Poll of the Day > Depression Topic #whatever: 2020 edition

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RCtheWSBC
06/21/20 6:55:39 PM
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Halfway through the worst year of my life, woohoooooo

I remember making a depression topic once before, but I don't really have a format for this. This is meant to be a serious topic related to mental health. Ask questions, share resources, and/or vent to the void. Or let it sink off the topic list lol.

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Zeus
06/21/20 6:58:58 PM
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If it makes you feel any better, you're young so you'll probably have worse years. Plus this is going to be a pretty shitty year for most people.

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Lokarin
06/21/20 6:59:13 PM
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You can haz ma hugs

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Molitheus
06/21/20 7:01:25 PM
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Know what's worse than depression? When anxiety and grief gang up on you.

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RCtheWSBC
06/21/20 7:08:24 PM
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Molitheus posted...
Know what's worse than depression? When anxiety and grief gang up on you.
Oh yeah, we definitely can't forget about depression's best friends. It sucks when it all comes to a head.

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Judgmenl
06/21/20 7:19:34 PM
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If it makes you feel any better I'm in month 4 of not going outside.
So much fun /s. Life sucks for everyone right now.

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Mead
06/21/20 7:20:47 PM
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Lately sometimes I feel like my entire mind is gonna just snap and unravel if I cant find a way to stop being so neurotic about everything

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RCtheWSBC
06/21/20 7:23:20 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
If it makes you feel any better I'm in month 4 of not going outside.
So much fun /s. Life sucks for everyone right now.
I have noticed your recent posting history. You need to take a walk outside, sir. Get some fresh air. Walk a mile around the block, seriously. I just did!

Mead posted...
Lately sometimes I feel like my entire mind is gonna just snap and unravel if I cant find a way to stop being so neurotic about everything
I had my snap last week when my office announced that we're going to be 100% teleworking through "late summer 2021." I didn't take the news well at all. I need a hard reset.

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MartianManchild
06/21/20 7:30:07 PM
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A topic I made on another board was removed for trolling and it really upsets me that my opinion is being repressed by fascist Sony Pony mods.
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Judgmenl
06/21/20 7:30:47 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
late summer 2021
Wow. We're slated to return to the office after Labor Day.

RCtheWSBC posted...
I need a hard reset.
This is something that I'm facing as well. Usually I use walking to at least clear my head. Maybe you're right and I should take a walk sometime. I haven't taken any time off since Christmas either (I don't think anyone in my office has).

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RCtheWSBC
06/21/20 7:32:57 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
This is something that I'm facing as well. Usually I use walking to at least clear my head. Maybe you're right and I should take a walk sometime. I haven't taken any time off since Christmas either (I don't think anyone in my office has).
Seriously: start taking walks, and take a day off. Staycations are a thing. You have earned that paid leave. It's important to come up for air.

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Yellow
06/21/20 8:00:21 PM
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My parents abandoned me when I was 2 and I was branded with the sentiment of how much it costs to trust anything. I don't feel happiness.

With BPD 50% of all of us attempt suicide at some point and 20% of those people succeed. I don't want to die because I'm smart enough to live for other reasons instead of chasing that damn mental high. It's not the low points, it's the fall that kills you.

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helIy
06/21/20 9:20:52 PM
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what's up you cool cats

if there was a cereal made from kiwi and raspberry flavors, what do you think it'd be called

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ChaosAzeroth
06/21/20 9:25:52 PM
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Yellow posted...
It's not the low points, it's the fall that kills you.

This is a very relatable thing right here.
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LB1
06/21/20 9:52:49 PM
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Zeus posted...
If it makes you feel any better, you're young so you'll probably have worse years. Plus this is going to be a pretty shitty year for most people.

Thank you, great informative and helpful post
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Zeus
06/21/20 10:42:02 PM
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LB1 posted...
Thank you, great informative and helpful post

You're welcome, 3 AMP alt whose main I don't feel like guessing.

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Mead
06/21/20 10:44:18 PM
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I feel like as a kid you gain experience and level up, but then you get older and mental illness starts leeching all your xp and you start to get out leveled

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Jen0125
06/21/20 10:53:49 PM
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My dad didn't reply to my father's day text message since I cut off my mom

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blu
06/21/20 10:54:18 PM
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I felt it pretty bad in grad school also.

considering going back for a PhD while making 130k (22k pay cut) but idk if I have the mental health reserve.
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Jen0125
06/21/20 11:00:33 PM
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blu posted...
I felt it pretty bad in grad school also.

considering going back for a PhD while making 130k (22k pay cut) but idk if I have the mental health reserve.

Lmao why do you always need to flaunt your salary? No one here cares

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helIy
06/21/20 11:29:32 PM
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Jen0125 posted...
Lmao why do you always need to flaunt your salary? No one here cares
and its always different every time he brings it up, which is so often

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Jen0125
06/21/20 11:48:07 PM
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helIy posted...
and its always different every time he brings it up, which is so often

Hard to keep your fake salary straight when you could always have a new higher or lower one

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Mead
06/21/20 11:48:40 PM
#23:


helIy posted...
and its always different every time he brings it up, which is so often

over ten million pennies

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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 9:06:50 AM
#24:


Good morning. Finally logging back into work after taking 3 days of sick leave. Currently drafting a "we need to talk" email to my team leader.

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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 11:52:28 AM
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PyroBlade1985 posted...
I haven't been following the news. Are riots still going on?
Rioting only really occurred within the first week after George Floyd's death. Protests and social and political organizing has continued.

