Posted by kazoo on May 5, 2001, at 23:37:49
In reply to Understimulation on the job and Depression, posted by roo on April 18, 2001, at 13:15:35
> Does anyone out there experience a double-edged sword
> with their depression? In some ways, depression and
> under achieiving in the job world can go hand in hand. My
> depression often leaves me too wrung out for much ambition.
> However, working a dull, mind numbing, easy and boring
> job often causes me to feel depressed and understimulated.
> Also, if I'm not busy enough in my job (which is often),
> my mind turns inward to negative thoughts (an idle mind
> is the devil's workshop). Can anyone relate to this at
> all?^^^^^^^^^^
"Under-stimulation" at a job? Surely you must be talking about the U.S. Postal Service, or any career in any insurance company.
Can one become depressed at a job, but not at home? Or would the opposite be true, also? Or is this depression a full-time, equal-opportunity, yes-we-have-no-bananas ordeal?
I'm stumped, and I've been stumped all my life, and, by golly, I can't seem to find a drug to un-stump me. Maybe I should consult with a botanist. I don't seem to wilt correctly in the sun.
(a stumped) kazoo
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