I'm depressed.

[RevolutionaryActs]

[Gothic Sponge]

1. Cheer up!

:hug:

[Nebraska_Liberal]

3. its ok

We all get down we just have to look at the beautiful things around us and be happy.

[RevolutionaryActs]

6. Awww thanks spongy.... uh you don't mind if I call you spongy do you?

:crazy:

[Gothic Sponge]

10. I insist you call me spongy

:silly:

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. Excellent

:D

[Sannum]

2. Sorry you're feeling blue

:hug:

[Der Blaue Engel]

27. Wait, who's feeling me?

:evilgrin:

[freeplessinseattle]

4. I'm sorry to hear that (and your "smiley" breaks my heart!) Is there

something that is heavy on your mind?

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. I know thats why I picked it hehe,

Heavy? No, not really. I just feel pathetic.

I have no job, no friends, no life really, just the computer.

I'm depressed because I'm 18 and I've never had a boyfriend, hell I've never been on a date!

I'm depressed because I don't know what I want to do with my life, and I feel like I'm letting people down because I don't know.

Everyone always asks me what am I doing, I never have anything to tell them. I've tried looking for a job, kind of, but its scary out there. I could go to school, but I don't know what I would do and I'm scared.

I just want a life, or something like one.

Well I guess I do have something heavy on my mind heh, well I feel a little bit better ranting.

P.S. do you think any of this has to do with the with fact its girly time? :P

[Sannum]

24. Honey,

woman to woman, it probably has everything to do with that. Just wait a week and things should be more sunny.

[RevolutionaryActs]

33. I thought so, I'm normally quite a happy person, but tonight I feel like

absolute shit! :(

I do feel a little better now though, everyone gave me some laughs and I feel better after venting too. :)

[saracat]

40. You need chocolate. Good chocolate! It releases

seratonin or something and fixes the girlie thing moods right up.Trust me, I know!

[Sannum]

41. Eat some Chocolate:)

I have been told that one week a month I am an irritable, insuffurable bitch, but chocolate seems to help:7. It has a natural anti-depressant and it is also tasty:P.

Feel better soon!

[RevCheesehead]

72. and don't forget something salty - just because.

[freeplessinseattle]

42. that sucks feeling down like that, I was feeling much the same last week

preceding Auntie Flo, and everything can seem bleaker, believe me, you shouldn't get down on yourself for anything you mentioned, you are too young to put so much pressure on yourself, and believe me dating is not all it's cracked up to be, overrated in my opinion. I finally met "the" man for me, at age 32, after many hits and misses, but I may not have appreciated him as much if it wasn't for the long wait and the learning experiences along the way. 'course that's just me, but my point is things happen when they're meant to.

[Der Blaue Engel]

54. I've been you; it gets better

And then it gets worse. And then it gets better again for about three years. And then worse for two. And then really, really good for four years. And then just sort of not great but not bad for a long time.

:silly:

Seriously, though, it's okay to not know what you want. Fuck anybody who expects you to figure it out to please them or fit their expectations according to some timetable of when you "should" be ready to do something. You can take as long as you want.

I'm 38 and I'm not sure what I want to be when I grow up yet. I was almost 19 before I ever even had my first kiss, or my first date. As for figuring out what your next step is, try reading "What Color is My Parachute." Kinda dorky, but it gets you thinking.

:hug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

57. LOL you're silly... I'm glad I felt you..

:P :silly:


OOooooooh A BOOK! I like books! I'll have to go see if they have it at the library :D

[Liberaltarian]

5. try some weed.

works for me.

[RevolutionaryActs]

8. LOL!!! Thanks for the laugh

:)

[Der Blaue Engel]

31. You can get a prescription for that in CA

I'm thinking about it myself. :)

[Timebound]

7. *hugs* I hope you feel better...

What's wrong? Anything happen? *hugs again* It'll be okay...cheer up.

