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Welcome Michael,
I guess you watched Chico and the Man also, great show and a tragic ending.
Mark C5/6
6 years post
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Date: 07/16/05 15:17:45
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] i'm so depressed i could throw up
Hi All - My name is Michael and I'm new to the group and I'm now posting for the first time.
I believe she's referring to "Freddie Prinze" of "Chico and the Man" fame. I'm not trying to further this thread just trying to clarify one small point.
I believe no matter what your circumstances are "depression" and "ups & downs" are a part of life, it effects every class of society. Granted, some people are able to shake it off a lot easier than others, but I don't think anyone's immune.
D0wn by that Highwayside-
- Michael '-/
P.S. Dave, I beliEve it's a Native of the "Quad Cities"... I've nevEr bEen vEry f0nd of that tErm, jUst mE I gUess...
"Be aware of the time passing by,
they say the end it's the wink of an eye"
"Do it! Do it! For the love of Mike, just do it!"
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While I would rather not touch this subject, I would like to know which Freddie Prinze are you talking about? If you're talking about the young man born in 1976, I believe he is still alive. I do, however, understand the point you were trying to illustrate with these examples. There is no need to further expound on this particular post.
Quadius
Ol' Man River <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Trust me, none of us on this list are so underprivileged as to have any real issues to be depressed over for an extended period of time."
that's your diagnostic phrase that is incredibly shallow. it's like you think you know everyone's situation and on top of that, you write off depression as a non-real ailment. or at least that no quad here on a vent, completely immobile has any right to be depressed. you think depresasion is linked to the underpriviledged? do you remember freddy prinze or curt cobain blowing their brains out? i wouldn't consider them underprivilidged - but i WOULD class them as severely depressed. blanket ALL and NEVER statements are very foolish to blurt out. they can also be very hurtfull to some. your psycho-diagnosis is not why we are here.
dave
Aaron Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How do you compare a ridiculous statement like what Carol said w/ what I said?!? I assume that you have a "deeper" more meaningful response? I was just trying to convey that our often self diagnosed depression is merely the lack of knowing what is possible to do in life anymore. None of us here are professionals, that I know of, so anything that is said is just an opinion and a way that each of us deals with things.
I apologize if it was a shallow opinion, but I don't believe that dwelling on the negative can bring about positive results. Who would Bobbie miss? Maybe the diverse and sometimes ridiculous discussions on this group? I don't know. But, the best way I know to help someone who's depressed is to not focus on their depression. Get them involved in something, get them pissed enough about something that they want to do something, whatever works to get the person back into the life that surrounds us all.
You may or may not ever take me serious again, but that is for you to decide. I care what people think and would like to know how you came to your conclusions about my comments below.
what an incredibly shallow response... this reads like "i'm not depressed so you have no reason to be depressed either" you remind me of carol of new york who said, "why don't you all drop your petty bitches and concentrate on getting better, and walking"
it will be hard to take you seriously ever again.
dave
Aaron Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IMO, we American's are spoiled rotten. We get depressed over very little things compared to what others in the world must live with on a daily basis. Tired of bullshit, then stop spreading it. Trust me, none of us on this list are so underprivileged as to have any real issues to be depressed over for an extended period of time.
We all have ups and downs, but our ups and downs are nothing.
Definitions of depression on the Web:
Depression is when you become so self-involved that all you see is yourself and no one else.
My cure for depression: Find something that has nothing to do with how you benefit yourself and go do it. There is always someone or something worse off than yourself. If you cannot think of things to do at your level, then ask. I'm certain each of us can come up with at least three things that you can go do.
Yes, i'm sure at times we all have felt that way, but even with all our problems, we survive like kings compared to quads in some other poor nations....I have seen programs on T.V. where quads and para's do not have hardly any help and no wheelchairs of ANY kind....They are so poor people place them in wagons and pull them to get them around. And though life is tough for us think of these poor mizerable souls. We just got to try and get by the best we can until our creator decides our time on earth is finished. I go thru highs and lows a lot, I think we all do....you'll be in my prayers.
Dan
Dave
(what's a quad?)
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