What Depresses You?

[David]

What depresses you?

I once cried when I saw the wind blow all the dandies off a dandelion.

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I don't know why, but for some reason that just struck me as depressing & I began to despair of the ways of the world, & of all her inhabitants therein.

At the time, I was on a Beethoven late piano sonata kick. So I was listening to the Op. 111 Arietta adagio molto hoochie-coochie cantabile over & over & over again.

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[strandinthewind]

Missing the last prada in my size at Neiman Marcus' Last Call :laugh:

Seriously, seeing crippled children.

On the other hand, seeing them blosom as much as they can with care gives me hope.

[mylittledemon]

Looking at old photographs.

Christmastime.

Being "back home" at Christmastime.

Hearing about past relationships of my own thru other people.

Ungratefulness.

[irishgrl]

molested children. nuff said.

Jason will you PLEEZ take out that extra "a" in your damn sig!!! you Eyetalian wannabe! :lol:

the least you can do is connect the words: "Dont-a" stomp your last season...you get the picture Im sure.

[ryan8472]

The Yankees

Animal cruelty

Real sad songs

[irishgrl]

cantabile
what in the sam hell is a cantabile? Ive heard of a canticle, but a cantabile?

[Richard B]

Missing / Have You Seen This Person flyers.

Violence.

Ignorance.

The mid-west.

Narcissism.

Movie remakes.

[heyjupiter678]

The state of the country.

Politics, in general.

Child/Elderly/Animal abuse.

Getting older.

[stargazer99]

The news.

Violence, especially against children. (I cry like a baby even watching fictional shows where a child is hurt or killed.)

People who can't think for themselves.

The state of this country.

[dissention]

Lots of things.

Animal cruelty and how so few care about the treatment of animals.
Feeling like I haven't done enough with my life to help others.
The effects of American capitalism.
Lack of empathy.

[strandinthewind]

. . . Jason will you PLEEZ take out that extra "a" in your damn sig!!! you Eyetalian wannabe! :lol:

the least you can do is connect the words: "Dont-a" stomp your last season...you get the picture Im sure.

That is how it was written in the script and it was written for a sleazy but hot Peurto Rican Pool Boy.

[amber]

Lots of things.

Animal cruelty and how so few care about the treatment of animals.

The effects of American capitalism.


Put these on my list, just for starters.

I wanted to take this opportunity to compliment David on his use of pictures since he has discovered photobucket. They are especially striking and appropriate yet original in this particular thread.

hmm, I was going to put one more for good measure, but that "effects of american capitalism" one encompasses a gigantic portion of things I could say.

When I stop to pet cats when I'm out walking (there's lots all around the neighborhoods) and they act like they don't want me to leave, and kind of follow me down the street, but I don't know what they want, or if they're in trouble, or if they have homes (in some cases. Some have collars and are really fat). And they miaow at me and get that compelling look in their eyes, as if they really need something, but I still have to leave anyways. To assuage my sorrow, I tell myself that they all probably just want some food, or to be let into their houses, which is what most cats want a large portion of the time that they interact with you. :)

Oh, and this is a big one - when i don't have the food I want, and can't get it.
Or also when i don't have much food.

When people who are gay feel like they can't just be gay because of various societal strictures. And when others get caught up in that circle of deception...

Ghetto-ass arguments that I can hear from my apartment.

[Serrart]

Just some:
Indifference
The fact that only a small part of the world population doesn't have to struggle to eat everyday
Reality shows
Our Prime Minister
Over spoiled teens

what in the sam hell is a cantabile? Ive heard of a canticle, but a cantabile?

It should be (according to vague memories from an exam) an expressive indication to have the piece played as if it was sung, and it's usually applied to slow movements, like adagio or andante... I think :shrug:.

Romy

[Red]

Let's see....

-WWII movies
-kids with disabilities
-income tax
-racism
-business women downtown who wear their white high top runners with their dark nylons and skirt-suits. As if that's acceptable.

