Depression

[Sam]

It's more than just a feeling.

When you're depressed, it's like you're stuck in something way deeper than your limits, and the overal helplessness  and inibility to espcape seems to only make everything worse. Depression can sometimes be overcome, but for some people, it's not that easy.

For people who are depressed, "getting happy" to make it go away simply means putting a smile on over whatever they're already feeling. It's not good and it doesn't help anything.

Maybe those who aren't depressed are superior. I don't know. But that's no excuse to trump all over those who are and tell them they're living wrong. It's not their fault, really.

So be nice and discuss.

[Geno]

Sam, you know Socks is going to come in here and derail this whole thread right? 

[Daddy]

Sam, you know Socks is going to come in here and derail this whole thread right? 

I don't see how discussion depression would be derailing the thread.

[V]

We have spell check; please try to use it once in a while.

[Geno]

I don't see how discussion depression would be derailing the thread.

It's just bringing the flame war between LCK and Socks into this thread.

[V]

It's just bringing the flame war between LCK and Socks into this thread.

...it wasn't just senseless flaming; they were actually discussing depression.

Shut up.

[Houdini]

I've seen full-blown clinical depression up close. My dad was once so depressed that he couldn't step out of his door without a cane; my grandpa was once so depressed that he spent days on end sitting in a chair, just staring into space relentlessly. It's not pretty.

[Socks]

Sam, you know Socks is going to come in here and derail this whole thread right?

I was not going to comment on this thread, I just want to point out that you derailed it right off the bat, congratulations.

[Geno]

I was not going to comment on this thread, I just want to point out that you derailed it right off the bat, congratulations.

shit 

[V]

I've seen full-blown clinical depression up close. My dad was once so depressed that he couldn't step out of his door without a cane; my grandpa was once so depressed that he spent days on end sitting in a chair, just staring into space relentlessly. It's not pretty.

I've walked in on my Mother shooting up because of depression. I wrestled the needle from her.

Yeah, it isn't pretty.

[Sam]

Sam, you know Socks is going to come in here and derail this whole thread right? 

What JMV said.

And also, I dunno about you guys, but I just ignore sock when I disagree with him, like on stuff like this. Maybe if everyone else did too he'd stop being so silly. 

I mean, he's totally allowed to have his own opinions, he just tends to be a little thick-headed and stubborn about them, from what I can tell.

[V]

What JMV said.

And also, I dunno about you guys, but I just ignore sock when I disagree with him, like on stuff like this. Maybe if everyone else did too he'd stop being so silly. 

I mean, he's totally allowed to have his own opinions, he just tends to be a little thick-headed and stubborn about them, from what I can tell.

You call sticking to your opinion being "thick-headed" and "stubborn?"

He simply states his views and doesn't budge. 

[Houdini]

I've walked in on my Mother shooting up because of depression. I wrestled the needle from her.

Yeah, it isn't pretty.

heroin is the worst. You know you're really fucked when you're taking junk. I've heard that being a junkie is like being a machine, that you feel nothing except the need for the next fix. The only thing worse than walking in on someone sooting up would be finding someone pointing a gun at their head.

[Geno]

You call sticking to your opinion being "thick-headed" and "stubborn?"

He simply states his views and doesn't budge. 

He's also insensitive.

[Meyer Lansky]

He's also insensitive.

No, he tells it like it is.