You ever get depressed?

Totally not what I expected

:cheers2:

 

Many people who take anti-depression medication don't feel like themselves. Now, depressed people don't want to feel depressed. But they wanna feel like themselves! Also, the bad feelings go, and some of the good feelings go to. I've heard people describe it as if they weren't even alive anymore.

 

this is true, but there's likely no harm in trying it out for a period of time, like he suggested. i'm sure it doesn't work the same for everyone.

 

Also here are a few simple tips for anyone. 1.Don't watch the news that often,it's just negative,toxic nonsense. --2.Get out in nature,even just to take a nice long walk. 3.Try to use the computer less.

 

But once it's started it's hard to pick up and sometimes they become suicidal... Don't you read Dolly or Girlfriend??

I definately like these!

 

Hmm I monitor lots of things.Work productivity, exercise programmes and also moods re different things.

Alot of it comes back to looking after yourself.
If someone locks emselves away with no social interaction, eats rubbish and abuses drugs, has no exercise or sleep,hydration, fresh air or sunlight then they're gonna feel like shit.

People need a "virtuous" circle not a vicious spiral.

 

That is only the tip of the iceberg. :cheers2:

I know what you're saying. Failure is an emotion not a fact of life. I'm struggling making the change of mindset. I try to keep telling myself, "It's not what you do, it's who you are". But when you've felt something your whole life, it's hard to shrug it off. haha

As for Prozac, I've tried lexapro before. It wasn't exactly a pleasant experience. I'd much rather learn to think differently and eliminate the problem. Prozac just helps you hide it, I feel.

 

No, I'm always super happy and bubbly.

 

Man. I've watched the news ONCE in about 7 years now. The one time I turned it on was a few winters back, and the first spec of "news" was about two women and two children being killed execution style.

I'll never watch the news again. Major stuff makes headlines on my e-mail clients etc.

I really do need to get off this f'n computer. I've been glued to it for weeks.

 

I've heard otherwise, people have told me it brought them back to feeling normal.--And from my own personal experience I took zoloft(an ssri) for a period of 6 months and I had no problems with it,it really helped.I no longer take it,don't need to anymore--I do however realise some people have negative effects,such as the ones you mentioned.However people can have bad effects on something like taking an aspirin too.

 

I would avoid meds unless we are talking about serious depression.

If you fail at something it only means you learned one way not to do it. Don't let it get ya down. I know you've got quite a bit on your plate, but you're a resourceful guy, you'll get through it and thrive on account of the lessons you learned from the adversity.

Sorry to hear about the salon.

 

You're absolutely right

Depends on the situation, depends on the person.

I suppose it's a matter of weighing up the good reactions vs the bad ones..

I'm not sure. Either way, someone loses

And then you think about it, how many people are actually clinically depressed in third world countries?
That's a serious question by the way

 

A great book written in the late 1930s is "How To Stop Worrying and Start Living" by Dale Carnegie.--It's still available and everyone should read it.--It's the original and best.---Forget about whatever some-one like Dr. Phil-of-shit writes or any of the other nonsense books on these topics they sell.

 

absolutely.

 

i'm not sure these magazines (i'm assuming they're magazines) even exist in this hemisphere...

but yeah, sometimes they become suicidal without medication too. you can't just say meds make you suicidal and not taking them doesn't.

personally, i'm against taking medication in almost all situations unless it's absolutely necessary. but i'm sure that some people would really benefit from a little prozac or something, particularly while under a doctor's close supervision.

 

That's a very good question.And forgetting about third world countries for a moment, in countries or even communites,the area where you reside etc. where they put more of a priority on lifestyle over money I'd guess depression rates are lower.

 

i love Dale's books

someone threw 5 of them out in the trash, so i scooped them up

 

Thanks man. That man. Means a lot.

As far as the salon, if it's not sold by the end of the year, I'll lower my offer accordingly and submit it again through an independent broker. That way I can deal with somebody who's not so wrapped up in it emotionally.

 

I thought about taking a chef's knife (what most people think of as a butcher's knife, interestingly, very few butchers use them, large triangular knife, bottom line if you still don't know what I am talking about it wasn't a wusthof though.) out of the drawer and falling on it so it could pass between my ribs when I was eight so I could just not have to deal with anything anymore.

so, yeah, I've been depressed on and off since 1995.......

 

I will check that out rather quickly. I've been needing to start reading again but haven't felt like reading books on negotiating and money.

Perhaps reading will help me turn things back around a bit on its own. And that sounds like a book I could really use right now.