[amber]

-business women downtown who wear their white high top runners with their dark nylons and skirt-suits. As if that's acceptable.
:laugh: :laugh:
sweetie, I think they only do that after they're done with work, or at lunch, when they have to walk places. If I have to wear high heels everyday, I wouldn't want to tromp all around town with them, either.

[jannieC]

Infertility
Sundays used to depress me, but not so much any more
Kids that have no friends or are picked on
The elderly

Probably many more, but if I think too hard, I'll really get depressed.

[amber]

what in the sam hell is a cantabile? Ive heard of a canticle, but a cantabile?
After consulting my old friend dictionary.com:

In a smooth, lyrical, flowing style. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Red]

:laugh: :laugh:
sweetie, I think they only do that after they're done with work, or at lunch, when they have to walk places. If I have to wear high heels everyday, I wouldn't want to tromp all around town with them, either.

Nope, sorry, there's no excuse, even to commute. I walk to work every day, so I bought cute flat boots. They are Prada, and they're this season!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[amber]

Nope, sorry, there's no excuse, even to commute. I walk to work every day, so I bought cute flat boots. They are Prada, and they're this season!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
ooohhh, I see how you are. Sorry, I didn't realize.
:laugh:
Cute flat boots aren't the same as really good running shoes, as far as comfort goes. Bless your heart, though.

[Red]

ooohhh, I see how you are. Sorry, I didn't realize.
:laugh:
Oh, and cute flat boots aren't the same as really good running shoes, as far as comfort goes. Bless your heart, though.

Sesly though, cute, flat and cheap shoes can easily be purchased AND BE COMFORTABLE!!!!:nod: No need for fugly runners!

[amber]

Sesly though, cute, flat and cheap shoes can easily be purchased AND BE COMFORTABLE!!!!:nod: No need for fugly runners!
Okay. I know my tennies are way more comf.
But then, my legs hurt all the time, my knees are a little shmucked up, and my ankles, and a few times a year I strain my lower back. Also, I don't have a car, so I always get around using my feet, somehow. I walk a lot. So, that's just me.
But it's true, you can find perfectly adequately comfortable flat shoes that...well....don't look stupid with your tights and skirt. :laugh: :xoxo:

[GypsySorcerer]

diseases for which we have no cure
hate
animal/child abuse
the state of education in this country
the thought of Tom and Katie having a baby

[BTFLCHLD]

mostly disregard for humans/animals...
a mix of depression and anger i suppose
such as people who throw babies away
when there are other options
(another recent baby found this weeks trash)

[GateandGarden]

unrequited love

physical and emotional abuse

driving down Beach Boulevard in MS

thinking about New Orleans

seeing pictures of places that no longer exist in LA or MS

ignorance/prejudice

capital punishment

death of loved ones

There are many more, but that last one seems to be the biggest.

[ragandbone]

oil spills, and environmental disasters
things left unfinished (projects, friendships, dishes, conversations)
trash blowing down the street
elderly trying to hurry across a street in front of impatient drivers
animals waiting to be adopted in shelter
never being able to speak again to friends who have died
Greyhbound stations
beige

[strandinthewind]

Nope, sorry, there's no excuse, even to commute. I walk to work every day, so I bought cute flat boots. They are Prada, and they're this season!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
:eek:

I may be in love with you :cool:

[strandinthewind]

What depresses you?

I once cried when I saw the wind blow all the dandies off a dandelion.

<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/cbrook/Depressed.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

I don't know why, but for some reason that just struck me as depressing & I began to despair of the ways of the world, & of all her inhabitants therein.

At the time, I was on a Beethoven late piano sonata kick. So I was listening to the Op. 111 Arietta adagio molto hoochie-coochie cantabile over & over & over again.

<img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b298/cbrook/Depressed02.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Well, that is what the dandies and wind are made to do and for :shrug: It was nature/God at its purist form.

As for the Beethoven - that always has some emotional effect on me, and I love every minute of it. Though this tread reminds me more of Kansas' rhetorical musings while presumably stoned in Dust in the Wind, farily recently covered by the oddly expressioned Sara Brightman.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Old photographs of loved ones no longer with us.

Abortion.

How we as a country generally cast aside the elderly.