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. Thanks for the hugs and *hugs* back to you

:)

[Neoma]

9. Cheer up song

http://www.mwscomp.com/sounds/mp3/galaxy.mp3

:pals:

[RevolutionaryActs]

19. Awwwww thanks!

:pals:

[bloodyjack]

25. Hey

do you think you could find "Amour et printemps" (composed by Emile Waldteufel) somewhere on the internet

Im rreally desperate here :(

[Neoma]

30. This?

http://www.friendship-first.com/artistes/marc_robine/mp3/amouretprintemps1999T5.mp3

[bloodyjack]

32. Close enough!

Thanks :hi:

[jdots]

11. who the hell isn't ?

I just found out John Ashcroft dumped me for Kleeb

[RevolutionaryActs]

16. LOL! ok that's really got me giggling now! Thank you

:7

[FuzzySlippers]

12. Is this cuz that mean person said you were annoying?

BTW, I think people who complain of being depressed are extremely annoying. :P

[RevolutionaryActs]

17. LOL you snot!

:silly:

[FuzzySlippers]

37. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make light of your problems.

I just read #15. What's holding you back from going to college?

[RevolutionaryActs]

46. Money,

or lack of. I could get loans, but that seems pointless since I have no clue what I would do. I don't think I can get scholarships, but even if I could I don't really want to go to a four year college and where I live now the community college is gross. So yeah... :shrug:


And no worrries, I like making light of things, its the only way to go :7

[FuzzySlippers]

50. Yeah, I know it can be really hard paying for college.

I guess I don't have any sage advice except hang in there kiddo.:hug:

[MissMarple]

52. Quit making excuses. Start with some classes.

Just go ahead, do it. It will be a lot better than doing nothing. Go on..... do it. .... Well..??? A new semester is coming up. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

58. LOL someone's pushy! lol I know I should.. I'm just scared, for no reason

but I'm still scared :( life is scary! :scared:

[FuzzySlippers]

60. I don't want to be a buttinsky, but it sounds like you might

have some kind of an anxiety disorder.

[RevolutionaryActs]

62. I probably do, wouldn't that just be the topper? lol

What are symptoms of such things? Just for curiosities sake.

[FuzzySlippers]

67. Well, there are several different kinds.

Generalized or social anxiety disorder would be my guesses. Here's a great site that gives information on the diagnosis and treatment of many psychiatric disorders. http://www.mentalhealth.com

Also, you might want to post in the Mental Health Support Group we have here. I'm really sorry about that flippant remark I made earlier. I was just thinking about your poll.

[RevolutionaryActs]

69. Aww this is no need to feel bad. Honestly its fine,

:D

:hug:

[MissMarple]

63. I know, sweetheart. Mummy sends hugs.

:grouphug: I really do understand. But only you can take the first steps. There may be a misstep or two, but that is to be expected. A good liberal arts education has never hurt anyone. It's all to the good.

[RPM]

13. join the club

have a margarita

[Rumba]

14. Turn up the volume and go here:

http://www.linenoise.co.uk/files/audio/tv/Theme%20-%20Fraggle%20Rock.mp3

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. OMG! I remember fraggle rock! That show was the best man!

:+

[bloodyjack]

18. I wish I was dead

I cant find any works of Emile Waldteufel on soulseek. where shouhld I go?

[MissMarple]

21. Join the crowd, I'm just beginning to feel like I want to hit someone.

But not any of you all. Unless there is a freeper lurking around somewhere... I have a poker handy.

I have to go to bed now, but I'm checking under the bed... Bam...bam...bam bam bammmmm....

That feels ever so much better. Good night, all. :evilgrin:

[bettyellen]

22. because 800 is not all is cracked up to be, is it? i had such hope too...

[RevolutionaryActs]

28. I know what you mean.... its like you think its going to be ::SO::: good

after being in the hell of the 700 club.. then its just like.. blah... so disappointing.. :(

[bettyellen]

35. ... i wish cornfield was here- that prankster!

we had the spirit back when we wre 700, but i think cornfield was the glue, if only becasue it was a great name
what happened to us? yesterday, we were so young! i kind of miss my seven-hundreds!

