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I do.

Why do you get depressed then?

Everybody gets depressed now and then for entirely different reasons, and they all find ways to deal with it. I has pretty depressed when I was in sixth grade to ninth grade due to how people treated me, but I decided not to let that bother me and so I moved on with my life, even though I still felt bad.

The World is not ideal. Thus I am depressed.

Skull, that's a terrible reason to be depressed. The world will never be ideal. To me that just sounds like you're giving yourself a reason to focus on rather than face the real reason.

Punisher, I already knew you were depressed.

Kris, People stopped treating you bad in 9th grade? Usually it gets worse in high school. Or did you just grow a shell?

I don't like saying I'm depressed. I certainly feel like I am, and I'm told I am, but I don't like to accept it.

Well I am mad to find out we are not friends, just fellow dinkers, who would talk and converse. Even with my small list of friends[not counting Sword and the others with him].

I stopped caring, I stopped getting bothered by what other people had to say about me. The only things I cared about was protecting myself, my friends, and those who were wronged in some way.
EDIT: @Dack: It was I who said that you and I were not friends, simply a person I tolerate. What happens on other sites like Facebook don't concern this place. And if you have something to say, then tell me personally, rather than hinting at it so that other people get curious so that you have a reason to spam your anger towards me.

Leprochaun, I was joking. Well, half-joking anyway. I mean, I would like this World to be ideal with everybody considered equal. Of course I know this will never become true, that's why I threw it out there.

You're hoping for conflicting ideas. A perfect ideal world where everyone is equal would mean no free-will. It would be eerily similar to Harrison Bergeron. What's the real reason?

*Sigh* You really are depressed, aren't you?

Well I certainly put off that image.

I like spam and The real world was also on my list, and I have the right to spread your secret, since we all are not a family or friends, like you said.

I don't like saying I'm depressed. I certainly feel like I am, and I'm told I am, but I don't like to accept it.

Wouldn't it help to accept it so you can do something to improve your mood?

I feel like if I accept it, I give up fighting it off.

I accept that I feel depressed at times, which means that I am aware of a weakness and am now turning it into a strength.
There is no greater strength than acknowledging weakness.

The paradox of a weakness giving you strength. Anyways, I have enough weaknesses, last thing I need is more of them.

It's not a paradox if you're turning the weakness into a strength.

But you're claiming accepting it as a weakness will make it a strength. That's a paradox.

No, I'm saying that there is no greater strength than acknowledging a weakness, which means that you are aware of the weakness and are making it a strength, though I can understand why you'd think I spoke such a parasoxical statement. I will strive in the future to be more clear with my statements.

I get depressed every now and then... i just keep trying to fool myself into believing things that arent true...

Firefly will never air ever again.... <sigh>

How does acknowledging a weakness make it a strength?

Yes, because my life is something to be depressed over.

Firefly will never air ever again.... <sigh>

Whedon laid out the steps for that.

"Step 1: Cancel Castle.
Step 2: Cancel Castle.
Step 3: Cancel Homeland.
Step 4: Generally destroy everybody’s careers.
Step 5: Avoid Step 2.”

Because you're aware of it and thus are going to focus on making it a strength. Now, for your benefit, we are talking about me, how I acknowledge weaknesses and turn them into strengths. Some people may acknowledge, but disregard it.

Leprochaun, think of depression as a deep gorge. You're hanging from the side, unable to get up, but you're also afraid to let go and fall. However, down below is a trampoline which will bounce you up and out of the gorge. And even if you don't make it on the first try, you know the trampoline will always be down there to save you, unless you, yourself, move it away.

Man, I'm in such a philosophic mood today.

That trampoline is family, and moving it away is suicide. I get it!

Waaaiiiit...

Sometimes now, yeah. I used to be depressed all the time. Most of my childhood. Not anymore. I was also made fun of. Now, I take a stand and demand respect! (Not literally, lol)

How does acknowledging a weakness make it a strength?

It takes courage to admit you have a problem; no one wants to be depressed, so one keeps denying it. Honestly admitting that you do have a problem is usually an empowering sensation, rather than a further descent into whatever bog you're struggling in. I'm not sure I would say that the actual depression becomes a strength, but you can certainly *draw* strength from the fact you have a problem. I.e. I'm going to deal with this shoot with zeal and be better for it, muthaducka! (-> boom, depression over )

Of course, if you don't feel like saying you're depressed, it's also entirely possible you aren't really that depressed. *shrug* No way for me to know, the only thng I can suggest is trying to look at yourself as objectively as possible.

boom, depression over )

I LOL's so loud my flatmate came to see what i was laffin at that was hilarious...LOL scratcher!!

This board is so effed up.

Sabre has yet to eat his hat.

Depression doesnt work that way and scratchy isnt a dumb man so hes making a joke i laffed ...

whats a flatmate?

something u back over in something heavy that used to be a mate hehe

A Flat is a dwelling, a flatmate is a person that you live with in the place, but are not related to.

whats a flatmate?

"Flat" is a British word for apartment, so it's someone who shares an apartment with you.

so a roommate.

Yes, unless you don't share a room.

I share a room with my brother.

hmm ok then its not a flatmate - they rent a room off me - hows that then? beep demographics...

[FYI and to save the rush on google... demographics = means those aspect of society or culture that are measurable and can be used to put people into categories. LIKE to be a flat mate or not to be a flatmate sighs...]

Maybe you'd call them a tenant then.

ya then i would understand

"something u back over in something heavy that used to be a mate"

hehe shrugs and grins

...and no they're more than a tennant and not sharing a room that would be eww - is this guess the status of meesdinkies house type person thingi... thing... ding... ding?

and before someone whines about this being off topic = they get depressed does that count?

Is it someone like that cat you supposly have?

um i do have a cat hes black and his name (oh cringe - honestly its true) is BJ (Black Jack and my mum named him...)I call him B for short hes fat too. hes an evil little brat as well he thinks i am HIS pet rather than the other way around.Do u have a cat Dack

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since that is the topic

Kind of as an aside to the discussion, one of my favorite mental health quotes is, "Before diagnosing yourself with depression, make sure that you're not just surrounded by arseholes." In other words, when you're actually in a crappy situation, it's natural to be depressed about it.

my mom got some a cat at her old house, Niko who got pregnet, had 3 cats, Yugi[BooBoo]Tenchi[angel] and one other cat, I named booboo[nickname] and the other cat who I can't remember the name, and tenchi and the other cat were girls. Niko then had more kittens who were sent to a pound with Niko. We got to keep the other three who always went everywhere around the house, in the hole in the Kitencen roof and other places. I later moved to my present day trailer, were I got a rat named aikra, but that is another story.

Tell us more, Dack.

More, just like you asked.

Tfw no gf