[dissention]

the thought of Tom and Katie having a baby

:xoxo:

Try to sneak a peak at The Enquirer this week. The headline? "TEST TUBE BABY."

I nearly choked on the cider sample I was sloshing back when I saw it at the market.

[DownOnRodeo]

A few months back, my tutor told me that a baby girl had fallen from the fifth floor of her apartment building that morning. I almost cried right there! I think it was my time of the month. :(

[sara1998]

The mid-west.
What's wrong with the midwest???:laugh:

I have lots of depressors.

Him leaving his child behind through suicide, and what will have to be explained later in life.

Child grief, molestation, abuse, hunger, depression.

Murders.

The current state of our country.

[Johnny Stew]

Kids/teenagers being ostracized, or abused, or neglected.

People (especially teenagers and young adults) being made to feel like scum because they don't fit into the societal or religious view of "normal."

Loved ones who are hurting or sick.

Knowing that I can't stop any of those things from happening, as much as I wish I could.

[GypsySorcerer]

:xoxo:

Try to sneak a peak at The Enquirer this week. The headline? "TEST TUBE BABY."

I nearly choked on the cider sample I was sloshing back when I saw it at the market.
I was in the supermarket today and missed it; I'll look next time I'm in the store. However, I did read where Adam Carolla said that finally someone was worthy of using L. Rob Hubbard's frozen seed. :laugh: :lol: :laugh:

[estranged4life]

obviously my Mother's death this past March is STILL depressing to me.

As of late wondering if my ex-fiancee was really pregnant with twins (As she once said in a letter he mailed me) and if she was did she put the children up for adoption without ever informing me (She has mysteriously reappearred in my life via email...Her recent emails seem rather cryptic to me.)

Homeless people on the street very much depresses me too.

[sparky]

RAIN.

All of a sudden, the sky opened up here in LA. I was happily sitting on my front deck, on the phone. Boom. Rain. Hateful. Horrible. Can't stand it.

[dissention]

RAIN.

All of a sudden, the sky opened up here in LA. I was happily sitting on my front deck, on the phone. Boom. Rain. Hateful. Horrible. Can't stand it.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ha.

Try the last eight days of non-stop rain that us poor schlubs in the northeast had to endure.

[ryan8472]

RAIN.

All of a sudden, the sky opened up here in LA. I was happily sitting on my front deck, on the phone. Boom. Rain. Hateful. Horrible. Can't stand it.
Don't you bitch about rain to us New Englanders, honey. :mad: :lol:

[ryan8472]

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ha.

Try the last eight days of non-stop rain that us poor schlubs in the northeast had to endure.
Jynx. :laugh: :xoxo:

[amber]

RAIN.

All of a sudden, the sky opened up here in LA. I was happily sitting on my front deck, on the phone. Boom. Rain. Hateful. Horrible. Can't stand it.
Oh, yeah, we got the first rain in five or so months here, too. Last night. It was beautiful.
Naturally on the day I had to move things outside cause carpet was being installed. I got lucky, though, it passed.
I'm suprised you don't like it, though, especially living in El Lay (your hispanic bf) where you don't get it that often. :confused: You know, i would think you'd be stoked at the clearing of smog, and the washing you clean, and all that. :)
I like Rain. A lot. It's beautiful and deep, and otherworldly. But I hate it in excess.

[sparky]

Oh, yeah, we got the first rain in five or so months here, too. Last night. It was beautiful.

Beautiful, my ASS.

I'm suprised you don't like it, though, especially living in El Lay (your hispanic bf) where you don't get it that often.

Sweet Pea, I grew up in Oregon and lived there till I was 26. It rained 7 months a year or more each of those years. We went for months without seeing the sun. I had enough for 3 life times. And BTW, I have no BF. :mad:
I only say mad because I am horny.

:confused: You know, i would think you'd be stoked at the clearing of smog, and the washing you clean, and all that. :)
I like Rain. A lot. It's beautiful and deep, and otherworldly. But I hate it in excess.

F that. I have a shower and a swimming pool and a hose. I am plenty clean.
Spotless, in fact. Immaculate. Sparkly and squeaky and ready to eat.

