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SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 25 Sep 2007, 10:00

Lawl

Note to self, never ask spring community for advice

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 25 Sep 2007, 10:01

Hey, we do give useful, if conflicting, advice.

FLOZi · Post by **FLOZi** » 25 Sep 2007, 10:10

Playing more S44 is great advice in my opinion, Swift?

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 25 Sep 2007, 11:13

FLOZi wrote:Playing more S44 is great advice in my opinion, Swift?

It is ACE advice.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 25 Sep 2007, 13:09

write a really long post that noone other than yourself is going to read. ever.

We need a mod to summarize text-walls in a tl;dr section at the bottom of such posts.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 25 Sep 2007, 17:53

I'm considering doing that in future, but it means I need to read each post on the forum, and as it is, ignoring the huge ones allows me to read only 90% of them.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 25 Sep 2007, 19:16

I wasn't serious, really. The original poster should do that TBH! :P

I often take a walk in the late evening or at night while listening to some music. Dunno if it helps with creativity, prolly differs from person to person.

Saktoth · Post by **Saktoth** » 26 Sep 2007, 10:27

rattle wrote:I wasn't serious, really. The original poster should do that TBH!

I often take a walk in the late evening or at night while listening to some music. Dunno if it helps with creativity, prolly differs from person to person.

tl;dr

Felix the Cat · Post by **Felix the Cat** » 26 Sep 2007, 11:38

rattle wrote:
write a really long post that noone other than yourself is going to read. ever.
We need a mod to summarize text-walls in a tl;dr section at the bottom of such posts.

We need people who read quality posts no matter what their length.

It took me maybe 3 minutes to read Argh's post. 3 minutes.

Let me put it this way... you could probably read the post in less time than it takes you to eat a ham sandwich.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 26 Sep 2007, 12:41

I liked Argh's post. It was helpful and informative.

At the moment im holding myself together through sheer force of will, which unfortunately leaves me with little mental/emotional strength to do much of anything really.

I am seriously considering taking myself to the hospital (yes, its THAT bad) but i have some things (like moving house and selling one of my cars) that i have to take care of before i can let myself dissolve.

Saktoth · Post by **Saktoth** » 26 Sep 2007, 13:25

You have more than one car? Dude, you're rich! Stop being uphappy and go buy something awesome.

Seriously, cheer up. Life is brilliant. Misery is just another feeling and feelings are awesome, if you're feeling feelings it means you arent dead, and that, my friend, is an occasion to celebrate. Not being dead is a fucking miracle, TBH.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 26 Sep 2007, 20:26

Depression can't be countered in that manner. It is not a choice.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 27 Sep 2007, 01:24

neddiedrow wrote:Depression can't be countered in that manner. It is not a choice.

correct. its not as cut-and-dried as that.

**edit** and while technically i own two cars, for all practical purposes i own a car and a 1400kg (3100lb) paperweight.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 27 Sep 2007, 02:42

Get lots of paper! :D

Saktoth · Post by **Saktoth** » 27 Sep 2007, 11:24

neddiedrow wrote:Depression can't be countered in that manner. It is not a choice.

Yes, but having friends around trying to make you smile helps.

Going 'Oh well, he'll be full of self-loathing forever.

' doesnt.

Neddie · Post by **Neddie** » 27 Sep 2007, 19:26

Well, I make him laugh from time to time, I'm sure. However, beating somebody over the head for being depressed only exacerbates the condition.

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 27 Sep 2007, 21:39

Saktoth wrote:Yes, but having friends around trying to make you smile helps.

Yeah it helps, but its just temporary. You will start crying even more when your friends arent there... i think it just makes it worser and longer because, you never have the time to think things yourself.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 29 Sep 2007, 11:22

i actually detest people trying to 'cheer me up.' its irritating.

i much perfer just talking about stuff, anything really, it really does take the edge off it.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 30 Sep 2007, 00:24

Being depressed isn't being sad. Being depressed is being down on life, thinking things are pointless, not feeling worth anything, not feeling good for anything, feeling like no one cares about you, or that the people who care about you are wasting their time. It's also correlated with a strong sense of not wanting to do anything and feeling unwilling/too beat up to work.

Sad people can be cheered up, but depressed people mostly need support, and the time to get over it. The worst thing to do is pile more on the shoulders of someone who already feels overwhelmed, and more can even be something little, like forcing them out the door. Even the most basic of human courtesies can seem like a nightmare when you're depressed, if someone is too depressed to go out, making them feel worse about it is the last thing they need.

Pressure Line · Post by **Pressure Line** » 30 Sep 2007, 00:29

SwiftSpear wrote:Being depressed isn't being sad. Being depressed is being down on life, thinking things are pointless, not feeling worth anything, not feeling good for anything, feeling like no one cares about you, or that the people who care about you are wasting their time. It's also correlated with a strong sense of not wanting to do anything and feeling unwilling/too beat up to work.

Sad people can be cheered up, but depressed people mostly need support, and the time to get over it. The worst thing to do is pile more on the shoulders of someone who already feels overwhelmed, and more can even be something little, like forcing them out the door. Even the most basic of human courtesies can seem like a nightmare when you're depressed, if someone is too depressed to go out, making them feel worse about it is the last thing they need.

exactly

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