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Re: A picture of me

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Post by PJFSXESBSZNI »

guerrilla wrote: post #89
philliphaydon wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you say that depression prevents people from doing anything at all, period. If that's the case then you're spreading misinformation. Plenty of people who suffer from depression are able to do things.

Pretty big leap between doing anything at all and CrossFit, right? As I said elsewhere, of course exercise helps, but if they can't do that they it can't help and many people can't. Presumably, if they could, they would. Suggesting CrossFit as a starting point is insane nonsense.

Hi! I realize people are trying to help by suggesting things they've seen work before. It's usually best to approach this with sensitivity. Sometimes depression resists treatment. The interventions that work can vary. Some cases may need electroconvulsive therapy or deep-brain stimulation-based treatments.

Many issues can converge on the loose collection of symptoms we call "Depression". Different cures for different causes:

Increasing activity. Resolving adverse life circumstances. Modifying hormonal states. Modifying nutritional states. Reducing inflammation. Curing an underlying physical illness. Ending a relationship. Starting a new relationship. Spiritual council or practice. Travelling. Taking SSRIs. Taking certain supplements. Ketamine. LSD. Taking MAOIs. Taking mood stabilizers. Climbing out of poverty. Moving to a new town. Ending a toxic relationship. Prescription amphetamines. Getting a sex change. Electroconvulsive therapy. Deep brain stimulation. Transcraial magnetic stimulation. Trauma therapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy. Occupational therapy.

Everyone: What has helped for you?

Re: A picture of me

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Post by eloisius »

newaccount2021 wrote: post #43

people like this would be a lot happier if they just quit internetting. Internet People is a tribe of doomed 30/40-somethings. Young people like my kids are fine because Internet Things favored by the Internet People seem lame and passe to them. Yes, Twitter is also now for old people. Deranged old people. You won't miss much when you stop internetting. A few years back you might miss the Next Big Idea or Massive Rev…

This is both a flippant hot take and, and weirdly rings true to me. The wifi password was the bottom of Maslows pyramid for me throughout my teens and twenties. It's easy to think that there's the world of stuff and interests, and there's the online watering hole or community for it. There's a reddit for anything you want to be be into. But it's an illusion. The internet is mostly a tribe of outdated millennials, the same stale communities and re-posted ideas.

Re: A picture of me

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Post by closedloop129 »

Is this real? The language feels a bit too poetic for a rant, especially the follow-up: https://caspercloudwalker.bearblog.dev/a-new-study/ . I think the toast button is a great idea - some social interaction without the need to comment or to log into a platform. But why does the follow-up not have the button? Casper is also suspiciously close to this story: [1].

>My ideas, my attitude, my life story, the difficulties I currently have in functioning- all of these things make me too different to fit in anywhere for more than a singular moment.

Many comments suggest to engage more, or to volunteer. That's an option but this misses the open opportunity. We have social networks where you can meet anybody in groups as long as you know the name of your identity and can search for it. How do you find your people if your identity doesn't have a name, at least not to you? We have all the technology to connect people but we don't have something like a taxonomy of mindsets. How could one start a service to connect like-minded minds?

We do however have music which the author is using on his main page [2], referencing an Aphex Twin song. Would it be worthwhile to create a platform that makes it easy to investigate the social profiles of everybody who engages with this song on social media?

>and i never want to stop listening to Polynomial C

Then again, 'being out of the loop' doesn't seem to be that rare of a condition. It even has a name in philosophy [3]. How come there is no known community, kind of like lesswrong.com?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

[2] https://caspercloudwalker.bearblog.dev/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacle_(critical_theory)

Re: A picture of me

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Post by senorqa »

dkersten wrote: post #42
uniqueuid wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same goes for spouses, by the way. You don't have a happy marriage/partnership because you met the person of your dreams and then both accidentally stay the same person forever. Happy marriages exist because people continuously and mutually change each other in a positive way.

This is something that always bothers me. A lot of people forget that you have to work on relationships and then eventually they fall apart. I'm of the opinion that a belief in "soulmates" or finding "the one" or whatever is a big part of the problem: if they're your soulmate, then everything should always be perfect, right? and if its not, then that means they weren't actually the one, so end of relationship and mov…

I think we can "blame" romanticism for that imaginary vision of a soul mate. I really like Alain de Botton's take on Romanticism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOuIyEJnbE

Re: A picture of me

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Post by 9530jh9054ven »

satisfice wrote: post #117

Why are all you people talking about this? A man puts an anonymous blog out there with no way to be contacted. He wants to talk AT us. He doesn't want communication. I came here curious about what people could possibly be commenting on. It's like you are all peering into a petri dish. This is a man's life. He's probably very depressed. The whole situation is just sad.

It's on the top of the HN page for whatever reason, and seems to have resonated with some here, and given others just something semi interesting to talk about. Certainly seems to have gotten you talking about it, even if it's to try and understand why others are.

Re: A picture of me

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Post by overeater »

AlwaysRock wrote: post #96
mensetmanusman wrote: post #3

Community is showing up. Find anywhere and go there once a week at the same time.

100%. I thought I was good at making friends becuase I always had a friend group I could do stuff with. Turns out I just had a hobby that forced me to show up at the same place 1-2 times a week with the same group of people. I continued that hobby in every new city I moved to and easily "made friends" there. It's kind of silly but honestly a lot of friendships are just the people one sees most often.

What was that hobby?

Re: A picture of me

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Post by parasti »

When I had this outlook on life, I just called it depression. It's really just a crazy hall of mirrors, twisting and distorting every thought you have. I never got out of it by myself. What finally, truly helped me was a relationship and the accompanying sense of responsibility.

Re: A picture of me

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Post by tasuki »

satisfice wrote: post #117

Why are all you people talking about this? A man puts an anonymous blog out there with no way to be contacted. He wants to talk AT us. He doesn't want communication. I came here curious about what people could possibly be commenting on. It's like you are all peering into a petri dish. This is a man's life. He's probably very depressed. The whole situation is just sad.

I found it well written and easy to read. Was a little disappointed there didn't seem to be any conclusion or lesson "I'll try to get out more and talk to people". Perhaps the lack of a lesson was the main lesson.

Re: A picture of me

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Post by Shugarl »

> Most of the things- and I mean like 99.9%- that people do or talk about, I just have no interest in (or actively disagree with).

Are you me ? Though I found happiness in my isolation. It feels much better than having to fake my way through social interactions 24/7

Re: A picture of me

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Post by BasDirks »

senorqa wrote: post #124
dkersten wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is something that always bothers me. A lot of people forget that you have to work on relationships and then eventually they fall apart. I'm of the opinion that a belief in "soulmates" or finding "the one" or whatever is a big part of the problem: if they're your soulmate, then everything should always be perfect, right? and if its not, then that means they weren't actually the one, so end of relationship and mov…

I think we can "blame" romanticism for that imaginary vision of a soul mate. I really like Alain de Botton's take on Romanticism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPOuIyEJnbE

Romanticism, that sweet youthful foolishness. Living tragically can be beautiful, and lead to deep despair.
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