I still have no new roof, and need I remind you that last January I had a landslide on my property that is going to cost me ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars to fix ?

I hate rain.

[dissention]

Don't you bitch about rain to us New Englanders, honey. :mad: :lol:

*high fives*

Rain. I used to love it. Now I hate it. I heard they closed off a HUGE portion of 1-91 in Connecticut this morning and then right afterwards, my mother called me and said that one of the bridges near her house was closed off because it flooded. What a pain in the ass. I didn't go anywhere today because I didn't want to deal with it.

[sparky]

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Ha.

Try the last eight days of non-stop rain that us poor schlubs in the northeast had to endure.

You chose to live in that godforsaken part of the country, Frank.

Don't you bitch about rain to us New Englanders, honey.

Easy, little Homie. I moved to LA to get away from this ****. I did my time in Oregon with this crap. BTW, you're still young enough to be taken over my knee.:laugh:

[rbs3676]

Having to say "Goodbye" when I really want to scream "Please don't go!"

Animal Shelters

Gas prices

The top 40

The amount of money we have spent on this war and the amount of money we need to spend on the Hurricane tragedies...priorities?!!?!?!

Never knowing if Angela Chase chose Brian Crackhow over Jordan Catallano


rbs

[estranged4life]

to worry about is rain, my life would be so much simpler than as complex as it is.

Weird, but when it is sunny, warm/hot and clear outside I get somewhat depressed...But if it is grey/dreary/cold I am in a very happy & content mood.

[dissention]

Brian Crackhow over Jordan Catallano

I know who Whitney would choose. :lol:

[sparky]

to worry about is rain, my life would be so much simpler than as complex as it is.

Weird, but when it is sunny, warm/hot and clear outside I get somewhat depressed...But if it is grey/dreary/cold I am in a very happy & content mood.

Move to Oregon or Washington. You'll be happy as hell 3/4 of the year, dude.

BTW, I could write you a novel about other major gripes and tragedies that have passed through my world. It's the little stuff that gets me.:wavey:

[estranged4life]

BTW, I could write you a novel about other major gripes and tragedies that have passed through my world. It's the little stuff that gets me.:wavey:

writing a book myself, but knowing most people they would assume it is fiction, when it is reality & factual...

As much hell I have lived through in my life is why I have so much grey in hair...It's been there since I was 20 (15 years ago).

Little stuff doesnt bother me, it's all the tangled wreckage of the past that comes back out of the closet like a skeleton that taunts me that I cant deal with.

[amber]

Beautiful, my ASS.



Sweet Pea, I grew up in Oregon and lived there till I was 26. It rained 7 months a year or more each of those years. We went for months without seeing the sun. I had enough for 3 life times. And BTW, I have no BF. :mad:
I only say mad because I am horny.



F that. I have a shower and a swimming pool and a hose. I am plenty clean.
Spotless, in fact. Immaculate. Sparkly and squeaky and ready to eat.

I still have no new roof, and need I remind you that last January I had a landslide on my property that is going to cost me ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars to fix ?

I hate rain.

Okay, Sam L.! I understand about Oregon.
It was a theoretical Spanish BF, it was a joke.
If I was mad every time I was horny...wait...maybe that's it!!!:laugh:
That's cool, about your SP, and your Hose, and your shower. I get it.
but it has been six months or so, here. Plus it's often cloudy or foggy here, and cold, so it's like, there should be rain.
Sorry about your landslide.:(
As an environmentalist, I'm going to have to say:
don't build your **** on a hill in an erosion prone/earthquake dangerous zone.
As I friend, I'm sooo sorry!
Wait...One hundred thousand dollars?!?!?:eek: yeah. there shouldn't be buildings there. And I'm very sorry. :xoxo:

[ragandbone]

Sorry about your landslide.:(

:) this ^ would make a good album title.

[Mari]

WINTER. Not as much because of the cold, but because of the short days we have here. Sun goes up at nine (when I'm already at work) and goes down at four (when I'm still at work). Which means that the only sunlight I get is through windows.
Politicians.
The people who'll vote for right wing parties, too stupid to realise what those parties have planned for them.
Stories of child abuse.
Money problems.

