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Question: Anybody else feel like this!.!.!.!?
Like sometimes you just feel on top of the world, like you can do anything!.!.!.then not too long after feel empty and sorta down!. I mean, I know as you grow up you kinda lose that childish joy and get worn in by the world!.!.!.I tend to be somewhat of a melancholy personality type anyway!.!.!.And I don't think I really suffer from clinical depression or anything!. It's just it seems like as i've gotten older, you feel down a lot more!.!.!.I know I find a lot of inspiration from music, but still sometimes, I mean, whether it's physical or spiritual or emotional situations, it's harder to be positive through the annoying or tough things you go through!.!.!.Any thoughts!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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I do suffer from clinical depression, and I know EXACTLY what you mean!. I have been on the top of the mountain, and I have crashed down it right after!. Coming down hurts a lot more than getting up, which only adds to the pessimistic attitudes!. The past 5 years of my life have been absolute hell, full of things I have tried to rid myself of that same feeling you were talking about, and I've finally realized that there isn't anything you can take to make it go away!.
This will seem weird, but I think I cured myself by becoming "enlightened!." I have finally learned that the world is going to constantly suck, but I don't have to accept it!. I can make it better!. I can make it stronger!. Now, everyday, I find a way to do exactly that!. It has really improved my moods, it's helped me start to care about people again!. I know it sounds stupid, but it worked for me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
When I was a teenager, the emotional swings were more than I could handle!. I chose to view the world in a sardonic and cynical manner to keep myself from those sickening highs, and as for the lows, well they are actually easier to handle in some ways!.
But as a person who has dealt with crushing depression for most of my adult life, I can hardly hold myself up as an exemplar or anything!. But I can avoid feeling good better than almost anyone!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Seek the peace and solitude you need within yourself!. Be at peace with the world and know that while you have a place and a function, it may not be anything great, but should a chain be missing a link, it cannot reach the shore!. Life will only yield the joy and beauty you find there!. Look deep! For it is always there!. Strive to be happy that you do not find the world to be a dull and dreary place!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
!.!.!.how true!.!.!.the true test is!.!.!.do you let it get you down or do you change it!.!.!.
!.!.!.the secret is to change your situation to a positive!.!.!.
!.!.!.how do you change!.!.!.just knowing it will end is a positive and how to make it end faster is constructive thinking to a positive end!.!.!.
!.!.!.good luck!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Yes! As we grow older we realize things thaatwe never realized wen we were young i guess tahts called getting mature and having mroe responsiblbilty!. and we all have our ups and down!. As i get closer to living and facing the real world in this harsh reality of the world I myself feel down and feel so scared thinking that i hvae to fight to gain what I want and need for my loved ones and for me, and I also go down as i realize that one day eveyrhting will be over i mean the people you love willlsoon be gone and you urself will be gone!. all we can hope for is to live in such a pure life so we can enter the kingdom of heaven which is ricdiculosy hard!. BUt at the same time experienceing all this emotions of sadness we must maintain the mentality to fight for the ones we love or for your dreams!. Www@QuestionHome@Com
Ups and downs are a regular part of life!. You can't be crazy stupid happy all the time or you'll never appreciate it!. It's when the gaps between up and down get larger, and longer!. When the depression is severe, and the up/manic feelings are uncontrollable or cause you to do things you normally wouldn't - that you should worry about!. It might be temporary, it might be an effect of what's going on in the world right now, it might be that you need to work harder at being happy as you get older!. Could be genetic!. Could be environmental!. Heck, it could be that you've developed a sensitivity to sugar or wheat or something as you've gotten older!. Keep a journal, track it!. See if you can find a pattern!. That's what I've done!. Good luck!. Www@QuestionHome@Com