[RevolutionaryActs]

47. I know! Who knew those would be the days?

[chookie]

29. A quote

“Depression is just anger without enthusiasm. It’s an empty beer bottle with no one worth throwing it at.”

Worth pondering. Depression is a lot about anger turned inward. Yeah, there's all that stuff about pharmaceutical solutions and brain chemistry, but I suspect it is merely an evolutionary physical reaction to intense anger within a population group. You want to strangle someone because they are fucking IMPOSSIBLE, but this is not approved of in society, where we must be nice, so you take the knife or gun to yourself to punish yourself for your feelings, or, more typically, disengage yourself from feeling emotion entirely.

The pills save many lives, no doubt, and they have been a blessing. But, wrongly, they are prescribed for true grief, or existential unhappiness, or simply the consequences of thinking too clearly about how fucked up things have become.

I hope you're okay.

PS: another quote: "I don't get angry... I get ulcers." Woody Allen

[Der Blaue Engel]

36. Wow...will you be my therapist?

:D (Actually, I think you just were; what do I owe you?)

[chookie]

38. A cyber hug

Please remit within 5 days, or you will owe me 3 cyber hugs. On second thought.... :-)

[Der Blaue Engel]

56. I'm always late for everything, so let's just assume I'll be late for this

...and accept these in advance. ;)

:hug: :hug: :hug:

Plus interest: :hug:

[MissMarple]

39. So.. you guys didn't burn the 700 Club down on your way out?

I did, but I forgot the salt. Details...

Someone should :nuke: it.

Also, reading some Terry Pratchett helps...a lot.

[RevolutionaryActs]

43. I like those quotes very much :)

I agree with you on the drugs thing.

I think being depressed or sad, is just a normal thing sometimes, you cant be happy all the time. I also think, people are told they should be happy all the time and when they're not, they think something is horribly wrong, and run off to see if there is something wrong, and the people they run to are more then happy to give them pills and of course the drug companies are really happy to have yet another person pay a shit load of many for something they probably don't need. All this basically results in is an over medicated country. That is more fucked up then if they weren't on the 'happy pills' to began with.

[chookie]

48. You might enjoy this essay then

Lots of stuff -- here's an excerpt

"As we enter the dark time of year, and perhaps one of the darkest times in modern history, we celebrate in the Judeo-Christian tradition, the coming of the light. Darkness has never been able to unequivocally obliterate it. All great traditions and spiritual teachers declare that human existence is largely comprised of adversity interspersed with moments of light, beauty, and joy.

They have also admonished us to remember that without suffering, there will never be transformation. The days of simply applying bandaids to America’s deplorably corrupt and unjust political, economic, and social institutions are over.

It appears that nothing less than total transformation is being demanded of us.

My wish for every American in 2005 is that we recover from our addiction to happiness—our refusal to hear, ponder, and struggle with “bad news”, and with informed, illumined minds and hearts, allow the darkness to be our teacher.

That very “un-American” path may be our only hope for creating a new world .
-snip-
As the psychologist Carl Jung noted “the foundation of all mental illness is the avoidance of legitimate suffering.”


rest at http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/BAK411C.html

PS: you're only *18* years old and you understand my points about the controversies of pharmaceutical solutions? You must be one hell of a gal. No wonder you feel like shit every now and then. Find a way to survive it, my dear -- we need more like you on our planet.


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[RevolutionaryActs]

55. Oh that looks like a really interesting article! I must read it!

This can be another point in the book I want to write "America's addiction to happiness" I need lots of points of whats wrong with American (which are many), I mean I could just go with the election/Bush/Iraq thing but that gets tiresome after a while hehe so I can add this in, if I ever get the damn thing done! eeeeek lol



I must thank you very much for that lovely compliment. I don't know if I'm what kind of gal I am, I just know that I had smart parents who were always frank with me and very, very liberal hehe :D

[chookie]

68. Ah yes, frankness

You were very lucky. Most humans, and especially most human parents, are too frightened to be honest, especially to their offspring. You certainly had a head start on most.

