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03-20-2018, 09:48 PM | #31 |
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Not that i'm free of issues, but i'm at a better place now than I was just a year ago.
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03-20-2018, 10:09 PM | #32 |
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I figure once I graduate I'll be less depressed. Having your future at stake every day is exhausting
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03-20-2018, 10:10 PM | #33 |
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what I wouldn't give to be back in college
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03-21-2018, 06:59 AM | #34 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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wanna do some maths homework?
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03-21-2018, 10:25 AM | #35 |
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Well, there's a reason both of my choices for a major were design and film school.
No maths. |
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03-21-2018, 02:47 PM | #36 |
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I used to think this, then thought about it a little more and remembered some days...
> Go to classes (sometimes starting at 8am) > Go to work from 5:30pm to 9:30pm or later > Get back around 10:30pm or 11pm and still have homework to do |
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03-21-2018, 02:52 PM | #37 |
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Meds seem to help a little but generally speaking things don't get better you just become a little bit more apathetic towards everything. That's best case scenario
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03-21-2018, 03:22 PM | #38 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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03-21-2018, 03:31 PM | #39 |
Braindead
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03-21-2018, 03:35 PM | #40 |
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there's no sudden switch of "wow, things are better now!" though. it's a lot of effort for small rewards but the small rewards eventually add up and then you can actually feel them. when you look back at how far you've come it's surprising. one day at a time, one task at a time!
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03-21-2018, 08:56 PM | #41 |
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Hey guys, just cheer up!
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03-21-2018, 08:57 PM | #42 |
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In all seriousness, when I'm feeling particularly dreadful I find that laughter is as healthy as a garden full of vegetables.
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03-21-2018, 09:18 PM | #43 |
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not addressing anybody in particular but all you "i've come a long way since i was a saddo and came out the other side" ppl, do you think life is not gonna toss a giant bag of shit at you again sooner or later?
don't be sad when it happens, it just means life is doing what it should |
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03-21-2018, 09:45 PM | #44 |
full of longing
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like when collective soul walks off stage in des moines, ia
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03-21-2018, 09:47 PM | #45 | |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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Quote:
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03-21-2018, 10:23 PM | #46 | |
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A nice thought before bed. |
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03-21-2018, 10:23 PM | #47 |
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btw this thread was meant in jest, but has flowered into something quite beautiful.
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03-21-2018, 10:40 PM | #48 |
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Just my 02 cents.
When i'm say i'm at a better place I don't mean I found happiness or suddenly everything is flowers and rainbows. It means I lost everything, and had to rebuild from zero with blood, sweat and tears. And i'm sure i'm a lot more prepared emotionally to deal with most of the shit life can (and obviously will) throw my way. |
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03-21-2018, 10:41 PM | #49 |
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That probably reads like bragging, but I don't mean it that way at all.
And again, i'm respectful towards people who deal with intense depression and other mental issues. That sucks and I can't begin to imagine how to deal with that on top of everything else. |
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03-21-2018, 10:59 PM | #50 |
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Going out, doing things, bringing up to date were not ideas calculated to help him get to sleep. To bring up to date: what an expression. To do. To do something, to do good, to make water, to make time, action in all of its possibilities. But behind all action there was a protest, because all doing meant leaving from in order to arrive at, or moving something so that it would be here and not there, or going into a house instead of not going in or instead of going into the one next door; in other words, every act entailed the admission of a lack, of something not yet done and which could have been done, the tacit protest in the face of continuous evidence of a lack, of a reduction, of the inadequacy of the present moment. To believe that action could crown something, or that the sum total of actions could really be a life worthy of the name was the illusion of a moralist. It was better to withdraw, because withdrawal from action was the protest itself and not its mask.
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03-21-2018, 11:15 PM | #51 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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happiness will make you wonder...
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03-21-2018, 11:15 PM | #52 |
BOTTLEG ILLEGAL
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things are definitely better than they used to be but they still suck a lot of the time
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03-22-2018, 08:42 AM | #53 |
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My teens were pretty nightmarish in many ways, but then my life changed and I figured a lot of things out from 17 to 20. It was still really hard in parts, but it didn't feel like useless suffering - I felt I was engaging meaningfully with the world, and I got to a point where I was content and even happy.
Then holy shit, my 20s were hard. I have good coping skills and I don't tend to be depressed, but I was thrown a major curveball, and I spent a decade feeling like there was no real life for me beyond that point. I knew what made me tick, I knew what I wanted, but there was no conceivable path from A to B, it was just a dark and still place that stretched out forever until my eventual death. I didn't feel desperate exactly, I just lived day by day and tried to find joy in small things that didn't add meaning to anything but made it easier to get through. But it wasn't easy. Things slowly got better over the past couple of years, especially last year, but it's taken a lot of effort and deliberation (and also luck). All that loneliness does things to you, and you have to be really aware not to treat the people you welcome into your life as a savior of some sort - rebuilding your life is absolutely necessary, but you can't let your need for friendship and human connection manipulate the people who care about you to give you more than they would give freely. It's hard at first but it does get easier and easier. This is to say that life can get better and be worth living. There's no magic solution, and you're never going to be happy in a Hollywood type of way, but there are ways to arrange your life where you form meaningful connections and support one another in a healthier way. |
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03-22-2018, 08:45 AM | #54 |
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:bananadance:
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03-22-2018, 09:07 AM | #55 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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03-22-2018, 09:26 AM | #56 |
Socialphobic
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It started with innocent thigh rubbing and look at you now.
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03-22-2018, 09:26 AM | #57 |
Socialphobic
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Things got better
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03-22-2018, 09:37 AM | #58 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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when i talked to pastor john about stealing socks he told me i was forgiven
then he touch my left thigh and said i was a beautiful man |
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03-22-2018, 10:07 AM | #59 |
Socialphobic
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fully errect
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03-22-2018, 10:16 AM | #60 |
Just Hook it to My Veins!
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more like scared perma-shrunk
it turned out ok: later he fed me |
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