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Posted by inanimate peanut on January 31, 2010, at 0:53:47
Does anyone else hate your birthday? I turned 30 today (well, yesterday now technically) and I have a very real sense of mourning and sadness about it. I feel like birthdays should be a time to look back and celebrate the past and look forward with excitement to the future. Looking back to the past just reminds me of everything that I could have been and now never can be and looking toward the future just makes me think of how I have to live the next 50 years in pain. This isn't how it's supposed to be.
Posted by rnny on January 31, 2010, at 1:42:31
In reply to birthdays when you're depressed, posted by inanimate peanut on January 31, 2010, at 0:53:47
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on turning 30! What a great age. I understand your depression. I have and do experience it myself with regards to aging.
Posted by Phillipa on January 31, 2010, at 11:13:57
In reply to Re: birthdays when you're depressed, posted by rnny on January 31, 2010, at 1:42:31
Happy Birthday peanut you know your're less than half my age. If only I could go back to that age. You are so young and have so many options open to you and you will not be depressed for 50 years. Have a great day. I have one in March and that's another year gone for me. Great days ahead for you!!!!! Much love Phillipa
Posted by evenintherain on February 1, 2010, at 2:35:12
In reply to birthdays when you're depressed, posted by inanimate peanut on January 31, 2010, at 0:53:47
hope it doesn't sound insensitive to say "happy birthday!"
i am 30 too.
i think getting older can be a good thing. for me, i can learn how to deal with things a little better as time goes by, and i don't let as much bother me.
but it can always be frustrating when we are reminded of how long we have suffered.
i guess the best we can hope for is there will be things that happen to you in the next 30 years (and the next 30 after that) that you would never want to give up, just like some of the happy things that have already happened to you.
i know you are worried about your illness getting worse, but that isn't a foregone conclusion, is it? and it could get better with the proper meds.
Posted by manic666 on February 3, 2010, at 12:55:06
In reply to Re: birthdays when you're depressed, posted by evenintherain on February 1, 2010, at 2:35:12
30,that was about the time i new something was wrong, but i just went with the flow .i was the crazies dude on the planet ,at 3o baby think f+++ it an do what you body lets you.treat it as a plip in your life go an see bands. party an be nuts ,even if you dont feel like it just do it.people think im that great for anything guy, even now when in remission,i try to live faster.if your unlucky like me an drift in an out of depression. exept it an you no you will come out after a while.im 62 now an still think im 30 ,because you can miss a few years in depression,i still wear levi,s surfer knecklace tea,shirt an a beat up brown leather jacket,when you feel better dont waste a day,you see it can be cool to be nuts.
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