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Currently I have started feeling depressed. Not about this site or anything like that, but mostly about life in general. And it really doesn't have anything to do with questioning our existence or anything like that, that time passed when I passed the army-service. I now know my destiny is to work for the good of the country and- Well, that's not the point!

It's the general things in life that bother me the most. Family things and studying and work and things like that... It's either because of my nationality since it would appear to be a rather common stereotype about finns, or then I'm hitting mid-life crisis at the age of almost-21.

I would really love some advice how to defeat the general depression. A few good jokes wouldn't hurt either.		2013-01-16 20:35:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

"La tristesse durera toujours."

What do you do that feeds your soul? For me it's creating things. Drawing, painting and sculpting make me feel human.

Failing that, you can only distract yourself. Video games are a good way to distract yourself.

There's no point talking to anyone about it because nobody can help you, unless you have a very good friend who understands you. Friends like that are rare, though.		2013-01-16 23:19:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454

I'm your age (20) and sometimes I feel a little down too. Mainly because I don't know want the hell I'm going to do later in life. Which job I want to have, where I want to live (I have dual nationality). Hell, I don't even know what I want to do.

When I feel like that, I just take pleasure in the little things. I'll go play Minecraft, take a walk, or I eat outside. I'd go hang out with friends too, but I'm studying abroad and I currently don't have a lot of friends outside of my country.		2013-01-16 23:31:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452

It's a phase, I'm afraid. Just graduated high school, and after working a tedious job and going to college, you realize how repetitive and slow your life goes. It's really a downer and the best you could do is hang out with friends and such to escape the reality of working for a living. Personally, I'm having trouble figuring out what I'm going to do with my life since I'm so indecisive of what career I want. I guess when the time comes the answers will follow.

The again, I could be pulling things out of my ***.		2013-01-17 01:27:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551

I'm having trouble figuring out what I'm going to do with my life since I'm so indecisive of what career I want. I guess when the time comes the answers will follow.

The again, I could be pulling things out of my ***.

It has a rather limited appeal but I'm sure you'll find someone willing to pay you to do that.		2013-01-17 01:35:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

Now I kinda want to stay 13..... ._.2013-01-17 02:08:00

Author:
DominationMags
Posts: 1840

Sitting in a dark room at night can be a haunting reminder of things, something I've think we lost as a species is the ability to look up at the stars and let our imaginations run wild, make up and share stories all around a nice warm fire around our tribe, look up see the vastness of the night sky and be reminded of the opportunity and hope for the future. Instead we all hurry off to our secluded bedrooms and let our thoughts tear us apart. Even though our day life is vastly superior to that of tribal life we might have made a trade off with night.2013-01-17 03:22:00

Author:
PPp_Killer
Posts: 449

Currently I have started feeling depressed. Not about this site or anything like that, but mostly about life in general. And it really doesn't have anything to do with questioning our existence or anything like that, that time passed when I passed the army-service. I now know my destiny is to work for the good of the country and- Well, that's not the point!

It's the general things in life that bother me the most. Family things and studying and work and things like that... It's either because of my nationality since it would appear to be a rather common stereotype about finns, or then I'm hitting mid-life crisis at the age of almost-21.

I would really love some advice how to defeat the general depression. A few good jokes wouldn't hurt either.

http://badkidsjokes.tumblr.com/

Although the "good" part is debatable.

A question I should ask is - would you say you're genuinely depressed or just feeling very down? I've often felt very down in the past, so I know how it feels, but I would never say I was depressed per se. "Depression" is an entirely different kettle of fish. Not making light on how you feel of course.		2013-01-17 10:26:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

http://badkidsjokes.tumblr.com/
Oh my. This may not brighten up FreeAim but it certainly brightened up me.
Some choice ones:

why are girls freaky?

beacuse they have long hair and there stupid.

do you know who else has a stinky pile of butts ?

MY MOM!!

why did all the chickens stop?


because a fat cow was about to put her bum on them

why did the farmer sleep on his bed

because all the animals took his pants off

I have a butt


Sir we all have butts

LETS SEE WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE



A POO

once there was a chicken he went to a shop and wanted to poo.
then he pooed on the floor and went to the till to pay for his poo and the man started to shout and the chicken pooed on his head.

