Posted by David K. on January 17, 1999, at 6:30:16
In reply to Response to LT, posted by Janice on January 15, 1999, at 6:17:47
> Sometimes, I think about dying. I think about how
> easy it would be to slip away, that noone would
> notice 'cause I don't have that much to lose...
> life on the edge.I feel this way all the time! It seems like suicide is okay for me, but I wouldn't want anyone else to do it. I mean, I feel like I have NOTHING to lose, but if a friend told me THEY had NOTHING to lose, I'd say, "Ah, your thinking's just distorted. You've really got NOTHING?" and talk them into a less constricted way of thinking.
Wacky.
> > I have no brain either, I feel the same about
> happy events as I do about sad events, just a
> dry face at least. I'm currently taking Celexa
> and Buspar, not working, I think the addition
> of Buspar just makes me feel bitchy. Bitchy
> and depressed, grrr.I'm not sure yet, but I think my mind is starting to go, too. I can't remember little things, when my memory used to a so good it was like a parlor trick. Just yesterday I was telling a friend a sotry, and trying to remember which friend of mine had told it to me/who it had happened to (and there ain't that many to pick from!) In the end I realized that I'd read it somewhere. Now (and later in the day yesterday) I can't even rememeber what the STORY was. This is unusual for me.
I also have trouble finding words, how I get if I haven't talked to anyone for a few days. Trouble is, that's not that case this time. Hmm.> It's easier for aman to be depressed? Woman are expected to be
> smiley, talkative, congenial, and if we're not,
> we're judged for it. Men can be stoic and that's
> ok.I totally agree. I know a guy at work who, when he's down, or just in a bad mood, he gets NASTY. But that's okay. People are just afraid of him and leave him alone. If it were a woman, though? Everyone would say, "What a bitch!"
poster:David K.
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