[sparky]

As an environmentalist, I'm going to have to say:
don't build your **** on a hill in an erosion prone/earthquake dangerous zone.
As I friend, I'm sooo sorry!
Wait...One hundred thousand dollars?!?!?:eek: yeah. there shouldn't be buildings there. And I'm very sorry. :xoxo:

I didn't build this friggin house !

I am not worried about earthquakes. My house is built on a 3' concrete slab poured onto bedrock. Alas, Caltrans didn't build proper drainage for the freeway so all their water came onto my property and decimated the hill behind my house. Worry not. I am suing them.

As a snobby landowner in LA - of course I bought a house on a hill with a swimming pool and a "movie star view". Wouldn't you, Greta ?

There just hadn't been a rainy season like jan/feb of 2005 in over a hundred years and I didn't know the state property had no drainage system. Now I know. And I have a mean attorney.:thumbsup:

[Wild_Heart03]

Crushes that you know won't go anywhere.

Certain songs, especially when I'm already in a down mood.

Thinking about my future.

Watching it snow late at night during the winter.

[SuzeQuze]

Okay. I know my tennies are way more comf.
But then, my legs hurt all the time, my knees are a little shmucked up, and my ankles, and a few times a year I strain my lower back. Also, I don't have a car, so I always get around using my feet, somehow. I walk a lot. So, that's just me.
But it's true, you can find perfectly adequately comfortable flat shoes that...well....don't look stupid with your tights and skirt. :laugh: :xoxo:

Shoes don't have the support and shock absorption that sneakers have. Make me a shoe that does and I will wear it. Some people have back problems so it isn't wise to walk a lot in improper shoes. Although I did walk an awful lot last night in my kitten heeled boots. But that is not an every day thing! Plus the heel is so low.

[realcowgirl]

When I was a little kid, my father used to sing the Meatball Song, you know the one :

On top of Spaghetti
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When I had to sneeze.
It rolled off the table
And onto the floor
And then my poor meatball
Rolled out of the door.
It rolled off the front porch
And under a bush
And then my poor meatball
Was nothing but mush.

I used to cry for the poor meatball. Seriously.

But, besides that, animal cruelty and death are at the top of the list.

[SuzeQuze]

WINTER. Not as much because of the cold, but because of the short days we have here. Sun goes up at nine (when I'm already at work) and goes down at four (when I'm still at work). Which means that the only sunlight I get is through windows.
Politicians.
The people who'll vote for right wing parties, too stupid to realise what those parties have planned for them.
Stories of child abuse.
Money problems.

I'm thinking of getting a light box this year because we have almost as little light as you in the winter. I think the sun comes up a bit earlier but the shortest days do get dark at 4:00. That really depresses me. :(

What you said about right wing parties, lately that has been bringing me to tears very easily. I get so frustrated when I cannot communicate the truth to people. It's making me sad as I type.

Going to get my car and it is not there because it has been towed.

The fact that the things that depress me are trivial compared to others' real problems depresses me.

Children/animal neglect and cruelty.

My debt.

[Miss Vicky]

Animal cruelty

The rise of conservatism

The war in Iraq

Natural disasters

Getting older (I'll be 25 in 7 months, ack!) and still having nothing to show for it

The state of popular music

That's all for now... though I'm sure I'll think of more.

[strandinthewind]

Move to Oregon or Washington. You'll be happy as hell 3/4 of the year, dude.

BTW, I could write you a novel about other major gripes and tragedies that have passed through my world. It's the little stuff that gets me.:wavey:

My chapter (and I BETTER get a FU*KING chapter :wavey: ) would be entitled:

LUSH - its a high class problem

Confessions of a Southern former beauty queen. "On a bleak [November] morning, I came forth like an echo from the hills of Cochemara, whilst Diedre wept cruel tears . . . . ," wqhich most def. is a better way to say "on the day I was born, it rained" :cool:

[markolas]

Listening to my roommates have sex (when I currently am not having any) depresses me.

