Quote (d2lfd99 @ Aug 8 2011 11:13pm)

Go skydiving
Or rockclimbing

anything exciting really

Drinking, sex, parties, or whatever is good but can lead to more problems

Quote (MrJoshua @ Jul 27 2011 02:39am)

Depression does not necessarily reffer to sorrow or feelings of greif it can also reffer to a lack of ambition, feeling down or fatiqued.


My cousin and I speak on the phone almost every night he is 27 years old and I am 24; he has more recently admitted to me that he feels asthough he has no ambition and just wishes he could sleep his life away(feels down). He also added in the fact that he believed that it was not a good thing; he recognized it as depression.


I myself am more of a sorrowfully depressed person and do not lack ambition, but am in fear due to doubt which keeps me from persuing my goals to my utmost ability. I believe that I have been "clinically depressed" for so long that it has gone completely unrecognized and I have self identified it mistakenly as doubt and inability.


My cousin and I try to help eachother, we support eachother and give encouragement towards working out, we identify eachothers moods well and ask the appropriate questions and offer the appropriate advice.


But we are both still in a constant day by day state of depression and perform subpar to our abilities and potential.


My cousin has tried gambling, qutting smoking cigarettes, drinking, girls, movies, video games , porn and much much more.


I myself have spent every day for the last year and a half trying to better myself, trying to encourage myself and even trying to identify symptoms and effects of my depression in life so that I can be positive and productive, i've taken up martial arts, taken up exercise, quit smoking, i dont drink, tried to forge stronger bonds with my girlfriend, and even gone as far as eliminating relationships that I thought were bringing me down.


But still every day we both still go to sleep feeling the same way and recognizing more and more problems, signs, symptoms, and effects of depression.


Perhaps a depressed person can not lift a depressed person out of depression? Even in regards to themselves.

Quote (MrJoshua @ Jul 27 2011 06:39am)

Depression does not necessarily reffer to sorrow or feelings of greif it can also reffer to a lack of ambition, feeling down or fatiqued.


My cousin and I speak on the phone almost every night he is 27 years old and I am 24; he has more recently admitted to me that he feels asthough he has no ambition and just wishes he could sleep his life away(feels down). He also added in the fact that he believed that it was not a good thing; he recognized it as depression.


I myself am more of a sorrowfully depressed person and do not lack ambition, but am in fear due to doubt which keeps me from persuing my goals to my utmost ability. I believe that I have been "clinically depressed" for so long that it has gone completely unrecognized and I have self identified it mistakenly as doubt and inability.


My cousin and I try to help eachother, we support eachother and give encouragement towards working out, we identify eachothers moods well and ask the appropriate questions and offer the appropriate advice.


But we are both still in a constant day by day state of depression and perform subpar to our abilities and potential.


My cousin has tried gambling, qutting smoking cigarettes, drinking, girls, movies, video games , porn and much much more.


I myself have spent every day for the last year and a half trying to better myself, trying to encourage myself and even trying to identify symptoms and effects of my depression in life so that I can be positive and productive, i've taken up martial arts, taken up exercise, quit smoking, i dont drink, tried to forge stronger bonds with my girlfriend, and even gone as far as eliminating relationships that I thought were bringing me down.


But still every day we both still go to sleep feeling the same way and recognizing more and more problems, signs, symptoms, and effects of depression.


Perhaps a depressed person can not lift a depressed person out of depression? Even in regards to themselves.

Quote (Greapper @ Jul 27 2011 02:58am)

when I'm feeling depressed I take off all my clothes, smear ketchup and mustard all over my body, and sing the "I'm an oscar meyer wiener" theme song

then i usually jack off looking at hello kitty and my little pony porn


you should try it.

perks me right up!

Quote (cacasca @ Aug 8 2011 12:17pm)

wait for d2 us east ladder to reset ^___^

Quote (sicklad @ Aug 8 2011 12:18pm)

I've had depression for the past few years too.
Only JUST starting to get a little better (baby steps).



Done all of those.
They're all extremely temporary, might keep you happy for a day or two.


The only way I've been able to really help myself is by rationalising the decisions I made that got me to where I am.
I think it helps realise what you actually have and what you can do to overcome your hurdles.
Take me for example.
In the past few months I've organised my next 2 years.
Going to Sydney and working in my uncles IT company, getting trained as a systems administrator.
That has been a really positive thing for me to look forward to, which is what people with depression lack (something to look forward to).

Quote (Bongmaker @ Aug 8 2011 12:23pm)

Josh - you're doing actually what you need to do..

This is akin to the types of feelings that I was having after returning from the sandbox... At first I tried talking about it to everyone but I came to realize the starctly obvious fact that they couldn't relate.. and I ended up with alienation rather than comfort or discussion.

You and your cousin are doing the right thing, living through the shit together, sharing the burden and building each other up in your likeminded hardships.. not only can you both understand the situations you're going through.. you have empathy for the other.

Keep doing what you're doing bro, and GL.

Quote (MrJoshua @ Jul 26 2011 10:39pm)

Depression does not necessarily reffer to sorrow or feelings of greif it can also reffer to a lack of ambition, feeling down or fatiqued.


My cousin and I speak on the phone almost every night he is 27 years old and I am 24; he has more recently admitted to me that he feels asthough he has no ambition and just wishes he could sleep his life away(feels down). He also added in the fact that he believed that it was not a good thing; he recognized it as depression.


I myself am more of a sorrowfully depressed person and do not lack ambition, but am in fear due to doubt which keeps me from persuing my goals to my utmost ability. I believe that I have been "clinically depressed" for so long that it has gone completely unrecognized and I have self identified it mistakenly as doubt and inability.


My cousin and I try to help eachother, we support eachother and give encouragement towards working out, we identify eachothers moods well and ask the appropriate questions and offer the appropriate advice.


But we are both still in a constant day by day state of depression and perform subpar to our abilities and potential.


My cousin has tried gambling, qutting smoking cigarettes, drinking, girls, movies, video games , porn and much much more.


I myself have spent every day for the last year and a half trying to better myself, trying to encourage myself and even trying to identify symptoms and effects of my depression in life so that I can be positive and productive, i've taken up martial arts, taken up exercise, quit smoking, i dont drink, tried to forge stronger bonds with my girlfriend, and even gone as far as eliminating relationships that I thought were bringing me down.


But still every day we both still go to sleep feeling the same way and recognizing more and more problems, signs, symptoms, and effects of depression.


Perhaps a depressed person can not lift a depressed person out of depression? Even in regards to themselves.