Superthread LX - Celebrating Misanthrope's Birth

[afinalsin666]

I'll see you one internet forum and raise you one very public website. Travel with the Black Dog.

That was awesome. One of the better depression articles I've read, felt raw.

I'm a long range bipolar, where instead of the switch being flipped several times a day, it lasts weeks before the change. I had a bad low in 08, getting plastered every day, most of the time alone in my room. I do the same shit you do, say no to everything, tired constantly and all that. And when you do tell everyone you are down they are all "but you laugh and smile a lot, you can't be depressed!" Yep, because I haven't mastered the skills of blending in at all.

My only solace when I get down is I know a high is coming. The big 08 high lasted a solid 3 weeks, constant energy and only sleep around 3 hours a night. It was awesome.

 

[RHCP]

Trialled for Sydney City Oztag State Cup side today. I rate myself pretty well but haven't ever played in a rep side or even in a high divison social side, but I think I made a pretty good go of it, and loved the step up in quality.

Lots of fellas putting the old OzTag spin on?

Damn, once again Still don't know how you guys can put it all out there like that but I definitely admire your guts.

 

[Drew-Sta]

Thanks The response to it was really good, both in terms of friends rallying around me and strangers contacting me to share their own story or just offer their support.

There's nothing more compelling in life than meeting / speaking with / listening to someone being real. I'm glad people responded to it

Trialled for Sydney City Oztag State Cup side today. I rate myself pretty well but haven't ever played in a rep side or even in a high divison social side, but I think I made a pretty good go of it, and loved the step up in quality.

Always wish I trialled.

That was awesome. One of the better depression articles I've read, felt raw.

I'm a long range bipolar, where instead of the switch being flipped several times a day, it lasts weeks before the change. I had a bad low in 08, getting plastered every day, most of the time alone in my room. I do the same shit you do, say no to everything, tired constantly and all that. And when you do tell everyone you are down they are all "but you laugh and smile a lot, you can't be depressed!" Yep, because I haven't mastered the skills of blending in at all.

My only solace when I get down is I know a high is coming. The big 08 high lasted a solid 3 weeks, constant energy and only sleep around 3 hours a night. It was awesome.

Have you managed to get medication? It would help prevent the massive lows.

 

[afinalsin666]

Medication would be really bad for me. Most stabilizers come with a weight gain side effect. I would try them out when i hit a decent weight, but it would have killed me back then if I gained weight.

 

[soc123_au]

I'll see you one internet forum and raise you one very public website. Travel with the Black Dog.

That is quite a read. It is amazing the amount of people that do have "a black dog" Having the stones to put it out there like that is very cool. if it provides the inspiration for one person to recognise their own dog & start to deal with it then it is gold.

 

[Misanthrope]

That was awesome. One of the better depression articles I've read, felt raw.

I'm a long range bipolar, where instead of the switch being flipped several times a day, it lasts weeks before the change. I had a bad low in 08, getting plastered every day, most of the time alone in my room. I do the same shit you do, say no to everything, tired constantly and all that. And when you do tell everyone you are down they are all "but you laugh and smile a lot, you can't be depressed!" Yep, because I haven't mastered the skills of blending in at all.

My only solace when I get down is I know a high is coming. The big 08 high lasted a solid 3 weeks, constant energy and only sleep around 3 hours a night. It was awesome.

Cheers, mate. It's an older article now, but still one I'm quite proud of.

My ex's father was bipolar and it really messed with his (and her) life. Your lows sound like most of my life, but I don't know that I could handle the ups and downs. At least I get a fairly standard down.

 

[Misanthrope]

Damn, once again Still don't know how you guys can put it all out there like that but I definitely admire your guts.

I'll never understand why people feel the need to keep something like depression to themselves. You don't hide cancer, why would you hide depression?

There's nothing more compelling in life than meeting / speaking with / listening to someone being real. I'm glad people responded to it

I think people feel they need to be ashamed. Whenever somebody gives them a chance to share, they leap at it.

That is quite a read. It is amazing the amount of people that do have "a black dog" Having the stones to put it out there like that is very cool. if it provides the inspiration for one person to recognise their own dog & start to deal with it then it is gold.

I think a lot of us are depressed to a certain extent. How many of those people contacting me are just temporarily depressed and who are clinically depressed, I'll never know.

There's nothing 'lesser' about temporary depression, but I do think the term gets thrown about a lot. Makes it hard to be taken seriously when you're really struggling with it.

 

[afinalsin666]

It is hard to visualize. My highs are insane. I talk non stop, even when I'm alone. And since I rap, I just freestyle constantly. It is brilliant creatively.

I can handle the lows, I've had lots of practice. The highs are so worth it.

 

[Dragon2010]

Spend all day doing garden work and house maintenance. Come back to this, certainly an interesting day...

Also, as much as people bag BM out here on the forum. He's prob a decent enough bloke IRL.

 

[umina panther]

Guess im pretty lucky, despite having a pretty shitty childhood ( extremely poor, drug addict parent ect) i've always been happy. Massive respect for you guys who have to deal with that shit.

 

[afinalsin666]

Spend all day doing garden work and house maintenance. Come back to this, certainly an interesting day...

Also, as much as people bag BM out here on the forum. He's prob a decent enough bloke IRL.

I think he knows it is mostly terms of endearment by now. Mostly.

 

[Misanthrope]

I think he knows it is mostly terms of endearment by now. Mostly.

I'd totes have a beer with BM. Seems cool enough.

 

[afinalsin666]

I'd drink with BM. Seems to have my IRL humor. Dry sarcastic and self deprecating.

 

[soc123_au]

I think a lot of us are depressed to a certain extent.

No doubt. The reasons would vary wildly though. Fortunately I think a lot of people would suffer due to circumstances. Once the circumstance changes for the better the depression goes. A bit tougher to deal with when it goes deeper than that.

In my case I used to have some very dark moments (due to a physical condition) I kept them to myself for the most part but that made it more destructive. Once I came to terms with the fact nothing was going to change I was able to suck it up & get on with it.

 

[RHCP]

I'll never understand why people feel the need to keep something like depression to themselves. You don't hide cancer, why would you hide depression?

Eh, for me personally I couldn't tell you, I'm just wired that way.

Excellent article btw.

 

[Misanthrope]

No doubt. The reasons would vary wildly though. Fortunately I think a lot of people would suffer due to circumstances. Once the circumstance changes for the better the depression goes. A bit tougher to deal with when it goes deeper than that.

In my case I used to have some very dark moments (due to a physical condition) I kept them to myself for the most part but that made it more destructive. Once I came to terms with the fact nothing was going to change I was able to suck it up & get on with it.

I think I'd handle my own much better if I had access to therapy, medication, and friends/family. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a job that doesn't make me more miserable, so Australia continually eludes me.

Eh, for me personally I couldn't tell you, I'm just wired that way.

Excellent article btw.

Cheers!

 

[soc123_au]

Family & Friends are a massive help. Without that I would have been swimming in the gravel about 15 years ago.

 

[afinalsin666]

We as a society need to get rid of the stigma around depression and mental illness. Traditional hard manly men can't have feelings, because it is weak. They never open up to anyone because it is weak. They don't take charity when they need it because that is weak. And then they kill themselves, and no one knew it was coming because they perfected keeping shit secret.

My uncle went through exactly that, no one knew anything.

 

[Misanthrope]

The state of mental health in Australia is pretty dire.

China makes it seem positively Utopian :lol:

 

[HowHigh]

Interesting read Mis, gives a good insight into a something I really know little about.
Thankfully I've never really suffered from depression (or at least things I didn't have control over).