Sleeping alone when there's someone in particular that I would like to be sleeping with. :D But a trip to Wendy's for a double cheeseburger combo should cure this. :lol:

Overcast skies tend to depress me. I think I have SAD or something.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

The rise of conservatism




Oh but that is such a happy thing! :D :nod:

[David]

It's interesting (at least to me) that virtually nothing most of you cite as depressants is of what I or most of us would consider joyous, pleasureful or even affectively neutral (although one of you very astutely mentioned old photos).

Our affects can be so unpredictable; they can be brought low by the most seemingly innocent or neutral of sights, recollections, or musings.

I think of William Styron's recollection of the terror he suddenly felt -- which helped trigger a depression -- on a walk along the lakeshore of his summer home when a flock of geese suddenly flew skyward.

I once saw a lizard -- a harmless, cute enough little lizard -- dart across an expanse of low-cut bushes; & this for some reason laid me low in the following weeks with maleficent effect. There's no simple explanation for it, for the mind has its own motor.

[Mari]

I'm thinking of getting a light box this year because we have almost as little light as you in the winter. I think the sun comes up a bit earlier but the shortest days do get dark at 4:00. That really depresses me. :(

Really? I hear they're pretty expensive. But you can use them for years, I guess. A friend of mine did light therapy last winter, she did feel a lot better. Actually, the results of light therapy are very high!
I don't know if I'll do that. Some years it's better than others.. but it's always been there.


What you said about right wing parties, lately that has been bringing me to tears very easily. I get so frustrated when I cannot communicate the truth to people. It's making me sad as I type.

Going to get my car and it is not there because it has been towed.

The fact that the things that depress me are trivial compared to others' real problems depresses me.

Children/animal neglect and cruelty.

My debt.

Ouch, there's something else that's familiar. :(
Next year there will be some changes in our health care system which means I'll have to pay a lot more. I don't know how I'm going to do that. That stuff makes me depressed as well.

[Johnny Stew]

It's interesting (at least to me) that virtually nothing most of you cite as depressants is of what I or most of us would consider joyous, pleasureful or even affectively neutral (although one of you very astutely mentioned old photos).Ah, I get what you were going for.

Well, I often get mightily depressed when I see men around my age interacting happily with their young children.

It should be a sweet thing to witness, but it really gets to me because I know I'll never have that opportunity.

Anyway....

[Richard B]

It's interesting (at least to me) that virtually nothing most of you cite as depressants is of what I or most of us would consider joyous, pleasureful or even affectively neutral (although one of you very astutely mentioned old photos).

Our affects can be so unpredictable; they can be brought low by the most seemingly innocent or neutral of sights, recollections, or musings.

I think of William Styron's recollection of the terror he suddenly felt -- which helped trigger a depression -- on a walk along the lakeshore of his summer home when a flock of geese suddenly flew skyward.

I once saw a lizard -- a harmless, cute enough little lizard -- dart across an expanse of low-cut bushes; & this for some reason laid me low in the following weeks with maleficent effect. There's no simple explanation for it, for the mind has its own motor.
Gosh. You sound skittish. Are you a Cancer?

[DavidMn]

When I hear stories about people in Nursing homes being mistreated. That really upsets me:mad:

[ontheEdgeof17]

-My job...lots of sick ppl out there

-When you know you f-ed something up and you can't go back to fix it...or the other person won't let you fix it

-seeing Stevie sing songs live....makes me happy, yet sad

-living alone

[LikeAWillow]

Hmm, I think what depresses me the most is people who are apathetic to what the rest of you have already mentioned. Seeing an old woman neglected in a nursing home is horrible, watching someone not care about it is worse.

[Red]

Getting older (I'll be 25 in 7 months, ack!) and still having nothing to show for it
.