WHAT DO BABYS WANT FOR CHISTMAS


ALL THEY TEETH		2013-01-17 13:57:00

Author:
Kalawishis
Posts: 928

Oh my. This may not brighten up FreeAim but it certainly brightened up me.
Some choice ones:

*Insert stuff*
Maturity is not an entity. It is an abstract concept devoid of life or matter. But with enough of these you could be able to kill it.		2013-01-17 14:25:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

Welcome to life!

..it really is what you make of it. Get involved in a hobby or three hundred.. Some that even take you outside! You are still really young and have a ton of time to explore all sorts of wondrous things. Don't waste it!		2013-01-17 19:13:00

Author:
jwwphotos
Posts: 11383

I found a perfect song to express my depression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0y8fkP51g
No, it's not emo-tween-pop-song. It's actually a rather jolly, fun song about blimps. The rough translation is:

"We set off for flight on a blimp.
There were no dark clouds in the sky.
Lifted up to air, on a blimp.
We got ourselves into cloudburst
on the edge of space!"

It's a metaphor, of course. If you get it, good for you.

Anyway, it's just the small things that make me depressed. I gave up on women when I was 16, none of THEM deserved ME, so it's not likely to be caused by them. You know... Dem *****es be crazy and all that... It's not that. And here I mean no offence or disrespect to any women on this site. You ladies are fine.

The funny thing is that I still enjoy life in general. It's not as enjoyable as it was earlier in my life, though.		2013-01-17 20:28:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

There is such a thing as a quarter-life crisis, which is a term coined for the depression and displacement felt by college graduates who enter a workforce that seems to hate them, or doesn't value them. But the quarter-life crisis can also refer to a trend in young adults who are struggling with a culture that rubs their faces in "freedom" and "opportunity" but gives them zero independence.

Teens and young adults now are encouraged to participate in anything and everything, but are reminded at all times that they do not get to control it. You are consumers and you yourselves are products packaged for consumption, but you don't get to profit from it or say with 100% confidence that you own what you create. That's a pretty good reason to feel depressed, but it's also dressed up in privilege and comfort so there's a feeling that you're not allowed to be depressed about it.

It doesn't help that the generations who ought to have empathy, i.e. generations now in their 30s or 40s, have no empathy whatsoever. They sneer: "Boo hoo. You silly millennials with your iPhones and your dubstep and your sad feelings. You're not real people yet!" That's another reason to feel depressed. It's quite damaging, actually: the message is that if you're a teen or young adult you should feel depressed, and that your depression is also stupid. Not a healthy mentality.

Hang in there. If it helps, know that depression is not a sign of abnormality, it's more often the normal reaction to an unhealthy or oppressive environment. It often comes down to a feeling of powerlessness and lack of control. Identifying that in itself is very difficult, and it's very difficult sometimes to make life changes or changes in perspective to overcome things. For now, it sounds like music helps a bit! That's good. And you sound like you recognize what's bugging you too, or at least that something's bugging you.

My favorite jokes are rude jokes, but here's one:


A scientist is studying the effects of amputation on a frog.

He puts the frog on a table and says, "Jump!"

The frog jumps about 100 centimeters.

"Very interesting," says the scientist. He clicks a pocket recorder. *click* "Frog has four legs. Frog jumps 100 centimeters." Then the scientist cuts off one of the frog's legs.

He puts the frog on the table again and says, "Jump!"

The frog jumps about 60 centimeters.

"Oh!" says the scientist. *click* "Frog has three legs. Jumps 60 centimeters."

He cuts off another leg and puts the frog on the table. "Jump!"

This time the frog sluggishly jumps about five centimeters.

"Oh," says the scientist. *click* "Frog has two legs. Jumps five centimeters."

The scientist cuts off yet another leg. "Jump!"

The frog sits there.

"Jump!"

The frog sits there.

*click*

"Frog with one leg has gone deaf."		2013-01-18 07:12:00

Author:
Unknown User

That terrible joke is almost enough to drive me to depression. 2013-01-18 10:12:00

Author:
Ali_Star
Posts: 4085

Depression is like a drink.

