I just want you to know how much I believe in you. You’ve shown strength, resilience, and the kind of determination that’s truly inspiring. I have no doubt that you’re capable of achieving great things. You have the talent, the passion, and the mindset to overcome any challenge that comes your way. Whatever goals you set, I know you’ll reach them, and I’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Keep pushing forward, because the world is waiting for the amazing things you’re going to accomplish.
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I grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive household, so I have suffered from depression since the age of 10. Depression is just a normal part of life for me, and I generally find it easy to deal with as long as my basic needs are being met:
1). I have pleasant food to eat.
2). I have a safe, comfortable place to sleep.
3). I have things which keep my mind occupied.
Occasionally, things will happen that trigger a bout of severe depression, and during those those periods, I remind myself that I am not experiencing anything new or unfamiliar, and that given time, this negative emotional mental-state will likely pass as it has so many times before. I commit myself to not do anything rash, because experience has proven to me that such periods pass like a storm to give rise to better days.
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Thank you for sharing that with me. It takes a lot of courage to speak openly about what you’ve been through, and I admire the strength you’ve shown in managing it all these years. Your self-awareness and the way you handle difficult periods is truly inspiring. I want you to know that I’m here for you, and if you ever need someone to lean on during those tough times, I’m always around. It’s okay to let yourself feel what you’re going through, and I believe in your resilience. You’ve overcome so much already, and I’m confident that, like before, better days will come your way again.
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Its more than just a surface level answer. I find that when you live in utter darkness, literal darkness all day and all night, and the only illumination comes from the screens and the fridge and microwave… you end up living a rather dystopic life. It also has its own side effects of preventing one from noticing their surroundings becoming dirtier and the need to maintain one’s cleanliness and even hygiene drops to non-existent.
So turning the lights on and keeping them on can work to undo a lot of the side effects that stem from living thru dark times as it were. And when you dont live in a dark and dirty place your mind tends to not dwell in a dark and dirty place either.
Also its just a funny and short answer, so there’s also that. Which, the activity of taking the obvious humorous route to anything is another mechanism for getting thru said dark times. Its a multidimensional reply in many aspects despite its brevity.
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Or perhaps BECAUSE of its brevity
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Nah, more words is always better. Walls of text don’t just feel good, they are good, because according to researchers…
you fall asleep to the monotone voice, only to wake up an unknown time later
…and if you don’t agree, you’re wrong, and that’s all there is to it.
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I will tell you what I told each of my grand-neices and nephews:
“Sadness is like a warm, deep, bath. It can be luxurious to linger.
But, don’t fall asleep.” Mallenroh
Also? Give yourself a hug, and remind yourself that there is no one to pick up what you will lay down.
In the words of Stephen King:
There is still so far to walk. 
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Same here.
I hate that for you.
It’s the little things, honestly. I wake up every day and I’m like,
I’m sick of this feeling. But my cupboards are full, a roof over my head, comfortable clothes and hot coffee in my cup.
A little gratitude goes a long way. And I don’t mean the Youtube/Influencer type of gratitude that practically sell it as a lifestyle. It’s a free resource that all humans can access.
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This explains a lot about your posts.
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It’s a result of both, actually.
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I forget who said it but I know whoever I got it from was quoting someone else to begin with. But it went something like this.
“Brevity is the key to wit.”
I’ve tried to keep that in mind whenever I try to be humorous/clever/witty/more than all the previous.
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“Brevity is the soul of wit.” I believe that is Hamlet.
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I’ll let you know when it happens.
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Probably, I wanna say whoever I got it from in High School said it was Mark Twain/ Samuel Clemmons? IDK. either way I do enjoy the mental image of the actor that portrayed Clemmons in Star Trek TNG in the 2 parter episode of Times Arrow (might be wrong on the title name) saying that line. Makes me smile every time. Regardless of the actual source of the original line, the game of telephone that organically occurred thru the eons has left me with a good idea and a humorous image in my mind. And Im okay with that the way it is lol.
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Well, I haven’t googled it, but my money is on Will Shakespeare.
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mortal kombat is the call of duty of fighting games
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dark times eh? well, i had a troubled life i guess even though it was also sheltered and privileged in a lot of ways. i just did what i had to do to survive i guess or what i thought would help. i used to try to think a lot and have a clear mind of what is going on around me and was able to imagine things really well sometimes, well, some things at least, but nowadays my mind is only clear when i’m sleeping or being a perv sadly or when i put great effort into it but it barely works at all then.
other than that, nowadays i just sit silently and isolate and suffer when life turns against me and pray and try to sleep or distract myself. or talk to my stepmom or my dad. or the staff at the group home and maybe take some meds to try to stop the fear.
Hops up into the sky and plummets down to you squishing you. FATALITY!!!
I find this soul penetratingly relateable.