I remember this feeling when I turned 25 (3 years ago). Everything I thought I would have, or done, or accomplished was way off from where I was and made me super depressed. It took me while to realize that I have it pretty good compared to a lot of people, having my health, good friends and such. There's something about turning 25 that can induce panic. But I'm now 28 and not too concerned about aging. But I TOTALLY get what you're saying and its a such a crappy feeling. But trust me, it gets better! :xoxo:

[HomerMcvie]

Getting older
Animal cruelty
Rain
Winter - yep, it could be 85 and sunny, EVERY day of the year, as far as I'm concerned.
Cancer - Lost my Mom two years ago, and have been fighting my dog's cancer since Feb.
Being alone - occasionally
Not being able to be with the love of my life.

[GateandGarden]

Not being able to be with the love of my life.Same here. :(

[Miss Vicky]

Same here. :(

What's more depressing is not having one to begin with.

[HomerMcvie]

What's more depressing is not having one to begin with.
Wrong, IMO. It's far worse knowing that they're the one for you, and you'll most likely never be able to be with them. You wanna talk about depressing!!!

Happily married now, my ass!:mad: :mad: :mad: I guess that's why I still get a few phone calls a year...

Trust me. I was FAR happier before. And actually had a sex life. I simply don't care anymore. I, quite literally, gave everything I had. I have nothing left to give. That was 7 years ago.

Thanks David, for starting this utterly depressing thread!!!:( :( :(

[GateandGarden]

Trust me. I was FAR happier before. And actually had a sex life. I simply don't care anymore. I, quite literally, gave everything I had. I have nothing left to give. That was 7 years ago.I am so sorry about that. :distress: :distress: I totally understand why you don't care anymore; I have felt the same way. But I truly believe there is more than one soulmate for us all, so it isn't over for either one of us.

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This thread depresses me.

[HomerMcvie]

I am so sorry about that. :distress: :distress: I totally understand why you don't care anymore; I have felt the same way. But I truly believe there is more than one soulmate for us all, so it isn't over for either one of us.
I've walked down a few more roads though, Hill, so I've probably got a little more experience to draw from(I mean nothing by that, only that you're still very young{damn you!:rolleyes: }). I'd THOUGHT I'd found it a couple previous times. I was wrong. Those times now PALE in comparison.
I'm not the depressive type, though. I try not to dwell on it, and am hopefully open to future relationships.

Now why can't the 1% of the population that I'm attracted to(this might be an upward exaggeration), be attracted to me?:shrug:

[GateandGarden]

I've walked down a few more roads though, Hill, so I've probably got a little more experience to draw from(I mean nothing by that, only that you're still very young{damn you!:rolleyes: }). I'd THOUGHT I'd found it a couple previous times. I was wrong. Those times now PALE in comparison.
I'm not the depressive type, though. I try not to dwell on it, and am hopefully open to future relationships.

Now why can't the 1% of the population that I'm attracted to(this might be an upward exaggeration), be attracted to me?:shrug:I know you're older and have seen more and all; I completely understand that. You have a right to be more discouraged. I'm glad that you are open to future relationships, though. :) As to why that 1% of the population won't reciprocate--I haven't a clue. That damn 1%. :rolleyes:

[HomerMcvie]

I know you're older and have seen more and all; I completely understand that. You have a right to be more discouraged. I'm glad that you are open to future relationships, though. :) As to why that 1% of the population won't reciprocate--I haven't a clue. That damn 1%. :rolleyes:
Well, hurt is the same whether you're 19 or 90. But, when you 30 or so, and have been through more breakups, etc, HOPEFULLY one tends to recognize patterns, going for the wrong type, etc...
Some never learn. Some learn, and put up walls.:(
That damned 1%, indeed.

FWIW, I get date offers. I just wish I was interested.(actually, I'm going out now for a couple drinks with someone who I know is interested. Probably, most like, surely, I will not let it go beyond the couple drinks. Doing such would ruin my lonely, protected state:confused: ).

[GateandGarden]

Well, hurt is the same whether you're 19 or 90. But, when you 30 or so, and have been through more breakups, etc, HOPEFULLY one tends to recognize patterns, going for the wrong type, etc...
Some never learn. Some learn, and put up walls.:(
That damned 1%, indeed.

