Depression

[LordSappington]

Everybody gets hit by it every now and then, I suppose. Lately, I've been having a pretty bad run with it; the combined stress of getting bad grades, the high possibility of getting held back my senior year, not knowing what I'll do when I'm out of high school, and not even being able to get a damn girlfriend. Anyone have any good remedies? i.e. music, hobbies, etc.?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Listen to music and study harder. I know that sounds stupid but seriously, it's worth it. I went to summer school grades 7-11, senior year I buckled down and graduated on time. girlfriends will come naturally, just flirt a lot without being a d-bag.

[Tadao]

Stay off the internet and do outdoor activities.

[LordSappington]

Man, last time I did an outdoor activity, some dickweeds thought I had a hunting rifle and I had a .9mm pointed at my face.

[Tadao]

DON'T FIGHT THE SOLUTIONS!

[Shrubfest]

Get Drunk. Do bad things. Be upset. Get Drunk. Do good things. Feel better. Get your shit togther. Things work out.

Thats how I work.

[Grislygus]

Do you have an chemical imbalance? Then the solution is medication. If not, follow me on Greasy Gus' Patented Twelve Step Program!

REPEAT AFTER ME:
1. As I have no genuine disorders, I am depressed because I'm not the person I want to be!

2. I am not the person I want to be because of my own decisions!

3. Though I'm a moody, lazy, unmotivated little twerp with a weight problem and little control over his/her own impulses, I am in control of my analysis of the situation!

4. I accept reality, and adamantly refuse to blame anyone else for my own decisions!

5. Now that I have a spine, I hereby resolve to slowly but resolutely improve myself!

6. Fuck, I haven't been improving myself!

7. Now I'm crying!

8. Still not improving myself!

9. Now I am seriously sick of this bullshit! I will now take up something constructive and therapeutic, like weight lifting or art
while striving towards forging a career in the real world, getting my own home, and not leeching off of my parents when I am [insert realistic target age here.]!

10. I recognize that I will never be perfect, while continuing to strive towards my goals!

11. I have now achieved my goals!

12. I now have an entirely new set of problems, and am more miserable, dejected, and pathetic than ever before!

[Dr. Boogie]

Everybody gets hit by it every now and then, I suppose. Lately, I've been having a pretty bad run with it; the combined stress of getting bad grades, the high possibility of getting held back my senior year, not knowing what I'll do when I'm out of high school, and not even being able to get a damn girlfriend. Anyone have any good remedies? i.e. music, hobbies, etc.?

Some people go through their entire lives without figuring out exactly what they want to do. And in this economy, you're more likely to commit suicide than to find actual work.

So focus on goofing off, or exercise, or some other crap like that.

[Badfish]

Hell, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, and I've been out of college and working for three years. I'm thinking professional flange modifier.

[Tadao]

Greatest first post ever!

[MetalMilitia]

Maybe you have seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It's where you get all bent out of shape because it's cold or dark or some shit.

Try wearing an extra sweater and all your problems will possibly be fixed.

[Tadao]

Maybe his nut cancer is acting up again.

[VaporTrailx1]

When I was in high school I just drank more and took easier classes. That's sort of my college strategy too, it seems to be working so far.

[Bod]

Just remember, however bad life can feel. There's always potential for it to get worse.

I friend of mine thought he was having a shit time, then he found out that his sister was actually his Mum.

[Tadao]

Same guy who thinks you are a joke because you are 36 and punk. Let him hit bottom.

[Grislygus]

sEVENTEEN AND NATURES QUEEN, YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN
TWENTY ONE A LONG ONE, SEE THE NUMBERS RUN

[Tadao]

Gus, when are you going to return my dress and high heels? >:

[Grislygus]

You stole mine, you methriddled skank

[Tadao]

I clearly remember you saying you needed something to wear because Tommy might finally call you that night. BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED AND YOU NEVER RETURNED IT DID YOU! DID YOU!

[Grislygus]

No, you said it when Tommy got a hold of some product

[Tadao]

I owe you an apology, I looked in the rafters and found it next to my pipe. It has your name written on the tag. I'm sooooo sorry. When I smoke the pipe I forget things. I will try to get the stains out but the heels are ruined. Tommy has a thing he like me to do with the pointy bit.

[ZeldaQueen]

Things I do when I'm stressed:

1.) I get something I like to eat (only do this once in awhile though, as it's not too healthy to fall back on this all the time).

2.) Read something.

3.) Play video games (seriously, research has proven that they're excellent for taking your mind off of things. Even pain.)

