There was a post here with someone recommending LSD, just curious what happened to it.
Did the mods delete it or did the user?
When You Are Depressed, Make Something
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Re: When You Are Depressed, Make Something
#282There was a post here with someone recommending LSD, just curious what happened to it. Did the mods delete it or did the user?
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#284I think being able to draw would really make me happy but I just can't make it through those countless hours of deliberate practice I would need to put in before I can produce any worthwhile art.
That's crazy talk. How good would you have to be before your work was "worthwhile" enough to make you happy?
It would just have to not look ridiculous.
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#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
> When you are depressed, see if there's a serious problem in your life that is causing you to be depressed You are under the common delusion that depression is caused by something in a person's life/environment. This is NOT TRUE! Depression is often caused by nothing whatsoever. Someone is simply depressed with absolutely no reason at all. Depression that is caused by something is not strictly depression, it is a se…
Right but your assertion here is completely unfounded. It is a theory. Quantifying that nothing in someones life (or their past) is causing them depression is near impossible. This charade is completely scientifically unprovable. Edit: changed the word sadness to depression.
No, it is a fact. If you actually spoke to people with depression you would know that.
> Quantifying that nothing in someones life (or their past) is causing them sadness
I didn't say sadness, I said depression. They are not the same.
> This charade
Wow.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you've never experienced depression, and don't know anyone with it.
If that should change you'll quickly realize just how mistaken you were, and you'll feel bad for ever saying things like this.
To put it in context: It's like telling someone blind who still has physical eyes "You can see, stop pretending."
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#287The problem with trying to create something is once you begin to work hard at it, you realize that you're not very good and others have done it far better than you. I have notice this a lot with math.I will work on a problem and then a Google search later reveals that the problem is not only completely solved but in a way that is far better than I could have ever conceived. Another problem is when you run out of idea…
I've found three things to help motivate myself in endeavors such as this:
1) recognize that if you really want to be good at it, it will take time and consistent, proper work at it (see deliberate practice).
2) maybe you don't have to be the best; you might be able to muster something that is good enough and that would still be of value to others (by definition, if it's good enough).
3) you're doing it for yourself.
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#288Actually, when you are depressed you should seek some help. First. Then we can talk.
Have you ever tried to seek help when you were depressed? This can be very depressing by itself.
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#289Fascinating how depression is one of the hottest topics in this community. Are hackers particularly vulnerable to it? Or just particularly aware? Or is it simply one of the next big issues entering the public mind?
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#290I feel like what happened to the author epitomizes the experience of a generation that graduated in the year or two right before the crash of 2008. The first round of layoffs obviously disproportionately effected people that were just starting off their careers at that time (of course other groups were disproportionately hit hard as well). It happened to me being about a year into my career as I was still feeling my…
> I feel like what happened to the author epitomizes the experience of a generation that graduated in the year or two right before the crash of 2008.
Same could be said for many who were laid off in the crash of 2000/2001. I was one, and in many respects I'm still recovering from it. I'm not entirely happy with how my career has gone since then, but I like where I live enough that I'm not willing to change that, and I realize the tradeoffs.
Passion for your job is not necessarily bad; passion for your career is better, and passion for the work itself is even better, but there are things beyond work, and perspective is a powerful thing.