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@hakui @rye Ooh... when I get my own house, you would both be welcome over. I like the idea of being a host having guests over!
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@zaitcev @moonman Another possibility is that he was desperate and this was his way to send them red flags about opting to send him in. Make them re-think.
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Daily reminder that gameplay in video games is racist against protected groups like game journalists. Demanding any sort of ability or skill in the games they review is also entitled, stop being an openly supporting gamergate pissbaby. And stop gamesplaining to your betters!
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But often inner pain accumulates because there isn't something you can do about it. Otherwise you'd be doing that instead. Sometimes you just need to sit with that feeling, and further explore it... let yourself vent or cry, feel whatever you need to feel in the moment. Think what you think. But if you can, please try to be kinder towards yourself so that more pain doesn't accumulate in the process. Although it likely will as you discover where it leads.
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Sometimes addressing inner pain means listening to yourself, or allowing a trusted person to fill in for that role when you can't yourself. If there is a solution to an individual issue then thinking it over, setting the goal and doing that.
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"Suicide is not chosen. Suicide occurs when emotional pain exceeds resources for coping with pain. It's like a plastic shopping bag breaking because too much has been packed inside it."
Although I'm not sure I agree with it not being chosen, this one does speak to me personally. Address the inner pain, and the necessity fades for a while until it fills up again. I think this has been true for me.
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I'm really not looking to be an activist for depression, or believing that I have the power to change other people and that it is my responsibility to do so. I can think of better uses of what energy I have at any given time.
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@mangeurdenuage A part of me thinks that I was bullied because I was vulnerable. Bullies tend to pick on someone that won't speak up or that don't have someone to protect them, but also for personal reasons. They will find any reason to pick on you, that makes you stand out. I don't really have an answer for what to do... especially since each bully is different. But I did notice that it stopped when a teacher got involved, but only because they weren't near me then. The less I had to do with them, the better. But it is hard to think it does any help as a child. I'm glad you were able to speak with your parents, at least. I hope that helped so that you felt listened to even if the advice didn't stop the behaviour.
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Too many people coast through life, just existing and playing out their habitual patterns without a second thought. They can't imagine anything else. But does this truly do life justice?
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If we want life to be an option then we need to allow death to be one as well. Living or living isn't a choice since it is the same thing. How can anyone be happy about living if that is the only choice they have? If they have no control over such a fundamental foundation of life?
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One of the problems with people rushing in to tell someone feeling suicidal to not do it is that it is usually unhelpful when you can only guess what would be helpful to them. And maybe some people need to explore what their own death means to them, so that they can make the decision for themselves. Maybe for others, it is the pain that they carry around with them that causes this feeling, and that needs to be addressed first. It could be any number of reasons that need to be explored.
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@hakui @rye Best court ever!
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@hakui @rye Now that does sound very british. In court, sipping a cuppa.
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Hey letter writer, B. L., I don't think you want me to coach other people with depression. I would not be telling them what you are.
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Oh, c'mon. The world doesn't need me and I don't need to carry the world on my shoulders.
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@zeta @hakui @rye I think only a sim would do that at this point. :')
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@hakui @rye B-but... who would kidnap you to have a tea party then?
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Truly, it was school that taught me how to be socially anxious. Before it, I was willing to reach out and ask if I could play with other kids. But it taught me that kids didn't want to play with me, didn't even want to touch or be near me. So I gave up. When I didn't give up, I was soon taught the same message. That does something to a kid that just wanted to play. If I was outgoing before it all, that was squashed.
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One of my depression triggers was school. I went to a few state schools, and I had no choice in the matter. I was forced into an environment that taught me how to be helpless. I did not thrive at school... I learned mostly to push myself to attend and then disconnect when I was there. For the most part, I learned to endure all the bullying and when kids would just pick on me.
There isn't very much that stops a group of girls from bullying you. Even one-liners just coaxes them on... and you can't escape them if you have classes together. As much as you'd like to have nothing to do with them. There isn't a block or mute button irl.
I bluffed my way through everything. What other choice did I have? But an environment like that at such a crucial age of development doesn't help.
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I'm not sure that making depression out to be an enemy or beast, or a monster is the correct path. That creates more conflict in your mind.
What if depression is simply your brain's misguided attempt to protect yourself from the ills in life? What if it is just a response to the reality that you are living a life that is detrimental and ignoring your needs that aren't being met? What if depression is that inner voice screaming, "Please listen to me!"?
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