Shorty said:

co-sign.

RocknRollDave said:

you should be getting laid daily my friend

sinisterpentatonic said:

Not you!!

I don't allow myself to get depressed. Takes away from my life.

every few weeks when i have a lot of shit 2 get done and i get overwhelmed...im kinda slightly entering depression right now

On Monday I plan on be depressed.

far too much for my own health.


Also, way more than I let on here or in real life.

a lot, but I think of something funny or something that makes me happy and I feel good for a few minutes.

I'm never "depressed" and I'm happy about 99 percent of the time. I once had a girlfriend tell me that I was just to happy of a person for her. She said I wake up each day thinking it was going to be great while she woke up dreading each day. Thankfully I'm not around that negative energy anymore.

lovemachine said:

Can I have her number?

It's less and less the older I get. I was severely depressed as a teenager and gradually I've pulled myself out of the worst of it. Being that I have seasonal affective disorder, winters can be particularly harsh for me as well, but this year hasn't been so bad. I learn to recognize the signs of what's going on with me and have little ways of pulling myself through. Of course, there are still those days I can't get out of bed no matter what and I just want to crawl into a hole and never come out. But they are becoming farther and farther apart.

lovemachine said:

Your very cool. I wish I felt that way.

lovemachine said:

i've never understood people who dread each day and think that people who are the opposite are "too happy".

Every winter.


The only remedy I've found is going to the gym.

It changes my perception of the duration of winter (makes it seem shorter),
and keeps me going.

But every winter.

only during football season

hours later from my post....im depressed now.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Neither do I.

I find beauty in everyday, sorry (to those who don't understand)... but I do.

Since I got rid of the negative and unhealthy people and other aspects in life, hardly ever now

EverSoLesa said:

u make it sound like we're such terrible people for having 2 go thru these emotions.

SammiJ said:

I don't think that was her intent. I think there are ways to treat people that are unhealthy for others to put up with. I think there's a time to care for someone and support them and there comes a time where you can no longer do anything for them unless they want to make a change themselves.

SammiJ said:

ummm I didn't say that lol I still fight it, but since I personaly took somethings out of my life I am doing better. everyone is different and people who suffer depression are different. it's not something that goes away and it is a disease. so before you take something I said out of context get to know me first

Everytime lollyp0ps replies to me.

Actually, I'm usually a very happy-go-lucky guy and nothing REALLY bothers me.

However - and I know that there's a technical term for it - I get depressed every change of season. Mostly when Winter and Summer begin. It's weird, but for a few days/weeks I get really down and droopy and grumpy. My wife is used to it, and it's mild, so I haven't sought help.

Every time I go to myspace.

What usually bothers me is that some people say you just gotta think positive as if people who suffer from depression choose to be that way.

For the most part, I'm very even-keeled. Almost everyone who knows me in person remarks that I am reliable that way and especially in high pressure/stress situations. That does not mean that I suffer fools gladly, though. If I think you're being a narcissistic hypocrite or just a plain ole asshole, I'll tell ya. And it doesn't mean I'm jealous if I do.

However, there are a few times per year when I get extremely down on myself, usually when I feel like I've done everything "right" yet I get an undesired outcome. I take it personally.

One comment, in general: clinical depression is most definitely hereditary and linked to certain other conditions, such as chronic pain or alcoholism or trauma. Quite often, it's a combination of genetic predisposition as well as environment. Telling someone who is clinically depressed to just "cheer up" is about as effective as telling someone with diabetes to just stop that blood sugar problem. Depressed people can do things like exercise, get out into the daylight, eat right, see a therapist for talk-therapy and get evaluated for medication, so I'm not saying they're totally out of control of anything. But I hope that people who don't have any issues with depression don't think that depressed people are just being difficult or dramatic for the sake of it. With any truly depressed person, if they could stop feeling shitty, they'd do ANYthing.

AnotherLoverToo said:

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Natisse said: