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NeantHumain
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Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: Sick of Being Cut off from the World |
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My life is excruciatingly monotonous. I have no friends and have really nothing to look forward to. When life is without joy and never-ending suffering with nothing to look forward to, it is hard to control yourself. There is too much loneliness and frustration.
I feel tired all the time, and no, antidepressants and therapy aren't making depression go away. I don't know where to go to meet people, how to interact with them when I do, or what I even might enjoy. I have grown up in near complete isolation from grade school on. |
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Mikomi
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Joined: Jan 25, 2008
Posts: 781
Location: On top of your TV, lookin' at you funny.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Get out there.
If you're anything like me, you'll quickly realize it was way more awesome in your mind, and you'll retreat to solitude again - but much more content.
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malithion2
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Joined: Jun 16, 2008
Age: 21
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| My life is pretty monotonous as well, whenever I feel depressed I like to take a drive or walk and sometimes while doing that I end up somewhere interesting. It makes me forget for at least a little while and switches up the monotony a bit. |
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gbollard
the oncoming storm
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Age: 39
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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It's a vicious cycle. Anti-depressants never did anyone not suicidal any good....
By that I mean, if you need them for safety, then take them - otherwise I'm not convinced that they are a good thing. Your body will adjust to the anti-depressants and eventually you'll need them just to get through the day.
The only way out of the loop is to start doing things differently...
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cyb0rg
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: Jun 29, 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Mikomi wrote: | Get out there.
If you're anything like me, you'll quickly realize it was way more awesome in your mind, and you'll retreat to solitude again - but much more content. |
Haha, so true. |
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Anemone
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Joined: Mar 18, 2008
Age: 43
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm in a better space right now, but I go through this a lot too. Give yourself a project to do. Read up on something. Go exploring. If you've got a bus pass ride the routes and see what various parks (or anything else that's free) are like. Divert yourself. You never know, it may actually lead to something some day. |
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Jayman
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Joined: May 26, 2008
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| How old are you and what do you do for a living? Also, what is your highest level of education? I know these are strange questions but it would give me better ideas. |
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dtoxic
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 23, 2008
Age: 38
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Location: Boston MA
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I did that bus pass thing to explore other suburbs and the sections of the city that I never went to before. There was no substitute for physically getting out of the house and checking out new territory. (It helps that I like walking and derive most of my exercise from that alone.) The sights, the smells, some odd incident or two that became memories...there is a fundamental visceralness about just walking around and exploring. Prior to the specialization of labor and other dubious improvements in society, this is what the human was designed for, only on his walks he was alert to opportunities for food, shelter, tools, mates, etc. It feels right to get back to this activity even if the survival aspect has been deemphasized.
These bus/walking adventures almost always improved my mood and appetite, even if only a little. |
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dtoxic
Deinonychus
Joined: Jun 23, 2008
Age: 38
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Location: Boston MA
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| I meant to add, the bus/walking adventures are a microcosm of traveling, which I also love to do now. |
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ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo
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| You could go someplace you are unfamiliar with or never been to before. You could try to meet people online or through a dating service? Join a group? Get to know people here? |
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craola
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Age: 20
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| I was forced to join an art group by my psychologist which has really helped me, its for people with mental health problems, learning disorders or things like that but we just do art its not about addressing issues at all. I mean I just sit there and don't talk to anyone but still its good to get out the house once a week and away from my mum. |
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Cormac_doyle
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Joined: Jun 26, 2008
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Location: Ireland
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| gbollard wrote: | It's a vicious cycle. Anti-depressants never did anyone not suicidal any good....
By that I mean, if you need them for safety, then take them - otherwise I'm not convinced that they are a good thing. Your body will adjust to the anti-depressants and eventually you'll need them just to get through the day.
The only way out of the loop is to start doing things differently... |
Actually ... the only times I ever overdosed was when I was on Anti-depressants. (the drug - Seroxat - was later withdrawn from the market because of the "minor side-effect").
I would suspect that many older people may be diagnosed with "Social Withdrawl", "Depression", "Borderline Personality Disorder" and a variety of other incorrect dxs because Asperger's is still not commonly prescribed to adults !!! |
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Bradleigh
Aspie Vampire Gamer
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Age: 18
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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I am sick of it, it feels like I have no one to play, laugh and love. It feels like I am missing out, when am I going to have a love life, I feel so lonely, I got a bit depresed the other day as it felt like there was no one who cared about me.
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AnonymousAnonymous
More Riddler than Joker
Joined: Nov 24, 2006
Age: 18
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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Mine is very monotonous too.
I can't wait until I start at
community college in the fall.
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Greentea
Bull in China Shop par Excellence!
Joined: Jun 15, 2007
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Location: Middle East
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NeantHumain,
What do you do when you should be doing something else?
The answer to this question can be a first step towards finding yourself, what makes you tick, what you enjoy doing, how to enrich yourself and ultimately...something to connect with others about.
(no need to answer on the thread, just to yourself)
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