You almost always get free refills.		2013-01-19 17:48:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468

Depression is like a drink.

You almost always get free refills.

I'm not sure what cushtie life you live but I don't get free refills on my drinks. I have to pay for refills, and they're always at least 20% water.		2013-01-19 19:37:00

Author:
flamingemu
Posts: 1872

Currently I have started feeling depressed. Not about this site or anything like that, but mostly about life in general. And it really doesn't have anything to do with questioning our existence or anything like that, that time passed when I passed the army-service. I now know my destiny is to work for the good of the country and- Well, that's not the point!

It's the general things in life that bother me the most. Family things and studying and work and things like that... It's either because of my nationality since it would appear to be a rather common stereotype about finns, or then I'm hitting mid-life crisis at the age of almost-21.

I would really love some advice how to defeat the general depression. A few good jokes wouldn't hurt either.

Cheer up, mate. Pretty sure every thing's going to be fine . If you're still feeling depressed then try doing things that you really like. I like LBP, drawing, racing and building so doing these things usually makes me feel better after a while if I'm feeling sad.		2013-01-20 12:47:00

Author:
MSTER232
Posts: 247

You know what? I'm gonna be serious for a second here.

LBP, and by association LBPCentral, probably saved my life. I'm still a bit depressed now, but LBP was probably the best thing to happen to my life when I was 12-13. Back then I could count the number of friends I had on one hand, and I was the literal bottom of the food chain at my school.

For a good while I contemplated suicide... if it wasn't for the friends I made from LBP, and you guys here at LBPC...

I don't know if I would be here right now...

Seriously; I'm in a much better position right now, but I never would have made it this far without you guys. I really don't know what to say, except thank you. So I will; thank you. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for LBP. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for YOU guys.

Thank you.		2013-01-20 22:17:00

Author:
theswweet
Posts: 2468

You know what? I'm gonna be serious for a second here.

LBP, and by association LBPCentral, probably saved my life. I'm still a bit depressed now, but LBP was probably the best thing to happen to my life when I was 12-13. Back then I could count the number of friends I had on one hand, and I was the literal bottom of the food chain at my school.

For a good while I contemplated suicide... if it wasn't for the friends I made from LBP, and you guys here at LBPC...

I don't know if I would be here right now...

Seriously; I'm in a much better position right now, but I never would have made it this far without you guys. I really don't know what to say, except thank you. So I will; thank you. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for LBP. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for YOU guys.

Thank you.

Yeah, a lot of people on this site probably don't know this, but they help a lot.
When you're in a bad mood, or are depressed and you go on LBPC, and see a joke or sarcasm, it actually really DOES help.

I get anxious really easily by my health, which leads to depression. So I'll go on this site and browse about for a bit.

Something I find that helps is just doing something. You don't feel like doing anything when you're depressed, so often you'll just sit around all day. But maybe if you turn on a game, or grab a book or something, it can help get rid of your depression. It is hard to actually get your mind off of what you're depressed about, but if you can start doing an activity, you won't regret it.		2013-01-21 03:35:00

Author:
TheMonkeyBlade
Posts: 687

Gonna be honest, never been depressed before. Sure, I've been sad (reading this thread is actually making me sad itself), but never really depressed. I heard many stories of watching funny youtube Let's Players usually gotten many people out of depression. So... try some Game Grumps I guess (Warning: Game Grumps makes mature jokes and have lots of cussing. But they are funny nonetheless).

As for jokes... I would tell you a joke, but my jokes are so bad, they once robbed a bank.		2013-01-21 06:27:00

Author:
TheUltraDeino
Posts: 1274

I'm not sure what cushtie life you live but I don't get free refills on my drinks. I have to pay for refills, and they're always at least 20% water.

You missed the comparison I think and took it too literally. I don't really see how it works but you could change it to something like this:

'Depression is like an empty cup and happiness is like the tasty drink that was inside; you wish you could have more but most of the times you have to pay for your happiness.'

