the new happy fun thread

munk said:
Damn, Shann, that's pretty brutal to hear let alone live.

I'm prone to depression myself. Humor helps.

munk
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I've battled it for a long time.

Humor is what keeps me going, that and beer!
 
Last night I got free pizza and spring rolls. I also made a sling out of paracord last night. The pocket is too small to hold a golf ball and the whole thing is kinda short but I was able to sling a piece of hard candy across the office. I found a piece of scrap leather and some silk cord that should make one capable of hurling some serious rocks. Too broke to get anything sharp but I guess a projectile weapon that cost pennies to make is no boobie prize. And the Mrs. actually woke up long enough to say "I love you" before I left for work. So far, so good.

Frank
 
I'm happy cuz I just bought a Bark River Northwind sword. Yea, another sword for me.
 
Shann,

every person is different, but you may find that beer is prolonging and maintaining the depression, even as it provides occasional relief.

On the other hand, the problem with simple thinking, is that for instance, if you removed the beer without putting something in it's place, it may get worse. So, I'll offer this post as 'what it is', and not a proof. Things to think about.

I've finally resigned myself to being depressed, on and off, the rest of my life.
I would like nothing better than to have that disproved by a miracle or two.
Miracles don't last, it is daily living we are left with and must work out ourselves.

You might appreciate the Guy Clark lyrics I posted. I see that 14 happy viewers have bothered to look at the thread.
Life IS funny.


munk
 
Going to a family (wife's side) wedding in PA this weekend. Will get to reunite with the two boys we left with Grandma in Indiana on our Memorial Day trip. (Wife and I brought the other two back to SC with us.) Will have all four boys together for Father's Day. :)

Eric
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Puppy at my work belongs to my boss, getting much bigger now, too.
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Man, he's a cutie, I love goldens! I've got two yellow labs right now, both play hard. I was sick yesterday, my bp was up, and I came home from the docs office, and just crashed. Woke up 1am to get a drink of water, and my boys, one 5 and the other only 8 months IIRC, wanted to play. I remember getting agitated in my grogginess, but I played with them anyway. I love dogs, and they are my favorite animals. They will love you no matter what, and will follow you to the end of the Earth. I'm not looking at them right now, but every time they pull some hairbrained scheme (both some smart little buggers), I just think about how cute they are. Although the oldest one doesn't like guns, which needs to be rectified.

Also, going to be picking up a custom knife end of this month, going to be travelling to NY if I can wing it on my birthday next month, and will be hopefully going out on the headboat when I go on vacation mid July.
 
I've battled depression since my teens, going on twenty years now. The Lexapro and Lamictal work pretty well for me. Certainly better than all the drugs I did in my 20s. If you ever need somebody to rant at drop me a line, I've been there.

Frank
 
It may be due to the fact that it doesn,t go that deep with me . I find being depressed doen,t last that long with me since I recognized it for what it is . It is a state and not the events that caused it . Whether I am depressed or not the events stay the same . Whether the events change or not I am less depressed about them eventually . It is just a state . Realising this as just being a state allows me to let it go easier . Because I let it go easier I tend not to fall into that state as much or as deeply .
 
Kevin, I think that's great.
I don't live as a rock surrounded by events, and there are times I cannot divorce myself and act proactively, nor prevent disassociation.

I envy you; well done.


munk
 
Life is everything you're looking for. Look for the good, and you will find it, look for the bad, and you will find it. It may be unrealistic to ignore the latter, but it is self destructive to ignore the former.

Sarge
 
brokenhallelujah said:
First named storm of the season didn't hit us. That's good, right?
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Dadgum right :thumbup: :D My daughter in Spring Hill got a bit more wind and rain than she'd like, but as far as I know, no gulf coasters got hurt or suffered serious damage. Keeping my fingers crossed, and keeping the prayers coming.

Sarge
 
Munk you may have put it exactly right . I do let things wash over me and recede . I think I may have observed this out of necessity by its being so commonplace with me . I do not think I am immune to it as I have gotten a letter recently that literally had me feeling I would blow my top . Heated rage , futility and a definite feeling of dread that if I did not calm down I would injure myself . It was not an overreaction as it was about a family member that was and still is in danger . Though the situation persists depression does not overpower me . I will not be perfectly at my ease until the situation is resolved . I also will not give into it .
 
I am a happy person. However I have seen WAY too many depressed people think that they could think their way out of it only to get worse. Some people CAN change their thinking or change their circumstances and improve. But truly clinically depressed people, I don't think so.

It's kind of like some people with high blood pressure can cut out the salt and lose 50 lbs and they are fine and some people with it run every day and are thin as a rail and they STILL have to be on meds.

I really feel sorry for folks with bad depression, I've seen folks struggle so hard. It's not fair.:thumbdn:
 
DannyinJapan said:
Bladite, you may have said this in jest, but you ought to understand that that is not what the Cantina is about.
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actually, it was not said in jest.

if i can't say something like that, then the cantina is about nothing, or at the very least, it's not something i'd want to be part of.

imho, it's about everything we all care about. be it firesteels, trivia, guns, knives, jagrofets, ninjas, indulgences, faeries, good things, bad things, some politics, and many more things.

it's about what we need. it's about what we feel and think, and breath, or it's nothing.

just my thoughts. but this is not a happy post, or reply

happy, there are many wild snakes now in my woods to watch and play with. yay.

bladite
 
More furry animals! A friend of mine just got a German Shepard puppy and he's sooooooooo cute! And friendly too. :p
 
Remember about a month ago when I was asking about leverguns?

I got one. It's perfect. I slapped together some ammunition. It works wonderfully. Everything just came together right the first time.

And my 500 grain hard cast bullets sound like a sledgehammer on those plates! Perfect!
 
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