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looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 6:45:42 PM   
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i am not sure if this is approiate to post here, but i was wondering if anyone else has experienced this "i dont seem to enjoy anything anymore" i am not talking about just bdsm stuff i mean everything. i dont enjoy being around friends and family like i should. i cant think of one person who i truly enjoy sharing company with or one who enjoys my company. i cant find any good in people anymore. it seems as if everyone around me is so shallow. Is there something wrong with me? Why cant i connect with anybody anymore. i feel so distant even from my children.....if anyone has experienced this i would appreciate your insight.
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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 6:54:53 PM   
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You're depressed. You need to speak with your doctor ASAP!! Seriously, go now.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 7:48:23 PM   
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It's depression.

Been there done that.

Seek thee therapy

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 8:25:10 PM   
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I agree that it's depression.  First, have a complete physical to rule out any possible physical causes.  Then g to a shrink if that doesn't find the problem.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 8:33:26 PM   
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I've been through this, you're depressed. You need medical help as the others have said. It's going to be hard but get help for yourself. When I didn't really matter to myself I thought of my children and got help for myself with them in mind. Think of your kids...they need you whole- so carry through on seeing someone for help and then follow through with the meds. The meds will take a while to start working- don't stop taking them because it seems as though nothing is happening.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 8:35:16 PM   
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Great first post!!! You are going to fit in here like peas in a pod.


Way to go!!!

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 8:58:37 PM   
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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 10:04:45 PM   
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I was dealing with exactly that myself recently. It turned out to be a side effect of a medication I was on. Please do visit your doctor. Life is too short!

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/8/2010 10:15:13 PM   
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or it could be some sort of existential mid-life crisis, I see that a lot as well, why am I here, what does it all mean etc etc.

I am in agreement with the others...see a doctor and tell them about this


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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 12:44:33 AM   
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It takes two weeks for a medication for depression to kick in. Please go and see a Doctor. You deserve it and your children deserve to have you around.

It will get better after you see a Doctor...

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 5:24:50 AM   
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I read the replies thusfar and fuck them. All they know is the status quo and you can go to the doctor and get happy pills, but there is a better answer.

This condition came from within and it can only be cured from within. I don't want to see another trustee of modern chemistry. I also don't really want to sound gross, but I am going to.

Take one of your hands and touch your genitalia. Stimulate yourself. You do not have to masterbate to orgasm, but just enjoy it a bit and say MMMMMMMMMMM. fall asleep if you like. Don't think anymore about what others think of you. Fukum. Seriously. Think about what you said in your post, you don't enjoy anything.

Now determine if you are negative or positive. If you are positive that you don't enjoy anything, perhaps it is time to try different things. Find those different things, such as participating in our little group here. Usually something new can be interesting, and give you the float to get through hard times.

Perhaps you do meet the definition of clinical depression, but dammit, don't run for a pill bottle right away. Anyone who looks at life with alot of insight will be depressed because the world is not in really great shape right now, to say the least. I probably meet the definition of clinically depressed right now, and in my situation really, if I were happy as a lark I should be diagnosed as insane. There is nothing wrong with you, this is a reaction to your environment. I will not take their pills, even if they paid me.

Get this fucking straight now - things could be worse. You could be a fat, butt ugly bitch living under a bridge watching your five kids eat rocks because you don't even have an address where you can get a welfare check. Don't EVER think things can't be worse.

But then maybe this is growing pains. Perhaps maturity is setting in. In either case drugs are not the solution.

Mail me. I mean that. I might not respond in five minutes but I will respond. With the cloak of anonymity you can say anything, and I mean anything to me. On the other hand I have already revealed so much about myself that if you searched all my posts you could show up at my doorstep easily. I don't care, I am a 49 year old White Man with a gun, and you are welcome to stop by. Enjoy my chosen family, and my family. See I have found now that a mental sort of connection is the best thing going.

Nothing can replace the right kind of people. Nothing. I spend thousands on a good stereo and it is almost always silent. I risk the wrath of the RIAA and whatever to download stuff, and only do that occasionally now. I have a kickass laptop that has Paltalk and all kinds of video streaming, both ways, and just about everything anyone could want in a computer. I haven't touched it in months. It does not please me. I do not enjoy it. Why did I spend thousands to get it ?

I sit here on a PC and do mostly text based things, why ? Because I have found that there is much to be said about human interaction. Same with the house. I probably have the loudest and best sounding stereo on the block, fed by a PC with probably one of the best music collections ever on it. It's great, and the disks never get scratched :-) But it usually remains silent. I enjoy discussions with my friends and family more, the human factor. There is no replacement for it.

I can also be alone and happy, but what do I do if noone is around ? I get on CM and find out what these nuts are talking about. That is where it is at babe, humans. Either you don't have enough of them or you don't have the right type. They might be great, but per your expression, they are not meeting your needs right now.

You can actually stop over if you want, if you can get to Cleveland OH. I mean that. The worst that can happen is that I throw you out. But after living alone for 15 years I've found more actual enjoyment in having roomies. And these are friends.

I am serious, if you get a bug up your ass to come here, come on. You will be counselled by an electronics tech, a bricklayer, a tow truck driver and our Wife. You will be safe from any harm as well. The bricklayer and I were talking the other day and it came up, what if someone kicked the door down and had a gun. My guns are all the way in the other room, what to do ? There is this table, looks like it's made from decking boards, a bit on the heavy side and quite stout. He said he would grab it and throw in the the guy's face before he even knew what was happening. A bit later we looked at each other and almost in sync said "So basically, the stupid MF brought a gun to a table fight". We cracked up so much I put that in humor.

