Posted by Snoozy on May 7, 2003, at 2:38:00
In reply to Re: The Living Dead, posted by magic potion on May 5, 2003, at 19:35:20
This has been a really interesting thread to follow. Reading these posts, it's almost like I've got a checklist, saying yeah, I've got that one, that one too, check, I feel that way too, I've had that happen.....
I came across an interesting quote a few months ago: "Unhappiness is always to feel oneself imprisoned in one's own skin, in one own's brain." That pretty well summed up the way I feel most of the time.
I've never had any enthusiasm for life - there's a line in a song that goes "And when I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death/And neither one particularly appeals to me". Like some of you, I'm still here because of feeling guilty about what killing myself would do to my family (a couple of them actually like me - go figure!)
And there are way too many days when I never get out of my pajamas, don't brush my teeth, and barely get out of bed. And many times I think I'm fortunate to live in a time and place where I have comfortable shelter, clean drinking water, indoor plumbing, food, all of the nice gizmos and gadets of industrialized nations, so I shouldn't be depressed. That's the thing about depression - there really is no reason, it just is.
magic potion, you have a wonderful sense of humor. That really helps in getting through this mess. I hope you will hang out and kvetch with us.
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