4.) If the weather's nice, go outside and walk around (or just sit in the sun until you fall asleep).

5.) Try to inject humor into your life. Watch comedy central, start visiting an improve group, learn some bad jokes, anything like that.

[Jeanette X]

I suggest applying to college.

[Tadao]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxTq681RAjM

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Things I do when I'm stressed:

1.) I get something I like to eat (only do this once in awhile though, as it's not too healthy to fall back on this all the time).

2.) Read something.

3.) Play video games (seriously, research has proven that they're excellent for taking your mind off of things. Even pain.)

4.) If the weather's nice, go outside and walk around (or just sit in the sun until you fall asleep).

5.) Try to inject humor into your life. Watch comedy central, start visiting an improve group, learn some bad jokes, anything like that.

ZQ, we need to hang out. I can do all five of those for you in an hour tops. I think you live somewhere within travel distance to me. I'm just letting you know because the "Whitest Kids U Know" are touring right now.

East Coast Mockery meet.

[kahljorn]

college is a really good idea. Although you have bad grades so i dunno.

try not caring about people and try not to be focused on having an identity i dunno do some drugs

[ZeldaQueen]

ZQ, we need to hang out. I can do all five of those for you in an hour tops. I think you live somewhere within travel distance to me. I'm just letting you know because the "Whitest Kids U Know" are touring right now.

East Coast Mockery meet.
If you live in the Pittsburgh area, sweet! :)

Hey, if you live in New England, sweeter! I love going there for vacation (especially Boston)!

And kahljorn, I actually find that not caring makes depression worse (at least for me). In my opinion, whenever things are bad, it usually helps to have someone around to talk to or something. Or maybe I'm just weird...:\

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

No, I live in the land of snow, where the Buffalo roam. Well....where the Sabres roam at least.

[ZeldaQueen]

Where's that, statewise?

And snow doesn't narrow it down much, it's been freezing in Pittsburgh too. As Lewis Black said, where's global warming when you need it? I can't finish a thought in my head! >:

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1 dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=41.661875&lon=-79.5129&zoom=8&q1=Buffalo%2C%20ny&q2=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA (http://maps.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTExNmIycG51BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwLWJ1 dHRvbgRzbGsDbGluaw--#mvt=m&lat=41.661875&lon=-79.5129&zoom=8&q1=Buffalo%2C%20ny&q2=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA)

Buffalo is like right above Pittsburgh. I just went to Pittsburgh for a trip last summer. Went to the Andy Warhol museum, the bus terminal which is located in Bizarro land, got lost by a giant dinosaur hanging out at a library and Best Buy on my way back for music.

Do you say "Pop" or "Soda" ?

[Tadao]

Cover your butthole!

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

:lol

[ZeldaQueen]

Oh... Sorry I had a lapse of intelligence there. :\

That library wasn't the Carnegie Library by any chance, was it? Because if it was, you'd have been literally across the street from the campus I go to.

And the Bizzaro Land is, I'm guessing, the Strip District? Very odd place to be sure, but you can get great stuff! Like Pokey! :)

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The bus depot was ond 2nd street below like two underpasses and a bunch of bridges.

If your campus is across from a giant Bronto....whatever the Brontosaurus actually is then yes.

[ZeldaQueen]

I'm trying to remember exactly what kind of dinosaur is by the Carnegie Library. I'll have to check tomorrow. Pittsburgh's known for having a large number of "artistic" dinosaurs hanging around, but I do believe the Library's got a Diploticous outside of it (named "Dippy").

And that does sound like where the Strip District is.

[kahljorn]

i didnt say not to talk to people just not to care so much about them ;/

[kahljorn]

For anyone to love a man, he must be hidden. For as soon as he s hows his face, love is gone.

Therefore, if y ou love a man, love is gone.

HYPOTHETICAL SYLLOGISM MOTHERFUCKER

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

So come visit Buffalo during your break. It's really nice during the spring. I think you're right about the ship district.

[ZeldaQueen]

I might. Depends on what all's going on.

I think Spring Break's when Tekkosho Con goes on. It's Pittsburgh's comic/video game/anime convention. The highlights of my visit last year was an Improv group which was fantastic and a headache from my too-small mask which was not so fantastic.

[Bod]

Do you have an chemical imbalance? Then the solution is medication. If not, follow me on Greasy Gus' Patented Twelve Step Program!

REPEAT AFTER ME:
1. As I have no genuine disorders, I am depressed because I'm not the person I want to be!

