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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 13 Jan 21 10.47pm

Seems very common these days. Was wondering if anyone on here was suffering?

Had a few issues myself as a younger man but managed to work through things due to reading and even counselling at one point. These days I’m thankful that I have a pretty good grasp on my own mind, although I do still have the odd episode.

I have no doubt 2020 must have been hard for many, particularly for those living alone.

Hope you guys are all ok.

 


"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

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View PalazioVecchio's Profile PalazioVecchio Flag south pole 14 Jan 21 2.24am Send a Private Message to PalazioVecchio Add PalazioVecchio as a friend

clever people get depressed.


idiots, thicks, and game show hosts never get depressed.

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Jan 21 8.25am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

clever people get depressed.


idiots, thicks, and game show hosts never get depressed.

Well that explains why I don't get depressed By the way you left off Radio DJ's from your list.

 


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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 14 Jan 21 8.43am

Originally posted by PalazioVecchio

clever people get depressed.


idiots, thicks, and game show hosts never get depressed.

I think there’s actually some truth to this

 


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View chris123's Profile chris123 Flag hove actually 14 Jan 21 8.55am Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

Well that explains why I don't get depressed By the way you left off Radio DJ's from your list.

Me too - and having very low expectations does help.

 

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View stuckinbristol's Profile stuckinbristol Flag In the woodwork. 14 Jan 21 9.35am Send a Private Message to stuckinbristol Add stuckinbristol as a friend

Many years ago I went through a very dark period.
I used to drive passed the same spot, a sharp bend on a fast road, every day. When I was at my lowest I used to think it would be good if a lorry came across the road on the bend and hit me head on.

Thankfully things got better for me, and my life is in a good place now, and has been for a while.

The irony? 5 years ago, when things were really good for me, a van came across the road and hit me head on, in just the spot in had imagined.

I had minor injuries, but was more mentally shaken up, to the point where I couldn't drive past that bend.

Ok now.

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View Stirlingsays's Profile Stirlingsays Flag 14 Jan 21 9.42am Send a Private Message to Stirlingsays Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add Stirlingsays as a friend

Originally posted by chris123

Me too - and having very low expectations does help.

I think you have a point there. Depression has many causes, among them genetic and physical.

However, on the cultural side I think 'expectation' plays a large role in creating depression. It's probably not as big a role as a lack of positive social relationships but unrealistic expectations does factor in.

 


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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 14 Jan 21 10.00am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

Well that explains why I don't get depressed By the way you left off Radio DJ's from your list.

It can often be but it can also be sitting there thinking about stuff. Stuff you can’t change, has already happened, is in the past, is someone else’s fault, isn’t worth dragging yourself down over. So I’d say time can make you depressed. Or being a deep thinker. Why be a deep thinker over your negative past or present if you’re pulling yourself down?

Poor working people probably get depressed and probably have more than we’ve known, but the things that counteract depression they have to do or they don’t eat. Exercise and physical work that’s good for the soul.

Look ahead, think ahead. What can you improve? What’s out there to tackle? Exercise. Fresh air. Natural surroundings. Some who never do would be surprised how these things can give you a lift. Of course if you’ve been royally fvcked over or in a bad situation then it isn’t as easy as this but when your life hasn’t changed and you’re feeling very low and sliding into depression there are ways to battle it. Sitting around thinking and often drinking and maybe not admitting it isn’t.

But simple people who are pleased with what they’ve got maybe never get depressed, as long as there’s some retail therapy available.

 


COYP

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 14 Jan 21 10.08am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by stuckinbristol

Many years ago I went through a very dark period.
I used to drive passed the same spot, a sharp bend on a fast road, every day. When I was at my lowest I used to think it would be good if a lorry came across the road on the bend and hit me head on.

Thankfully things got better for me, and my life is in a good place now, and has been for a while.

The irony? 5 years ago, when things were really good for me, a van came across the road and hit me head on, in just the spot in had imagined.

I had minor injuries, but was more mentally shaken up, to the point where I couldn't drive past that bend.

Ok now.

Fvck me, lucky it wasn’t a lorry. If you drive between Botley Hill and New Addington you could have this happen every Sunday afternoon after Sunday football and pub drinks have finished. I had one Cvnt in a car driving on the wrong side of the road through the wooded bit between Caterham hill and old Coulsdon. Tw&t was doing something in his glove box or radio. After banging the horn with nowhere to go he looked up and swerved and hit the bank on the corner. He somehow managed to not go over the bank and made it round the corner.

 


COYP

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 14 Jan 21 10.16am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

For younger people, social media can be depressing. Bullying, feeling inadequate, seeing people showing off what they’re doing or what they look like, sometimes fake or paid for on credit. For older generations we can see it for what it is, just like when we see an average income earner in a high income earners car. So what? They probably don’t own it and it’s on the equivalent of a hire scheme. I can understand how they’ll get depressed these days though. The future on the horizon might look bleak.

 


COYP

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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 14 Jan 21 10.28am Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

I get depressed whenever I go on to 'news/politics talk' - I've moved on and my life has improved.

 

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View Frickin Saweet's Profile Frickin Saweet Flag South Cronx 14 Jan 21 10.41am Send a Private Message to Frickin Saweet Add Frickin Saweet as a friend

In general I think there's more awareness about depression and mental health and people are more open to talking about it and seeking treatment/steps to improve ones mental health, rather than soldiering on or keeping it to yourself as was the norm up until relatively recently, especially among men-folk. I think that makes it seem like it's more prevalent but it's always been there, just not talked about or diagnosed.

Would anyone have had the balls to start a thread on it here ten years ago? You'd probably have been called a pussy and/or told to man up!

 

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