You ever get depressed?

8? Wow. That's awfully young. I don't think I stressed about anything in my life until I was like 10 or 11.

 

Are you serious LOL? I thought Dale only wrote 2 books.

 

"Antidepressants increased the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior (suicidality) in short-term studies in children and adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and other psychiatric disorders. Anyone considering the use of [Drug Name] or any other antidepressant in a child or adolescent must balance this risk with the clinical need. Patients who are started on therapy should be observed closely for clinical worsening, suicidality, or unusual changes in behavior."

Found here

To be honest, I don't even know why we're arguing

I agree.

It's the individual. Not my place to say if it's right or wrong.

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dad has an i.q. of 70. I realized I was smarter than him when I was 8, and from his perspective it was undeniable, dog died, you know, shit that makes a little kids life suck, school started to suck because the other kids didn't like me because I was too precise with my answers "talked too much"

i.e. used too many words they didn't know because I actually talked as much as any of them (did a word count one week)

 

You're fascinating.

 

Yeah

All this "cool" shit that's been going on for who knows how long in schools has started to up the suicide rates, apparently. All the internet bullying and text bullying, etc etc.. And it's over shit as trivial as "cool" jeans

When I have kids, I don't want them growing up in a world like that.

 

yeah, as far as i can tell, i think that meds should be avoided but may help in some cases, and you think that meds should be avoided but may help in very few cases.

can't agree a whole lot more than that anyway.

 

And you know,for some reason ,at least for me I get alot more out of reading a good book,than reading something on the net .--And yeah that book is helpful not only in what were talkin' about but many areas.It's also a great read.Also keep in mind the simple old fashioned ways of doing things are often the best.Take advantage of simple pleasures.

 

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Is it easier now, Dave?

 

no, just VERY damaged.

I have good cycles and bad cycles, different reasons obviously, but occasionally I do still have thoughts that would put me into therapy if the nations mental health system worked, I'm not a fan of drugs either, which, you know, doesn't help

tried effexor, and it made all of my aspie traits go into overdrive, they moved the towels/housewares at a certain walmart and I started crying because it broke my routine, I wasn't even there for towels.....

 

i lied - so it wasn't 5, i have 3 books written by Dale, and then a scrapbook of his writings edited by Dorothy Carnegie - "Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook" - collection of quotations that Dale Carnegie found inspirational interspersed with excerpts from his own writings

the other three are: how to win friends...
the quick and easy way to effective speaking...
how to stop worrying and start living...

 

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I like that.

Agreed

 

Since when does being smart make you damaged?

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That sounds really difficult

I'm glad you have good cycles

 

LauraMay,I graduated high school in 1983,way before the internet,mobile phones etc.Things were more simple and in my opinon better.It was easier to grow up.Also back then you rarely(I never) heard of things like ADD and ritalin and so on.

 

If you took away some of the bullshit crap kids have nowadays (99% sugar diet, 5 hours of computer, 5 hours of tv, 5 hours of video games a day...) ADD and ADHD (same thing?) cases would probably slightly decrease...

 

since about 2nd grade when all your peers start to hate you... and it only gets worse from there.

 

Yes, I think everyone does.

Not nearly as bad as I used to. But every now and then.

 

I have "off" days where sometimes it feels like anything that can go wrong, will go wrong and I feel like killing anyone that crosses my path...

but I can usually sleep it off and feel better about it the next day.

 

Me too. And I was actually talking about that the other day. That I haven't been doing that stuff cause I'm putting off moving forward and onto my next project. I'm starting to think I'm ready though. Thanks a million man.

 

I want to use you as my school project