2. I am not the person I want to be because of my own decisions!

3. Though I'm a moody, lazy, unmotivated little twerp with a weight problem and little control over his/her own impulses, I am in control of my analysis of the situation!

4. I accept reality, and adamantly refuse to blame anyone else for my own decisions!

5. Now that I have a spine, I hereby resolve to slowly but resolutely improve myself!

6. Fuck, I haven't been improving myself!

7. Now I'm crying!

8. Still not improving myself!

9. Now I am seriously sick of this bullshit! I will now take up something constructive and therapeutic, like weight lifting or art
while striving towards forging a career in the real world, getting my own home, and not leeching off of my parents when I am [insert realistic target age here.]!

10. I recognize that I will never be perfect, while continuing to strive towards my goals!

11. I have now achieved my goals!

12. I now have an entirely new set of problems, and am more miserable, dejected, and pathetic than ever before!

That's the most perfect description of depression I've ever come across.
But knowing the problem doesn't mean you know how to fix it.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I might. Depends on what all's going on.

I think Spring Break's when Tekkosho Con goes on. It's Pittsburgh's comic/video game/anime convention. The highlights of my visit last year was an Improv group which was fantastic and a headache from my too-small mask which was not so fantastic.


Sounds like fun. I'd say wait till June at least when the snow melts.

[ZeldaQueen]

Pittsburgh's pretty snowy too, so I hear you!

And Bod's right, if you're depressed about something, logic doesn't always help.

[Tadao]

That sounds like logic.

[ZeldaQueen]

And it doesn't help much. >:

For example: My senior year of high school, I decided to give one last try at getting into the Holiday Talent Show. The judges seemed pretty impressed and I felt like I put out a good effort. Then came the day when the list of people who made it came out. I poured over it and found I was not on it. As if to add insult to injury, I heard a guy reading over my shoulder comment to someone else "Hey! All of my acts got in!"

I knew it didn't necessarily mean I wasn't good at playing the violin (my act), but the rest of the morning, I felt like stabbing myself in the throat with a plastic cafeteria spork. I felt even worse when I discovered that several "acts" of the show were videos that the Student Counsel made, including one idiotic one of them dressed in bee costumes, superimposed over a picture of our school ("Bee Movie!" :| )

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

That's lame. You should have Stradivarioused them over the head.

[ZeldaQueen]

I don't have a Stradivarious, but even if I did, I would have been too depressed.

Anyway, I guess in the long run it doesn't matter. Just sucked at the time though. :\

[kahljorn]

whenever i meet someone all i can think about is how i will fail to meet their expectations ;/

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

You should care less or drink more. There's a balance somewhere in there.

[kahljorn]

drinking doesn't help.

[derrida]

I don't have a Stradivarious, but even if I did, I would have been too depressed.

Anyway, I guess in the long run it doesn't matter. Just sucked at the time though. :\

it sucked because no one cares about your gay violin music, unless of course its an adaptation of this blazing joint from R&B sensation Monifah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLhCSh3ogmU

[ZeldaQueen]

I was playing the Entertainer's Theme while dancing/moving around the stage. Not the best I suppose, I guess I should have danced to Toxic or played rock guitar like 90% of the other acts.

Anyway, I recommend eating pasta. I've heard that that brings out a feeling of well-being. Certainly makes me feel better! (I looooove Italian food!)

[MattJack]

SMOKE A LOT OF WEED

[MetalMilitia]

EAT AN ORANGE

[MetalMilitia]

Fun fact: No one has ever been depressed while eating an orange. The process of getting all the skin and shit off is so difficult and boring you'll forget all your worries.

[Sam]

One time I was trying to peel an orange and could not do it. That made me depressed. :tear

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

The depression that I get....

Have you ever been close to tragedy
Or been close to folks who have
Have you ever felt a pain so powerful
So heavy you collapse

[MattJack]

i learned how to suck my own di*k and i don't think i'll ever be depressed again

[kahljorn]

YOU WILL ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT YOURE A HUGE FAGGOT BECAUSE YOUVE HAD PENIS IN YOUR MOUTH

[Sam]

WHAT IF YOU WENT TO ALL THE EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO SUCK YOUR OWN DICK ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOUR MOUTH WAS TOO SMALL FOR YOUR DICK? :eek

[kahljorn]

IT COULD BE WORSE. I MEAN REALLY THAT MIGHT BE KIND OF A CONFIDENCE BOOSTER.
YOU COULD HAVE A TINY PENIS AND HAVE IT FIT IN YOUR MOUTH ALL SNUGLY