# I'm feeling really, really depressed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234 "2005-05-17T13:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/1 "2005-05-17T13:48:36Z")
Some reasons? [ul] [li]Ignorance spreading like a prairie fire.[/li][li]religious fanatics are taking over America[/li][li]the Free Press is becoming a propaganda machine right before my eyes[/li][li]Globalization, which is nothing other than a buzzword for Corporate Feudalism, seems to be well on it’s way to undermining representative government.[/li][li]the economy isn’t going to be better within my lifetime.[/li][li]I have a 3 year old niece, who is going to live through what comes next, and I can’t do a thing to help her.[/li][li]Mom & Dad, both old, sick, & quite likely to die in a few years.[/li][li]retirement is financially impossible for me, ever.[/li][li]a whopping big heap of loneliness[/li][/ul] I need cheering up, in the face of the horrible. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Fringe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b5a626/32.png) [@Fringe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fringe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/2 "2005-05-17T14:01:39Z")
Pop-Ice popsicles are still being made. That’s a good thing, right? ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/3 "2005-05-17T14:22:17Z")
**Bosda,** sorry you’re so down. Go sit in the sun for a while, and maybe watch some silly cartoons. That always makes me feel better. If you have pets, give them some head-scritchies (if you don’t have pets, borrow one from a friend). As bad as the world seems sometimes, there are a lot of good people out there doing good things. It’s not all downhill from here. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/4 "2005-05-17T14:25:06Z")
I really wish I had something good to say, but there is nothing. It’s just blackness. There is nothing to do but keep your head down and hope that something worth living for turns up. It probably won’t, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/5 "2005-05-17T14:29:36Z")
Visit Africa, get a perspective on what true misery is, and then feel somewhat better about your own situation, however depressing that may be. I always think back to what I saw there and count my blessings. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/6 "2005-05-17T14:35:33Z")
My advice to you? Start drinking heavily. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/7 "2005-05-17T14:38:28Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > I really wish I had something good to say, but there is nothing. It’s just blackness. There is nothing to do but keep your head down and hope that something worth living for turns up. It probably won’t, though. Ummm…you’re in worse shape than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/8 "2005-05-17T14:38:28Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Some reasons? [li]Ignorance spreading like a prairie fire.[/li][/QUOTE] In all ages, and all times, you will find sheep-like people who go along with the current system “It’s the law, so it must be right!” [QUOTE] [li]religious fanatics are taking over America[/li][/QUOTE] IMHO, all religous people who are fanatics, are actually reading the correct interpretation of their religion. That is why I try and figt it so much. [QUOTE] [li]the Free Press is becoming a propaganda machine right before my eyes[/li][/QUOTE] I keep on seeing news stories expossing how transparent the administration’s attempts to do exactly this are, so it can’t be that bad. [QUOTE] [li]Globalization, which is nothing other than a buzzword for Corporate Feudalism, seems to be well on it’s way to undermining representative government.[/li][/QUOTE] Do what I do, attend anti-wto protest. It’s quite a rush. If you already do, then I don’t know. Perhaps write well written letter to tv station which present all wto protest as mad dogs, needing to be put down. [QUOTE] [li]the economy isn’t going to be better within my lifetime.[/li][/QUOTE] Yeah, like the economy was so great in the 80s. Current state or not, you live in a country which has other countries (stupidly?) running to it for advice, and a vast majority of the people ruining the economy of banna republics bring the money back here, to our economy. [QUOTE] [li]I have a 3 year old niece, who is going to live through what comes next, and I can’t do a thing to help her.[/li][li]Mom & Dad, both old, sick, & quite likely to die in a few years.[/li][/QUOTE] Compfort her, be an example of a good person see can remember when she tries to make this world a better place. [QUOTE] [li]retirement is financially impossible for me, ever.