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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:13 AM
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Poll question: Best cure for depression.
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 10:45 AM by janesez
Which works best for you?
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MsFlorida Donating Member (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:15 AM
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1. All of the above
and anything else that pleases you.
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alexisfree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:16 AM
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2. sex
:9
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:24 AM
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9. If I had put that as a choice, it would have won in a landslide.
I know this crew. ;-)
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plcdude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:05 PM
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33. I agree
and the more the better
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:19 PM
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46. sex !
better still sex with a partner!

barring that - lots of alcohol....

:toast:
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:17 AM
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3. Dancing in front of mirror -
with a hairbrush "microphone."
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:27 AM
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10. I prefer a curling iron.
But, you know, whatever works for you. ;-)
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:17 AM
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4. Ativan
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:18 AM
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5. Nothing works quite as well as puppy kisses or purring kittens :) n/t
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:18 AM
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6. Exercise and being other directed.
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BluePatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:17 PM
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34. I agree with exercise (n/t)
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Jack_Dawson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:50 PM
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48. Thrice for Exercise
How the hell was Exercise not on the list of choices? No wonder yur depressed! :hug:
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frictionlessO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:21 AM
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7. voted vacation but Im thinking of a 5 month long sojourn....nt
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:22 AM
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8. Other - Charity
When all else fails, do something for a stranger, donate to a cause, be there to listen to someone who previously was a stranger.

Of course my pets also cheer me up.
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MemphisTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:29 AM
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11. Other, movies and cocktails
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:29 AM
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12. I do yoga 4 days a week
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 11:03 AM by Amaya
And kickboxing a few days a month. Kickboxing helps me get out my frustrations. Nothing like beatin' the shit out of something to make you feel better :evilgrin:
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CatBoreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:35 AM
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13. You forgot chocolate
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:45 AM
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14. Good god, I did. I think I'll put it with ice cream.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:47 AM
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16. You know what else you forgot?
Cowbell. ;)

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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:52 AM
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17. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a sure-fire cure!!
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:57 PM
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31. She forgot Poland, too!
:P
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:46 AM
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15. Drugs.
I kid. I KID!!! It's writing it all down on paper for me. :hi:
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K3RRY1 Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 10:53 AM
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18. Wayne Madsen ! -nm
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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:14 AM
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19. I voted for watching
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 11:17 AM by Liberalynn
DVD's because I watch Julian Mcmahon on my Nip/Tuck or Profiler DVD's or on Charmed video tapes. He cheers me up for some reason. He's handsome, talented, funny, and he usually has that huge devil may care grin on his face. Seeing it just makes me feel better. Other DVDs I sometimes watch to cheer me up are Hercules The Legendary Journeys and also Lord of the Rings.

I also like to listen to music, sing, read, or spend time either just sitting or playing with my dog. She always makes me laugh again too.
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Kire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:15 AM
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20. David Sedaris
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:16 AM
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21. Professional Psychiatric Help And Drugs If Prescribed.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:20 PM
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35. Yes.
Good advice, Allen.

T
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:19 AM
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22. Other.
:evilgrin:


:hi:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:20 AM
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24. WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN??
Have you been...other?? ;-)
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:21 AM
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25. Who are you? My mother?
:hi:
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:22 AM
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26. As it turns out, I AM your mother!
Put on your coat, you'll catch your death! And check your PM!
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:25 AM
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27. Now I know you aren't my mother because my mother
thinks my middle name is "you should" as in, "Jimmy You Should put on your coat..."

BTW - asked and answered :evilgrin:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:20 AM
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23. I voted for dancing in front of the mirror.
It really works! You have to be able to get really stupid and laugh at yourself, though.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:43 PM
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28. Vitamins
I have been spiraling into depression since I got really sick digestively this summer. I still have problems. I'd go to work and emotionally feel like crap all day.
Then a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that perhaps malnutrition might be part of my problem. With my illness, I am averaging less than half of what I used to eat and some days I barely eat. I bought a complete vitamin and started taking them everyday. Now I don't feel as bad emotionally all the time.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:56 PM
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30. Awesome tip. Thanks!
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:44 PM
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29. Prozac
And exercise.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:58 PM
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32. Surely happiness is the best cure for depression?
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mairceridwen Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:13 PM
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39. FECK!
DRINK!


GURRLS!!!
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:26 PM
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41. ARSE!
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:21 PM
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36. A bit of the ole' ultra-violence
Best get your drink on with some moloko-plus, first, and take your droogies with.
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dean_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:12 PM
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37. Booze is not a choice here?
Or are we looking to cure depression not just drown it?
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:13 PM
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38. Haven't found one yet
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:19 PM
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40. other:
variation on your choices. dance naked in a front of a mirror on a island vacation with friends. :silly:

sometimes when i get depressed, the blues, in a funk, i go with it. wallow in it for a bit (note:if depresses state it is not clinical in nature). in the depths of our melancholy/depression, clarity and insight can be found.

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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:29 PM
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42. Sex. Lots of It
really hot, nasty sex too. Makes you forget all your problems
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:30 PM
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43. These are all "Chick" choices.
How about mixing in a few "Dude" choices?
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indigobusiness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 04:35 PM
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44. Laughter.
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pdx_prog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:09 PM
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45. A good cigar and a trashy woman...:)
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CarbonDate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:49 PM
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47. Football, beer, pizza, and cigarettes
All at once.

Playstation football during the breaks is optional.

Either that or sex.

Or all of the above!

Beer and pizza during the game, hot sex during halftime, a cigarette afterwards, and being able to play Madden football with your wife/girlfriend after the game is over.

Oops, that kind spilled over from "cure for depression" to "fantasy best day EVER". :party: :toast: :bounce:
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 05:50 PM
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49. Sleep deprivation.
Seriously. :)
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