That would work better in my opinion, not that I 100% agree with it though .		2013-01-21 20:36:00

Author:
MSTER232
Posts: 247

You missed the comparison I think and took it too literally. I don't really see how it works but you could change it to something like this:

'Depression is like an empty cup and happiness is like the tasty drink that was inside; you wish you could have more but most of the times you have to pay for your happiness.'

That would work better in my opinion, not that I 100% agree with it though .
I am like a dragon; I can fly and spit molten lava out of my maw.		2013-01-21 21:45:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

I've been recently feeling a little bit down. Not sure if you guys would be interested to know, so I'm probably not going to post it here.2013-01-26 23:09:00

Author:
MSTER232
Posts: 247

That's not good, MSTER232. You're only beating yourself up, which is not good to anybody and you clearly want/need attention in a way we can't offer you over internet.2013-01-28 14:30:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

If you are depressed for a reason, then you have to take steps to take control of your reality.

Sometimes that means doing things that put yourself at risk of humiliation or danger. Life is all about the will to do what you need to do.

A quote from twitter: "Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality" - Ralph Marston

I was depressed a lot in high school, but when I started doing things that make me happy, like music, and i got away from negative people (majority of my family) I learned that my depression was warranted by my environment.

There's a lot to be depressed about sure, but that's life. It's full of crap.

I can't tell you not to be depressed, but I can politely tell you to MAN UP!

Use all the negativity that encompasses you as fuel to better yourself.

That's what rappers apparently do. 		2013-01-29 09:46:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849

I don't know if you targeted that to me or some other guy, but if it was for me, then let me say something.

Firstly, I can not take advice from you because our viewpoints to this reality are different. I am a natural optimist, while your post gives the idea that you are overall cynical about life. It's not my viewpoint nor is it my nature and I can never relate to that.

Secondly, I don't want to control my reality. I was born in its control and molded by it. I didn't see the fact I could control my own world before I was already a man and even then the idea only frightened me. I want it to stay that way. I do not fear humiliation, danger or in reality, I do not fear the world. I live with it.		2013-01-29 10:33:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

It sounds to me that you want to be depressed when you say things like "I don't want to control my reality". If you want to live in a world that depresses you, that's fine. But you don't have to.

The only advice I can think to give you is DO something about it. Otherwise, everything will remain the same and you will continue to be depressed.

BTW, that post wasn't directed towards anyone in particular. Was just something that was on my at the time.		2013-01-29 11:15:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849

Fair enough.2013-01-29 20:58:00

Author:
FreeAim
Posts: 2462

If anyone here is sad right now, I'm gonna quote that bad kid jokes tumblr page. Because if this joke won't pep you up, I don't know will.


Drunck

why did the stupid drunck idiot dance in the middle of the motorway.

well he was drunck what did you expect the reason was. I mean thats what drunck people do when there drunk isnt it		2013-01-29 23:38:00

Author:
Ryan86me
Posts: 1909

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNr3nK_bvKQ2013-02-14 03:11:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970

Yeah, my friend is currently going through depression, and it's not a very comforting sight... But for every beginning, there's always an end right?
Just stay strong and solid, and try not to be too consumed by the emotions, as it's probably a phase that flicks on and off anytime and anywhere. :3		2013-02-14 12:27:00

Author:
Unknown User

Thank you FreeAim for discussing your depression - I think that is the first step to get rid of it. In my opinion it's about finding things to do that takes your mind into new places. I believe every single person on earth has been depressed one time or another. We all share that, but it's just the things we do to fight against it. Only you yourself deep inside know what those things are. I myself enjoy sports, reading, writing, video games, spending time with family, friends, loved ones and a whole lot of other things.

As humans we find ways to complicate the simplicity of life in general. Our minds manufacture all types of feelings and depression is one of them. One example is too try to associate yourself with people that are happy-go-lucky - it rubs off. i know there are centers that help with depression(but in my view it can be counter-productive as you have like-minded depressed people huddled together talking about sad stuff).
Get out there and LIVE(but be careful)
I hope you feel better as soon as possible. Life is wonderful. This Earth is beautiful. Enjoy them to your fullest 		2013-02-14 15:11:00

Author:
cradle2grave
Posts: 148


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