Knife Gap Year, or how Mr.SATism saved his knife collection

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Mr.SATism

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GUESS WHO GOT HIS COLLECTION BACK!!!! And is also coming back with his tail between his legs! (I swear this weekend felt like a fortnight)

So me and my mom talked about my depression, about how low I'm feeling right now, and why my parents were uncomfortable with me posting that video on the Tubes.

So what did we agree to? My mom will save all the knives and hide them somewhere for the next year. (Yes I know: my knives, my money) Until then I have to get on top of my shtuff emotionally, and if I'm ready and still want it, I can have it back. I also can never post another youtube video about knives again (I can live without the fame lol) (Yes it is ridiculous)

So now I don't feel like all the money has gone to waste, but holy cow, does this mean that I need to downsize my collection. I don't have a big collection, but oh boy are these knives not sheeple friendly!

And today I did realize that I do have to go out live on my own (which you were right). But I REALLY have to get on my mental game, because if I break down in the IDF, they will just toss me somewhere where I don't want to be. Also if I move out right now, I'm just going to be depressed in another place, so I might as well do that at home.

Thank you so much for boosting my confidence to actually move forward with my life, or at least helping me realizing what I with regards to my life and my collection. So as soon as I get my knives back, ya boi's gonna get a gold account and unfortunately say goodbye to all the lower end knives & my mini recon 1 in CTS-XHP (luckily my friend is now the owner of the warranty voided full-size version).

P.S.: If that man wants me to sharpen that knife for him, he's going to need to pay for it because it's going to be as fun as meeting your exes lol.
 
Congratulations! Keep looking forward and stay strong. It will get better. Depression is a tricky disorder but very treatable in the vast majority of cases. If you just want to chat, shoot me a message on my profile. I'm here a lot.

Glad your knives are safe. As time goes by, you may change your focus on this hobby and you may find you want to trade or sell them. Or you may keep them. Either way, you'll have that choice in the future.

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Congrats, this seems like a huge improvement over your old plan. I can't say I relate to mental health issues but I did know a bright young man who was unable to serve in the military due to his own mental health. Fast forward to today and he is doing well for himself, he even seems more out of his shell.

Stay strong, persevere, you're very young and you got your whole life ahead of you. You're going to love that feeling of independence once you're on your own doing you, that's when life really starts.
 
I don't think it is the right time to "move out". You need people around you that care. There is something very important and positive to be said about having folks around you that actually care if you breath. As far as knives go, you have a long long time to dabble in hobbies.
 
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Good for you! I'm glad you had that talk with your mother and came to a reasonable solution. As far as your mental health goes, some advice I will offer is not to get too introspective! Don't dwell on your problems or situation. Work on finding solutions instead of thinking about how bad things seem to be! (Things are rarely as bad as we perceive them to be when we are feeling down!).
And commit to learning something new EVERY day! Just something you didn't know before...Like, where do Ocelots live? Who invented the Rubik's cube? Where did my mom hide my knives?;) Just something to occupy your mind once a day with something other than yourself or how messed up the world is etc!:thumbsup:
 
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The Zieg said:
Glad your knives are safe. As time goes by, you may change your focus on this hobby and you may find you want to trade or sell them. Or you may keep them. Either way, you'll have that choice in the future.
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I'm going back and forth on what to sell, and what the value of knives are, because I do want to limit the amount of knives that I have while I live at home, but I also know that I'm going to take a bath selling my non-boxed knives (yeah, it's a little too late to get the boxes back lol)

lieferung said:
Stay strong, persevere, you're very young and you got your whole life ahead of you. You're going to love that feeling of independence once you're on your own doing you, that's when life really starts.
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Thank you very much, independence is going to be nice when it comes, but I will need to put the knives somewhere safe while I serve so yeah...

22-rimfire said:
I don't think it is the right time to "move out". You need people around you that care. There is something very important and positive to be said about having folks around you that actually care if you breath. As far as knives go, you have a long long time to dabble in hobbies.
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Oh yeah, I talked to the person who snitched on me, and they said that they enjoyed the video and don't know 'what people are tripping about'. So at least I have support from my siblings in one way or another!
 
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M Mr.SATism
Good for you! I'm glad you had that talk with your mother and came to a reasonable solution. As far as your mental health goes, some advice I will offer is not to get too introspective! Don't dwell on your problems or situation. Work on finding solutions instead of thinking about how bad things seem to be! (Things are rarely as bad as we perceive them to be when we are feeling down!).
And commit to learning something new EVERY day! Just something you didn't know before...Like, where do Ocelots live? Who invented the Rubik's cube? Where did my mom hide my knives?;) Just something to occupy your mind once a day with something other than yourself or how messed up the world is etc!:thumbsup:
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You know what's a good question? Do I give the knife that I gave my friend to test back to my mom to keep? Or do I just find some way to hide it completely? Or do I let him hold onto it for the next year?
 
Glad to hear it, and good on you for coming to grips with the depression. Knowing you have it and that you may need help addressing it is a huge piece of the puzzle and something lots of people struggle with.

There are a lot of tools out there that can help, work on recognizing which ones help you and discarding ones that don't. There's no magic bullet, but there are a lot of resources. Good luck, man, I'm pulling for you.
 
Well I must have missed what was going on with you my friend as reading this hit me as a shock because the post I have noticed from you didn't show that something was going on. I certainly hope for the best and I hope that we here can help you as we are able.

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You know what's a good question? Do I give the knife that I gave my friend to test back to my mom to keep? Or do I just find some way to hide it completely? Or do I let him hold onto it for the next year?
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Based on the little I see here and gut reaction You let your mom keep it with the rest or let your friend keep/hold the knife until you get the rest back.
 
Mr.SATism said:
You know what's a good question? Do I give the knife that I gave my friend to test back to my mom to keep? Or do I just find some way to hide it completely? Or do I let him hold onto it for the next year?
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Let your buddy hang on to it, he can remember the friend who gave him a great tool. Stuff like that is good memories. Sort of like the Traveling Delica over in the Spyderco forum.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Glad to hear it, and good on you for coming to grips with the depression. Knowing you have it and that you may need help addressing it is a huge piece of the puzzle and something lots of people struggle with.
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I'm so glad I'm at least trying to work on it at 22, some days I feel like I'm 50 and it's tiring. But it's even more tiring not doing anything about it. In all honesty, I never would have thought that knives would have helped me on my road to recovery. And for that I want to thank you and everyone else on this forum
 
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Based on the little I see here and gut reaction You let your mom keep it with the rest or let your friend keep/hold the knife until you get the rest back.
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lieferung said:
Let your buddy hang on to it, he can remember the friend who gave him a great tool. Stuff like that is good memories. Sort of like the Traveling Delica over in the Spyderco forum.
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Yeah, I told him about keeping it for free (I tried to get some $$ for it, but in retrospect, that was a mean knee-jerk reaction). He said that he would and I told him to give it his best shot sharpening it. This would be his first knife that is not in stainless steel, and I know it will make his life a little harder for a little bit. Hopefully, I will be able to help him improve his sharpening skills.
 
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