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SpeedDemon20
06/22/20 3:06:58 PM
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This is the topic of my people.

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Zeus
06/22/20 3:18:02 PM
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PyroBlade1985 posted...
I haven't been following the news. Are riots still going on?

The news in general is being purposefully deceptive about the level of response to Floyd's death. There's still some amount of protesting, which has both been facilitated by people having too much damn time on their hands with Corona and encouraged by companies engaging in virtue-signalling marketing.

At any rate, because Trump had the National Guard out quickly, the actual rioting has been relatively limited compared to Ferguson, Baltimore, and the other places that suffered widespread destruction thanks to Obama's inaction.

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DirtBasedSoap
06/22/20 3:21:20 PM
#30:


Zangulus posted...
Tequila. Lots of tequila.
terrible advice

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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 3:34:47 PM
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I love tequila so much that I never keep a bottle of it in my home ;]

I'm trying not to drink as much lately. No more buying 12-packs.

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Jen0125
06/22/20 4:03:08 PM
#33:


Tequila is one of the only liquors that gave me a hangover when I was drinking.

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PK_Spam
06/22/20 4:08:10 PM
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Im always afraid to talk about my shit because I implicitly assume everyone is tired of me being around. Now that Ive lost my job due to reporting a supervisors behavior, Im probably gonna start slipping again >_>

I havent told anyone irl about this yet. Im too ashamed to

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RedPixel
06/22/20 4:10:07 PM
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Seeing people fearfully dependant on the media makes me depressed if I allow it.

Can't help people who don't want to help themselves.
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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 4:25:16 PM
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PK_Spam posted...
Im always afraid to talk about my shit because I implicitly assume everyone is tired of me being around. Now that Ive lost my job due to reporting a supervisors behavior, Im probably gonna start slipping again >_>

I havent told anyone irl about this yet. Im too ashamed to
Aw, don't be ashamed. There's nothing to be ashamed of! We are all going through something at one point or another. You aren't alone in feeling that slip.

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Jen0125
06/22/20 4:25:31 PM
#37:


I treated myself for my birthday by ordering the new special edition BTS version Samsung Galaxy S20+. Hooray

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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 4:37:13 PM
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I had a really productive talk with my team members about what I've been feeling. Turns out that everyone thinks I'm a high performer except me!

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TheWitchMorgana
06/22/20 4:43:47 PM
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i just got a pretty huge scholarship and i don't even feel any sort of way about it. i think i'm dealing with imposter syndrome or whatever >_>

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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 4:59:46 PM
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TheWitchMorgana posted...
i just got a pretty huge scholarship and i don't even feel any sort of way about it. i think i'm dealing with imposter syndrome or whatever >_>
Welcome to the club! I've been paying dues since 2007

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Jen0125
06/22/20 5:00:14 PM
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TheWitchMorgana posted...
i just got a pretty huge scholarship and i don't even feel any sort of way about it. i think i'm dealing with imposter syndrome or whatever >_>

Great job!

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LB1
06/22/20 5:35:53 PM
#42:


There are some chill and nice people here. But boy there are also some who are anything but. If this board is a place you'd feel comfortable talking about your personal struggles then more power to you, but I sure wouldn't
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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 5:45:58 PM
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LB1 posted...
There are some chill and nice people here. But boy there are also some who are anything but. If this board is a place you'd feel comfortable talking about your personal struggles then more power to you, but I sure wouldn't
You're right--people should only disclose as much as they feel comfortable sharing. A good amount of us have been posting here for over a decade so it doesn't matter as much to us, but even then I avoid mentioning specific details about some things. I've actually met a number of current and former PotDers in person!

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blu
06/22/20 5:54:02 PM
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helIy posted...
and its always different every time he brings it up, which is so often

Irs been 152k for a few months. Maybe total compensation you remember, which is higher.

Going back for a PhD and making 130k is a huge difference between going back and making 30k. My salary isnt even that high and I talked about it just as much when I made 30k/50k as I do at 150k. people point it out more than I do.

anyways...does anyone have experience with online therapists?
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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 6:14:04 PM
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blu posted...
anyways...does anyone have experience with online therapists?
I've been seeing my therapist via telehealth (webcam) appointments since our state started its shelter in place. I already had a relationship with her so it wasn't a rough transition. Lots of providers have made that option available now.

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HornedLion
06/22/20 6:56:44 PM
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Sounds like youre going for walks. Thats good. Make sure you get enough Vitamin D. It makes a big difference.

Push yourself to exercise, too. Endorphins are your friends.

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Mead
06/22/20 6:57:56 PM
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I should really start going for walks again. This whole sitting down and eating jolly ranchers all day thing cant be great for me I imagine

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ChaosAzeroth
06/22/20 7:03:01 PM
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I'm getting to the point with my chronic pain walking is difficult.

I need my cane more and more, but my shoulders are also screwy so that makes that hard.

I do get out a little when I can, but this year the pain flare ups have become literally unmanageable.
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RCtheWSBC
06/22/20 7:20:59 PM
#49:


I definitely don't exercise enough. I'm used to playing season team sports instead of individual workout routines. Kinda want to hire a personal trainer...

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TheWitchMorgana
06/22/20 7:28:55 PM
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RCtheWSBC posted...
Welcome to the club! I've been paying dues since 2007

it feels weird that the university not only accepted me but seems really interested in having me. i keep getting personal emails from the higher-ups in the department and stuff. weird. i never even thought i would graduate high school at one point >_>

Jen0125 posted...
Great job!

thank you!

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