Depressed

[Karlos]

Life seems to have contracted into an endless cycle of things I can do without. Long hours, no free time and the accumulated stress from a list of problems/worries that I can't even be bothered to enumerate, not even in a place as familiar as this.

I seem to have two emotional states these days:

1) feeling flat/unfazed
2) feeling miserable/frustrated

For the most part I do a great job of concealing, either that or nobody has really noticed. Don't get me wrong, I have good days but they seem to be the minority now.

Anyway, that's that off my chest.

Somehow I don't feel any better though :/

[cecilia]

I thought we were missing your joyful bursts of humor lately!!

Not much i can say to help, after all..life mostly sucks, sort of.

I just remind myself that I'm one of the luckiest people to have ever lived. I can do things that 99% of humans have never done. SO, I can't complain much.

Believe it or not remembering that Does help me.

plus, what is funnier than dancing veggies?  

[bloodline]

hey Karlos... a few of us have noticed your lack of Amiga commitment recently :-)



<-- Look, it's me with my friend Oliver Kampshoff (in the background) in Hampstead, north London :-)



I assure you, that you are not alone... my January and much of February was spent lying on my living room floor wandering why... Anyway, I've thrown myself into learning German and it seems to have helped a little... though it didn't stop me spilling my heart to the wrong person... :-(

This time of year is always the worst (usually December to March)... But I have the advantage of a nice bottle of red wein and some German sausage to cheer me up and get on with life...

Remember, there are quite a few of us here are good to talk with :-)

[odin]

I too have noticed your absence Karlos, I hope for you it's just a dark season downer. The sunny season is starting again and the bulbs have started to flower. It'll be summer before you know it =).

[cecilia]

[odin]

Now this is a yummy cauliflower.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

@Karlos,
I damn well know what you're talking about. I've had a very, very tough week, and don't know how to handle it. Maybe it's time to write things down. To make things 'solid', so you don't have to remember it (and thus, continuously rethink about it). It's me moms advice, so it must be good :-)

cecilia wrote:

I still miss the Brussels sprout, Cecilia

[motorollin]

First off, it's really good to see you back Karlos. You have been missed. I won't presume to understand what you're going through at the moment. But as bloodline has said you have lots of friends here, and who knows: going in to specifics about your problems might help you to feel better (not suggesting you need to do it publicly :-) ) God knows I've done it enough times here over the past couple of years.

Take care, and please do one thing for me: try to deal with this before it becomes too hard to face. When you get to that stage, you're officially stuck in a rut.

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moto

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Time for a group hug to celebrate the return of a lost sheep. :-)

[A4000_Mad]

Welcome back Karlos :pint:

[bloodline]

Perhaps we could all list the things we do to cheer up? I'd like to see how other people get on with life :-)

[motorollin]

Get a puppy :-)

Big image converted to a link...

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moto

[bloodline]

motorollin wrote:
Get a puppy :-)

Big image converted to a link...

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moto

Ahhh yes I remember him from a previous thread :-)

All very well... Alas I'm allergic to dogs (and horses, which caused me some problems a few years ago, when I had a girlfriend with both :-) ).

[motorollin]

Ahhh that's sad. I can't imagine not having a doggy dog!

[EDIT]
BTW bloodline - my mailbox got full yesterday and I've only just realised so if you replied to my email after about 10:00 yesterday morning you'll have to send it again :-)
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moto

[arkpandora]

Note that a gently depressed frog may be the chance of a jumping-off !