Depression
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iannis
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Troll is right and obviously you should find a school counsellor as well to speak to.
But you're through the rough patch, with the dread of it. The anticipation is ALWAYS worse than the fact. Now all you need to do is stay on top of whatever is assigned. Now comes the sameness of it -- which, if you let it, can be bad in it's own way. Or very GOOD. The dread you can't control very much, that's just your basic fear of the unknown and a little bit of that dread is even sensible.
For what it's worth, you just helped me make a decision that I've personally been dreading for about a week. I tend to think it's over rated but I would be completely foolish to deny that actually, sometimes, talking DOES help.
So find a counsellor. Worst case you waste about an hour of your homework break.
But you're through the rough patch, with the dread of it. The anticipation is ALWAYS worse than the fact. Now all you need to do is stay on top of whatever is assigned. Now comes the sameness of it -- which, if you let it, can be bad in it's own way. Or very GOOD. The dread you can't control very much, that's just your basic fear of the unknown and a little bit of that dread is even sensible.
For what it's worth, you just helped me make a decision that I've personally been dreading for about a week. I tend to think it's over rated but I would be completely foolish to deny that actually, sometimes, talking DOES help.
So find a counsellor. Worst case you waste about an hour of your homework break.
iannis
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The ones that work on campus are generally the type of crazy fucks that are there because theywantto help. And not just the 18 year olds who are learning how to be adults for probably the first time in their lives yet. There are also plenty of guys like you that come through the door. The issues are different, but the needs can still be met. So don't be concerned about that, either.
Noodleface
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I went back to school at 24 and everyone thought I was 18 still. Not as big of a difference I guess, but if I went back today at 31 they'd probably still think I was 21 or something.
Also no one ever even asked me how old I was.
Also no one ever even asked me how old I was.
I guess I probably don't look quite as old as I think I do, but looking at the other freshman... 13 years is a big difference to me.
moonarchia
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When you walk around wearing Ash Ketchum's apparel with a pikachu backpack on it really doesn't matter how old you are.
So I'm sitting in Seattle... hungry... and my social anxiety is keeping me from getting food. Because I can't eat in restaurants alone.
I'm here for PAX, but was mostly going because I had a chance to see some old friends who were flying in from Ohio. It's not something I'd normally even want to go to. But they had to bail because their car was totaled and they had to buy a new one. So I'm stuck, alone.
It was all I could do to meet the person I'm renting a room from. I was sweating bullets, and probably looked like some methed-up tweaker.
Fuck me.
I'm here for PAX, but was mostly going because I had a chance to see some old friends who were flying in from Ohio. It's not something I'd normally even want to go to. But they had to bail because their car was totaled and they had to buy a new one. So I'm stuck, alone.
It was all I could do to meet the person I'm renting a room from. I was sweating bullets, and probably looked like some methed-up tweaker.
Fuck me.
chthonic-anemos
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I don't expect you to understand or sympathize. I know I'm fucked up. Just had to get it off my chest.
Izo
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I can?t really understand what you are feeling, but I can offer my compassion. I thought this one was kinda funny. Cheers.
Tarrant
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Danger, Danger Izo Robbinson. We know Troll is a bit extreme with his stuff, lets not make those types of jokes.
Starve.
Gavinmad
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I had assumed Izo was making some sort of contorted reference to the Scrubs episode where Janitor bonds with the dude with locked-in syndrome, not realizing that Knife-wrench did not feature in that episode.
Since depression is an personally unmanageable and a bonefied illness... don't you just need to get loaded up with meds until you find something that'll get you by? I thought counseling etc didn't do shit.
iannis
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Counselling is a part of any responsible treatment for depression.
Not only to make sure the meds are working but there is an undeniable philosophical component to it. And if you are depressed you are less likely to socialize or to take part in the more usual social outlets which help to alleviate these stresses.
Some guys can keep it all inside, go out and get hammered once a month, and be fine with it. Some guys work out. Some guys do whatever they do alone to replace that social outlet. And then, some guys don't. It's the ones who don't who are the ones that the shrink most likely deals with. Medication is only one of the tools being used.
Not only to make sure the meds are working but there is an undeniable philosophical component to it. And if you are depressed you are less likely to socialize or to take part in the more usual social outlets which help to alleviate these stresses.
Some guys can keep it all inside, go out and get hammered once a month, and be fine with it. Some guys work out. Some guys do whatever they do alone to replace that social outlet. And then, some guys don't. It's the ones who don't who are the ones that the shrink most likely deals with. Medication is only one of the tools being used.
iannis
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It needs both, is all.
Telling someone "fuck, git hard. get over it." I mean maybe there's some merit to that... but look at the fail rate.
Throwing a bottle of pills at someone and saying, "Fuck. git happy. get over it." Maybe there's some merit to THAT, but again look at the fail rate.
You wanna minimize that fail rate.
Telling someone "fuck, git hard. get over it." I mean maybe there's some merit to that... but look at the fail rate.
Throwing a bottle of pills at someone and saying, "Fuck. git happy. get over it." Maybe there's some merit to THAT, but again look at the fail rate.
You wanna minimize that fail rate.
What happens when they have both and also admit they know exactly what is wrong and how to fix it yet just sit here and post that they aren't going to do it no matter what they know?
Gavinmad
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