The true enjoyment in life comes from two places. One is from within, sense of accomplishment, like when you learn something new. The other way is people, and I do not mean sex. Orgasm is what it is, and you can't fuck 24 hours a day anyway. Verbal intercourse is much better.

If you don't have good enough people around for that, I might just give you my phone number. Or you can enjoy looking through years of posts on CM and find out where I live and just show up like next Friday night. Do, if you care to. The people I run with are totally nucking futs, and are enjoying every minute of it.

Just don't get on those pills. Once you do, you will never make any progress in understanding and fixing the problem.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 5:30:18 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Mail me. I mean that. I might not respond in five minutes but I will respond.


um OP....a gentle suggestion first...read some of Termy's other posts first and then make a fully informed decision about how lightly to hold much of the advice in his post


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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 5:36:13 AM   
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I don't care, I am a 49 year old White Man with a gun, and you are welcome to stop by.


Yeah, that's gonna cheer'em up.

More importantly, wanders, I love your new pic.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:00:12 AM   
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"how lightly to hold much of the advice in his post "

So the solution is drugs then ? What are you saying here ?

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:05:31 AM   
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"Yeah, that's gonna cheer'em up"

And your advice is what ? Drugs ? Fucking say it Man.

Is everyone here so drug oriented that they don't understand that there is no fucking difference if you get it from a drugstore or a streetcorner ?

Are you all that fucking dense or what ? Do you even make any little lame attempt to solve your problems or do you call in three neurosurgeons when you get a hangnail ? JFC, and yes I know what that means.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:07:55 AM   
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you sound depressed to me.  if it doesnt pass in a few weeks, seek professional help.  it can be treated, quite effectively.

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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:08:47 AM   
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i am feelingmuch the same thing at the moment and have been for a while now... however.. i believe it is from lack of personal JOY.. i have been told i do not "like" myself.. jhaha i LOVE me! i am a funny, funloving ,NICE and caring person who loves her family and job and does an ok job at both! i like my apt and my lil dog just fine.. but there is a key component missing ... my "Other Half" ... the finaly part of the Circle.. that other person who loves me up and is just happy i am there... and shares Passion me. Shares this " life " with me...That One i am able to give to all i have been saving up ! Trust , a closeness , smiles and being focused on someone else.. Alot of ppl do not understand this thinking.. i could take all the pills they wish to give me and all that is going to do is rise the levels in my brain to normal ( if they are infact lowered) and i would still be discontented, sad i do not have that One to share my life with and feel passion for and love with all my heart. Humans are not born to be alone. Yet if we dont have someone to share our passions and theirs with.. it remains empty no matter how many pills we take to adjust levels.. On a daily basis i am not depressed.. i go to work and am happy and cheery and full of life! when i am with my kids i am the same. Yet i am alone now by choice ... Until i find someone who really wants to share LIFE with me not just a blowjob or a spanking and a few laughs. I focus on what i have to do for now.. the smaller joys i do fine on a daily basis.. doing my job well... being there for my kids when they need me to be ... being a good person. Unfortunaly .. the friends and work aquaintences i know all are still in party mode at the bars or just work so darned hard they go home at night and Rest.. lol yes most have younger families or extended families.. i am pretty much alone in that it is just my daughter and myself here. no parents.. no family dinners.. no holidays with large groups of people any longer..

Maybe it is not being Depressed but more being Dis-satisfied with the empty spaces in your life.. and i am told .. over and over again.. this too will change with patience .... ummm How Much patience !?!?!? i am begining to wonder .. LOL .. but i at least have gained patience! lol
And yes.. it could always be Worse... and so i am content with my lot for now.. just not so much joyful about it all at the moment.

Just my thoughts... i hope that You have a good day! Mother or not.
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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:20:19 AM   
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This is directed to the OP...

If you have a raging cholesterol level causing blocked arteries and your doctor recommends a medication to prevent a stroke, would you hesitate in taking it? I doubt you would.

The brain is an organ, just as the heart is an organ. As things go wrong with other organs, so do things go wrong with the brain. Brain chemicals can and do become imbalanced for any number of reasons, physical stress, a diet change, a separate physical issue, etc.
There are medications which are designed to asst with regulation of the brain chemicals.

Good luck


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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:27:36 AM   
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Term you are absolutely right when you say the problem comes from within. It comes from within the brain, where the brain chemistry is not working right. In exactly the same manner as with insulin dependent diabetics where the body chemistry is not working right. It is a physical disorder and treatable.

First get a physical because there are many other illnesses that can manifest in this way. If it is depression, then expect to try different medications until you find one that works. This is common. Then realize that it will probably go into remission in about 18 months.

Unfortunately existential midlife crises are usually kicked off by the same thing that causes midlife depression, the sudden lessening of the hormones.

In the meantime, you need to make a list of things you used to enjoy and do them regularly even though they won't give you the same amount of pleasure now. As well as exercising daily which can help in mild to moderate depression.

If however you are having thoughts or plans about suicide, then you need to sign yourself into a psych hospital immediately. That's an emergency as much as an appendix attack and needs ER attention equally.


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RE: looking for some insight - 5/9/2010 6:41:33 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

Is everyone here so drug oriented that they don't understand that there is no fucking difference if you get it from a drugstore or a streetcorner ?
Or a liqueur store, Term?
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Are you all that fucking dense or what ? Do you even make any little lame attempt to solve your problems or do you call in three neurosurgeons when you get a hangnail ? JFC, and yes I know what that means.

Dense? Hardly, Term. The posters here who suggest the OP get medical help are not dense, but rather have the intelligence to realize our health problems are not solved by self medicating.





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