Please read the essay. It is not meant to terrify. It is meant simply as a plea for people to get real, come to grips with what has happened, and especially to understand that nothing we are experiencing today is novel -- all this bullshit has been lived through countless generations -- now its just our turn. That's not good news, but it is factual.

Even at your young age -- I think you are ready to understand the attraction of authoritarianism for so many other people. You and I are willing to take on the pain of thinking about things carefully, which is something THEY never experience, because they live in exact certitude of EVERYTHING; they never experience the mechanisms of the thought process (a higher primate function) -- they have a kneejerk, instinctual (or brainwashed) reaction to things. When populations like that get momentum -- time to get ready for crazy times.

*They* don't get depressed. They go and kill people, without any qualms. A very significant difference between authoritarians (i.e. extremist Republicans, Jihadists, doctor killers, etc) and We the Thinkers. There is probably a genetic basis for this shit....

Feeling pain, and anger, is NORMAL during these times. Being exhilarated and gleeful during times like these is ABNORMAL, psychopathic.

Just as individuals can be psychopathic, so can whole nations -- if injustice is not confronted.

My very best wishes to you, my dear -- you are a fine gal and we're lucky to have you. Hmmm -- maybe a Obama/Revolutionary Acts ticket in 2008....

[RevolutionaryActs]

71. You just reminded me of a quote,

"The most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority."
-From Fahrenheit 451.

I was absolutely shocked out of my mind when I heard Ray Bradbury was Republican a few weeks ago. It's amazing to me that someone who seems to be such a free thinker, is a Republican. x(


I so love the way you think, and I whole heartily agree with you on every point you've made. :D



Obama and I in '08.. I'm in, if he is! :P

[dhinojosa]

34. Would it help you to know that Bush suffers from a rare anal disease?

It requires daily Vicks applications and hourly suppositories, but due to some back complications he can't do it himself, so he requires Dick Cheney's help.

Feel better?

[chookie]

45. It's a terrible disease

Very rare.

Very awful.

But at least the Vick's Vaporub suppositories numb the pain he feels from his uncontrollable compulsion to seek anal penetration from antique doorknobs. (That's why he goes to Crawford so often, and to Camp David JUST as often.)

[RevolutionaryActs]

49. I'm laughing so HARD! I have tears in my eyes! OMG

I cant breathe! ok ok *gasp* So funny!

[Forkboy]

44. Well I wasn't until I saw that damn smiley

now I'm ready to go stick my head in an oven...thanks a lot! :spank:

Seriously though,I know all about depression...you are NOT alone.Hang in there as best you can.I can't lie and say things will get better...maybe they will and maybe they wont.But as you've seen in this thread alreay there's always people here at DU willing to give someone a lift when needed :)

[RevolutionaryActs]

51. I most defiantly feel better after posting

:)

And don't stick your head in the oven! I would depressed even more knowing I made you do that! :cry:

:P

OH and spank you very much :evilgrin:

[NurseLefty]

53. Feeling low is lousy; I hope you feel better.

You live in La Conner? I love it up there! (I'm in Seattle).
I know the weather is damp and crappy right now, but just a suggestion: bundle up and get out for a while to walk. It sounds cliche by now, but getting up and moving helps your mood. You get more oxygen into your system and it does the brain some good.
Take care, OK?
BTW, come back here on 12/23. It will be Festivus, and I'll start "The Airing of Grievances" thread. You might find it cathartic.
;-)

[RevolutionaryActs]

61. LOL Sounds like a lovely thread........ HAHA

Yup, I live in La Conner. I like it better in Seattle then here though :P ;)

A nurse told me to go for a walk.. well ok, tomorrow I'll walk over to the library and see if they have the book blue recommended, I'll feel better after all that :D

[Der Blaue Engel]

59. Also, read this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2117181

(Preferably while on the toilet.)

[RevolutionaryActs]

64. Oh dear god! Why... why would they make a poll like that? LOL

[Guaranteed]

65. Just say "Kleeb."

:)

[RevolutionaryActs]

70. Kleeb,

it does a body good. ;)

[Floogeldy]

66. It's Natural