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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:58 pm
by fafner
Originally posted by DrFrag+Aug 31 2005, 01:09 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DrFrag @ Aug 31 2005, 01:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>If you can snap yourself out of it like that then it's probably not depression.[/b]

Maybe not... I know that before I began using that trick, I was depressed for a very long time, or maybe just stoned, I don't know :P
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@Aug 31 2005, 05:45 AM
I find that helping others helps me to forget my own problems.[/quote]
That's something I personally experienced, although it was not about depression.
I had just missed my train, you know, the last one before the big gap :o I had to wait more than 2 hours for a stupidity that had made me miss the train for barely one minute :( So I was waiting, ruminating about the cruel fate that had caused that small late, and had had such terrible consequences :angry: Then suddenly, someone obviously running right before me to have his/her train, lost his/her bag which fell and emptied on the ground with many small objects :o With someone else, I jumped on all that I could find to put it back in the bag, grabbing and putting quickly. As soon as all the objects were back in the bag, the person thanked us and began to run again. I have not the slightest idea of who was that person, nor whether he/she got the train, but right after that I realized that my anger was gone. Maybe I had missed my train, but in the same time, maybe someone else had got his/her train thanks to me.
Nothing to do with depression, but anger and depression have in common to be shaken away with great difficulty ;)

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:08 pm
by Big Astro Fan
Thanks to everybody for all the input. It gives me alot to think about. Maybe I do need to force myself to get going and get involved doing things again. I've also noticed that the last few years, little things seem to set me off. Things that most people would just ignore or forget. I seem to dwell on them.

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:47 pm
by Astro Forever
Originally posted by Big Astro Fan@Aug 31 2005, 01:08 PM
Thanks to everybody for all the input. It gives me alot to think about. Maybe I do need to force myself to get going and get involved doing things again.

People who suffer from depression tend to think they should just push themselves more, but it doesn't work. I'm not saying that's what you have, it might be just temporary, but just in case, if it doesn't work, you may think about seeing a doctor.

Good luck and take care! :)