FWIW, I get date offers. I just wish I was interested.(actually, I'm going out now for a couple drinks with someone who I know is interested. Probably, most like, surely, I will not let it go beyond the couple drinks. Doing such would ruin my lonely, protected state:confused: ).Well, whatever happens, I hope that you can have fun with her. :) It's all tricky and frustrating, but I hope you can be happy. :xoxo:

[SuzeQuze]

Well, hurt is the same whether you're 19 or 90. But, when you 30 or so, and have been through more breakups, etc, HOPEFULLY one tends to recognize patterns, going for the wrong type, etc...
Some never learn. Some learn, and put up walls.:(
That damned 1%, indeed.

FWIW, I get date offers. I just wish I was interested.(actually, I'm going out now for a couple drinks with someone who I know is interested. Probably, most like, surely, I will not let it go beyond the couple drinks. Doing such would ruin my lonely, protected state:confused: ).

Seven years is a long time. But its been 7 since my breakup with my ex fiance and it does still affect me so I understand somewhat.

You haven't met the love of your life yet. When you do she will be with you. The other was not her or you would be with her.

[jannieC]

-seeing Stevie sing songs live....makes me happy, yet sad



That's interesting Curtis, because I have always felt the same way. And I don't just mean <i>after</i> she's done singing- I kind of feel it while it's happening. I've never been able to explain it (to myself) and certainly have never heard anyone else say that.

[BTFLCHLD]

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[SuzeQuze]

Really? I hear they're pretty expensive. But you can use them for years, I guess. A friend of mine did light therapy last winter, she did feel a lot better. Actually, the results of light therapy are very high!
I don't know if I'll do that. Some years it's better than others.. but it's always been there.

The light boxes are expensive, they're about $250 US. I saw them online, there was a cheaper one for about $125 but I wouldn't want to buy one to just have it break. Last winter was pretty bad and I don't want to feel like that again.

Ouch, there's something else that's familiar. :(
Next year there will be some changes in our health care system which means I'll have to pay a lot more. I don't know how I'm going to do that. That stuff makes me depressed as well.

Sorry to hear about your healthcare, that really sucks. I have pretty good insurance and am lucky that way. However, I just had to have a brand name prescription filled and they charge $25 for that which stinks. It's still not even close to paying the full price of the drug though.

[BTFLCHLD]

It's interesting (at least to me) that virtually nothing most of you cite as depressants is of what I or most of us would consider joyous, pleasureful or even affectively neutral (although one of you very astutely mentioned old photos). hmmm...i was depressed for weeks when my bro picked the wings off a fly :shrug:

[sara1998]

hmmm...i was depressed for weeks when my bro picked the wings off a fly :shrug:
then it was called a walk......

:sorry:

[BTFLCHLD]

then it was called a walk......:sorry: better than squish, eh? :D

[mylittledemon]

What depresses me? BTFLCHLD not sending me her wet "T" pics. HA!

[strandinthewind]

then it was called a walk......

:sorry:


AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :laugh:

[BTFLCHLD]

What depresses me? BTFLCHLD not sending me her wet "T" pics. HA! <img src="http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a152/BTFLCHLD/6.gif" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

[DavidMn]

What depresses me? BTFLCHLD not sending me her wet "T" pics. HA!My favorite pic or hers is actually the one she has of Jocelyn Wildenstein. MEEEOWWWWW!!!:laugh:

[BTFLCHLD]

My favorite pic or hers is actually the one she has of Jocelyn Wildenstein. MEEEOWWWWW!!!:laugh:
did you see the one posted below? :lol:
hey meeting was cancelled if you wanna give me a jingle :D
i do want to hear your good news :]

[DavidMn]

did you see the one posted below? :lol:
hey meeting was cancelled if you wanna give me a jingle :D
i do want to hear your good news :]
Cool. I'll call you in a little bit. Love u!!!!!:xoxo:

[sara1998]

Cool. I'll call you in a little bit. Love u!!!!!:xoxo:
don't forget to call me too....

Oh ya, I love ya too baby!!!

Sorry, my karma musta ran over my dogma today......:]

[mylittledemon]

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wait listed? huh?