[/li][/QUOTE] Damn. Same here. However, I would sugest you find a way to suplment your income, such as a better paying job, theft 🙂 , or [bartering](http://frugalliving.about.com/od/bartering/index.htm) for things you need, rather then gaining new mattierial goods. [QUOTE] [li]a whopping big heap of loneliness[/li][/QUOTE] You have friends ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/9 "2005-05-17T14:40:09Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > My advice to you? Start drinking heavily. This isn’t the Pit. If you must drag out this garbage, do it there! :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/10 "2005-05-17T14:48:17Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > This isn’t the Pit. > > If you must drag out this garbage, do it there! :mad: :mad: I think it was said in jest. Question: Are you actually feeling real, deep-down, bona-fide depression, as in something meds or therapy might address, or are you just feeling a bit fed up with the state of things? Let’s put it this way – if something good happened to you right now, would you genuinely smile, or would you feel like a weight was pulling down on you and preventing you from enjoying it? Not that there’s anything wrong with being either way, I’m just trying to get at which one it is. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/11 "2005-05-17T14:57:32Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > I really wish I had something good to say, but there is nothing. It’s just blackness. There is nothing to do but keep your head down and hope that something worth living for turns up. It probably won’t, though. Thanks Marvin, that ought to help :rolleyes: why don’t you go clean out the space pod now. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/12 "2005-05-17T15:00:57Z")
I’ve been depressed too, between personal and professional issues, with the sad state of the world registering far down my list. Then I feel self-centered, which makes me feel guilty, which makes me feel even more depressed. I have started drinking, but I wouldn’t say I’m into it “heavily” yet. It sucks to feel. I think it would be better to be numb. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/13 "2005-05-17T15:03:40Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > This isn’t the Pit. > If you must drag out this garbage, do it there! :mad: :mad: I think this was just throwing out a quote from Animal House. Bluto: [thrusting six-pack into Flounder’s hands] My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. Otter: Better listen to him, Flounder, he’s in pre-med. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/14 "2005-05-17T15:04:33Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Then I feel self-centered, which makes me feel guilty, which makes me feel even more depressed. WTF? Stop that! You are yourself. If feeling self centered sets you of, then you have better accept the fact that there is no reason not to feel self centered, and if you can be a good person, while still carring about your needs, there is no reason not to be “self centered.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/15 "2005-05-17T15:07:03Z")
My words of advice: 1. Get your coat 2. Grab your hat 3. Leave your worries on the doorstep 4. Direct your feet to the sunny side of the street. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/16 "2005-05-17T15:07:24Z")
My favorite therapist once pointed out that, for all we know, the reason for life on this planet is the production of styrofoam peanuts. [You might find this interesting](http://www.tombrazaitis.com/Eternal%20Truths.htm) I particularly like these 3: > [@](#): > > 1. Progress is an illusion. > > 2. Evil can be displaced, but never eradicated, as all solutions breed new problems. > > 3. Yet it is necessary to keep on struggling toward solution. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/17 "2005-05-17T15:17:04Z")
> [@5que](#): > > I think this was just throwing out a quote from Animal House. > > Bluto: [thrusting six-pack into Flounder’s hands] My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. > Otter: Better listen to him, Flounder, he’s in pre-med. Exactly so. A thousand apologies for any offense given. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/18 "2005-05-17T15:33:23Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Exactly so. A thousand apologies for any offense given. Personally, I didn’t think you were being offensive at all, whether you were quoting, joking, or serious. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Lady\_of\_the\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_of_the_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/19 "2005-05-17T15:40:10Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I need cheering up, in the face of the horrible. > Suggestions? It always makes me feel better when I rationalize to myself that it’s probably not that much worse now than it was 100 or 1000 years ago. (Granted, we don’t really know that this is the case, but I tend to assume humans have always been prone to bits of being…human.) And, hey, we survived and created some wonderful things during this time - no reason we can’t survive and create some wonderful things now! What brings you pleasure? I’d suggest reading a new book, playing a new computer game or maybe playing with a pet. There are many good things in this world - even though it’s scary and seems to be out of control sometimes. _hug_ Scott Plaid - I like the way you think! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/20 "2005-05-17T15:42:34Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Exactly so. A thousand apologies for any offense given. Sorry, **Daithi**. I didn’t recognize the quote. :o I think I’ve been in the darkroom here at work too long. Maybe a trip to the community swimming pool after work would help. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234.md?page=2)