'The Internet makes me hate people more than I already do. :dry:|||Going out to buy weather stripping. It's like 6°F here and that is ridiculous. Plus my balcony door is so drafty and my furnace is kicking on twice an hour.|||I was feeling better for about a day or two but now I'm panicking and depressed again about my new job (that I haven't even started yet) because it pays so little and I can't afford anything, but...|||Perhaps think of it as a resting day or mental health day?    My lime gelatin was abnormally watery. It's cold in my apartment. I have nothing in particular to do tomorrow, but maybe I should...|||I always get dressed properly, unless I'm sick. I might be very casual if I'm home all day, but I do get dressed. I feel better about myself when I put effort into my appearance.|||No, this is a good thread. I've spent too many long years hating myself and denying it, then recognising it, and then wallowing in it.   Something that I rewrote on an index card, the original was...|||Thanks. I called my dad today and had a good chat with him about it. He's supportive, at least.   I found a few books at the library toward rebuilding self-esteem and making the best of mediocre...|||I got the job today. I should be happy, but I'm not. It doesn't pay enough. And it's technically temporary until April or so and I can't miss work even if I'm sick once during that entire time or my...|||I struggle. A lot, recently, due to circumstances. And I started a medication in September that did nothing and started fluoxetine today in its place, so right now it feels like I'm not on...|||Sexy is subjective, as I tend to like beanpoles and dislike overly muscled men.  BUT this was a good post. Thanks for the mood lift!|||They want me to do another interview tomorrow but what's the point, honestly. It's another $10/hour job with no benefits and I just don't fucking care. The only reason I agreed to go was because my...|||I've had depression and anxiety issues since I was diagnosed at 17 (am 25 now) and this is what I'm doing as treatment:   exercise 3-4 times per week, aerobic and resistance training (I usually...|||Also my avatar on Animal Crossing is kind of awesome - pink hair with ponytails and she's wearing a green blazer. Haha.|||I start Prozac tomorrow morning and she gave me the regular dose (20 mg) and I'm so scared of having side effects; and also I'm supposed to cut my Remeron in half tonight and I'm scared of the...|||Thanks, I start it tomorrow. Psychiatrist also wants me to go through with applying for unemployment benefits because I was laid off my temp job like two months early and I've been in a pit of...|||Seeing my psychatrist, probably getting a new medication. I'm feeling hopeful yet apprehensive, because I always have side effects from meds. I don't want a repeat of Zoloft.|||I forgot to mention that Remeron has caused me to gain eight pounds and I am miserable, upset, and crying. Paxil did the same. I'm not overweight, but I feel like it now. I just wanted to feel...|||I'm kind of scared about starting a new medication (again, for the fifth time) but I have to. This one isn't working. And I always tend to have side effects. Lexapro made me so fatigued and drowsy,...|||Going to call in tomorrow and ask to switch to Wellbutrin. Has anyone here taken it?|||Probably. I can't afford prolonged therapy, though.|||Also I think I need to be forthright with my psychiatrist/therapist and tell them that I think I have regular depression, not just something secondary. And I don't think the medicine is working. :/|||I wish I could stop being so irritable.   Another thing is that I'm probably starting a new job next week and I'm not excited about it at all. The pay isn't good and there aren't any benefits. And...|||I get irritated and annoyed by people and things far too easily and it's something that I truly hate about myself. Maybe it's another reason why I tend to withdraw. I don't want to snap at people or...|||AMC is marathoning Hitchcock films. Just watched Psycho and now The Birds. :proud:|||I still feel heavy and lethargic for no reason. The only thing I can think of is I didn't take my vitamin D supplement today or last night, but that's not really a plausible cause.   On the other...|||I need to go for a run and lift weights but I feel sleepy and so oddly disconnected. I'm not sure if it's just me or if it's something my medication is doing to me, but it's sort of like being...|||Carpe diem - seize the day.  My uncle also used to say very often, It is what it is. I say it as well because it promotes acceptance of the things that cannot be changed, and this is something...|||Hannibal  I used to watch The Office (I ignore anything after season seven though), Arrested Development (seasons one and two), Parks and Recreation... I haven't been emotionally invested in...|||Does anyone know when the second season starts? I know 2014 but the exact date would be helpful.|||I probably have a realistic outlook on the world, maybe a cautiously optimistic one. I think most people are generally good and want to do good. We're an inherently flawed species like any other, but...|||I have difficulty being open because I have social anxiety and I have been betrayed by people I thought were friends in the past, not to mention I was bullied as a child. I have difficulty in being...|||Don't worry.  Don't worry. Do not worry.  Also: college is not all it's made to be. I was unhappy for most of the time I spent in it.|||I'm 25. I have $17,000 owed in loans as of right now. I am not in school anymore and am trying to find employment that will actually pay worth a damn. I haven't found that sort of job, but I did find...|||Melted chocolate. The refreshed feeling after light exercise.  The scent of a familiar blanket. The quiet ticking of a clock.|||I have difficulty trying to console others even though I empathise deeply with them, so I try to think of things that will make them feel better or let them talk to me about it, OR I'll just leave...|||It's awful being poor.|||Aww. *hug*|||I'm supposed to go to a team trivia meetup tonight with a group that I've never met and I'm so nervous.|||My mom visited me Saturday and I said to her, I really need a cat and she said yes, yes you do.|||Neutral, but I would say the same if I were a man interested in women. Crying is a natural human expression of emotion, and gender doesn't matter. I don't think anyone should consider it attractive...|||I was feeling okay for awhile but now I'm frustrated again because all I do is attract creeps whereas men that I am interested in are unavailable in some way and it makes me feel so awful. I went on...|||Trying to decide if my medication is starting to work or if I should go back to my psychiatrist and try a different one and restart this entire process.... again.|||A few things first: I graduated with a bachelor's of science in dietetics and, after months and months of no luck, took a temp job in September and moved to a new city with the hope that I could...|||A new job. Passion would be nice.|||Shrimp tempura sushi.|||There seems to be this pervasive stereotype that Americans are obnoxious and rude, but this is untrue. My sister's friend and her mother visited us from Sweden and they were quite stunned at how kind...|||25.|||Thank you someone understands. I get frustrated when I'm supposed to find someone attractive who is just so... bland.   That said, I definitely look at attractive people longer, usually trying to...|||I don't know how the hell he survived and did it but I was happy - I'm not going to cry over Odin, that's for certain. Haha, revenge....|||It's not a bad idea, we have the right to have a thread like this too. But it'd be nice if people didn't post insulting things, is all.   Anyway, back to the topic. I have this issue where I have a...'