Who needs friends? I'll just be alone. I'm too afraid." Or "I don't think it's worth it to try my best, I'll just slack, what harm could it do?" Or a million other things. I can only speak for myself here, but I'm guessing it applies to other people as well. If you're depressed you can either help yourself get out of it, or wallow in it forever. Up to a point, depressed people ARE victims. But eventually it's time to take responsibility for yourself and MAKE yourself better. It's not at all fair that we should have to. But no one in life has it fair, we're not the only ones who're dealing with crap. No one is going to magically wave a wand and make anyone else better, we all have to work hard for it. Working hard for it is just the right thing to do. It's what everyone does. I spent a good deal of time wallowing, now I'm trying a bit to get out of it. The first thing to do is stop living in your own head. Take a step back and look at yourself objectively.
If you're 100% sure things will never get better, apparently you're a prophet, since most people I know can't see the future. Maybe you ought to start playing the lottery.
A last point, psychologists aren't all that bad if you find a good one. They don't assault you with psychobabble all the time. Some of them are just people who've talked to a lot of people, who DO understand what it's like to be depressed even if they've never been through it, who've helped a lot of people get through it, who might be able to help you get through it too. At the very least it's someone to talk to to unload all your problems. It's also someone who is completely impartial, who'll tell you what you NEED to hear without sugar coating it or saying it in too personal a way, like friends or family might tend to do. They're also someone who is bound by law to be confidential with you.
WHO DOES?he writes essays in every post
I like Kung-Fu.
that'd be referring to me, as a newbie
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Eyes on Linus, March 2001.
Dude...thats just disturbingEyes on Linus, March 2001.
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I like Kung-Fu.
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This is what I call prehistoric.
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That guy on the left looks like a fat version of Fred Savage.
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I like Kung-Fu.
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you're spamming a great thread and it makes me sad
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