Depression Recovery

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…as I was 3 or 4 days ago. This is mainly due to this groups’ amazing optimism and positive vibe. It helps just reading everyone elses’ ….stuff. A week or ten days ago I was feeling utterly depressed and found myself lurking around alt.support.depression. Have you been to this place? Support? It was full of posts like; "…my cats’ tail fell off…oh well" "…I might go the mall one day" "..I have a red thing on my ear now" "..I got my goldfish Chris on sale because  he didn’t have a dorsal fin, but he seems happy" "..my pants are full…now what" "..its’ OK if I get leprossy, I have plenty  of velcro.." OK, I made those up, but I found the place completely depressing. There wasn’t much support at all. I’ve made a step forward by realizing it’s not 80% depression and 20% stopping smoking. It’s 20% stopping smoking and 80% how effectively I deal with it…and 10 % caffeine. Thanks for helping me deal with it. the real me

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->…as I was 3 or 4 days ago. >This is mainly due to this groups’ amazing optimism >and positive vibe. >It helps just reading everyone elses’ ….stuff. >A week or ten days ago I was feeling utterly >depressed and found myself lurking around >alt.support.depression. >Have you been to this place? Support? >It was full of posts like; >"…my cats’ tail fell off…oh well" >"…I might go the mall one day" >"..I have a red thing on my ear now" >"..I got my goldfish Chris on sale because > he didn’t have a dorsal fin, but he seems happy" >"..my pants are full…now what" >"..its’ OK if I get leprossy, I have plenty > of velcro.." >OK, I made those up, but I found the place completely >depressing. There wasn’t much support at all.

I’d also suggest you look at alt.support.depression.recovery, and/or alt.support.depression.recovery.sanctuary if you are interested in support for depression. They are off shoots of a.s.d. made by people who found they weren’t getting the support they needed in asd (The .sanctuary one is moderated and thus no trolls/spam)These groups are small, and one has a resident lite troll that everyone ignores, but they can be helpful. (Though with any depression site you have to factor in that the tone of the group may not be all sunshine and roses cause the people on it are indeed depressed) I see below you changed the percentages on the degree of depression so you may not need these ngs. Just thought I’d let you and others know that there is decent support out there if you know where to find it. I’m so glad that you are feeling better, and thrilled to see the real you posting. This ng has made a huge difference in me own quit, and i hope it does the same for you. It does get better. Red Robin, who by the way posts at the above ngs in case you couldn’t tell.

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"The Real Me (formerly ‘Possibly Me’ and ‘not me’)" – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> alt.support.depression. > Have you been to this place? Support? > It was full of posts like; > "…my cats’ tail fell off…oh well" > "…I might go the mall one day" > "..I have a red thing on my ear now" > "..I got my goldfish Chris on sale because >  he didn’t have a dorsal fin, but he seems happy" > "..my pants are full…now what" > "..its’ OK if I get leprossy, I have plenty >  of velcro.." > OK, I made those up, but I found the place completely > depressing. There wasn’t much support at all.

Shit! I was just LMAO and ready to go read for myself! LOL! Your doing great- what you are experiencing is very normal- even for people who dont have depression! You will be *SO* glad you persevered when you find out how liberating it is to not be a slave to this addiction. It defies description, but you’ll know it when you feel it- and it doesn’t take long to start kicking in! Just hang on tight and make the most of this group. Read heaps and post heaps. Its compulsory, and you have a lot of catching up to do Its going to be hard to follow your posts if your nick keeps changing…..and how am I to know if you’re a girl or a boy??? Such things are of the utmost importance you know! all the best! GG. <- a girl. Duh!

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I was totally ROFLing myself.  Humor is good.  I just hope that no one from the original depression NG sees this.  It might get them really depressed. Unless, of course, they have a sense of humor.  Although when you are depressed like I’ve been it’s pretty hard to see yourself out of that wet paper bag you’re in at times. It’s nice to see you have found your sense of humor, Real Me (formerly ‘Possibly Me’ and ‘not me’). GG is right!  You really need a name. Kim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> "The Real Me (formerly ‘Possibly Me’ and ‘not me’)" > alt.support.depression. > Have you been to this place? Support? > It was full of posts like; > "…my cats’ tail fell off…oh well" > "…I might go the mall one day" > "..I have a red thing on my ear now" > "..I got my goldfish Chris on sale because >  he didn’t have a dorsal fin, but he seems happy" > "..my pants are full…now what" > "..its’ OK if I get leprossy, I have plenty >  of velcro.." > OK, I made those up, but I found the place completely > depressing. There wasn’t much support at all. > Shit! I was just LMAO and ready to go read for myself! LOL! > Your doing great- what you are experiencing is very normal- even > for people who dont have depression! > You will be *SO* glad you persevered when you find out how > liberating it is to not be a slave to this addiction. It defies > description, but you’ll know it when you feel it- and it doesn’t > take long to start kicking in! Just hang on tight and make the > most of this group. Read heaps and post heaps. Its compulsory, > and you have a lot of catching up to do > Its going to be hard to follow your posts if your nick keeps > changing…..and how am I to know if you’re a girl or a boy??? > Such things are of the utmost importance you know! > all the best! > > GG. <- a girl. Duh!

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Your sense of humor is going to help you through this process.  Laughter is a great quit aid! Thanks for the laugh . . . ep  dof "The Real Me (formerly ‘Possibly Me’ and ‘not me’)"

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> …as I was 3 or 4 days ago. > This is mainly due to this groups’ amazing optimism > and positive vibe. > It helps just reading everyone elses’ ….stuff. > A week or ten days ago I was feeling utterly > depressed and found myself lurking around > alt.support.depression. > Have you been to this place? Support? > It was full of posts like; > "…my cats’ tail fell off…oh well" > "…I might go the mall one day" > "..I have a red thing on my ear now" > "..I got my goldfish Chris on sale because >  he didn’t have a dorsal fin, but he seems happy" > "..my pants are full…now what" > "..its’ OK if I get leprossy, I have plenty >  of velcro.." > OK, I made those up, but I found the place completely > depressing. There wasn’t much support at all. > I’ve made a step forward by realizing it’s not > 80% depression and 20% stopping smoking. > It’s 20% stopping smoking and 80% how effectively > I deal with it…and 10 % caffeine. > Thanks for helping me deal with it. > the real me

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