From a fellow sufferer.

Post #47,345 by inthane-chan 7/29/02 12:12:39 PM Reply	From a fellow sufferer. Norm, I think you may be aware that I suffer from chronic depression as well. I've been through a lot of shit in my life. I've been dealt to from the bottom of the deck. I'm currently unemployed, and the dreams I have in my life (house, real job, friends, a kid or two) keep getting further away every day. Each day I wake up, it's a good day. Just remember, no matter how shitty you've got it, it could be MUCH worse. I'm happy to be alive. I want to know what happens next. Not just to me, but the whole universe - there is so much OUT there that I don't know... Curiosity is what will save your life. Try to rediscover some of that wonder you felt as a child, the sense of discovery and newness that made everything seem fresh every day. Life sucks, then you die, then they put you in a hole in the ground, and then the worms eat you. Or if you're cremated, it's "then they put your ashes in a pot, and then you gather dust on a mantlepiece until somebody mistakes you for nondairy creamer, and you end up in the sewage. Be glad it happens in that order." Norm, everybody has shit happen to them. Everybody, at some point in their life asks, "Why does shit always happen to me?" Then they look around, and notice that shit happens to everybody. Don't take it personally - the universe is out to get everybody else, too. Rejoice that you are alive, for there are literally billions of people who wish they were. "So don't sit back and watch the world get bushwhacked News at 10:00 your neighborhood is under attack Put away the crack before the crack puts you away You need to be there when your babies are old enough to relate" Your son will thank you. (And by the way - you've got something I don't. A child. You have no idea how JEALOUS I am of you.) There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Post #47,359 by drewk 7/29/02 1:32:58 PM Reply	Comic relief Just remember, no matter how shitty you've got it, it could be MUCH worse. Ever heard the "and a headache" theory? "There is no human condition so horrible that it can't be made worse by the addition of a headache." "I've got arthritis, gout and tennis elbow." And a headache. "I've got a broken leg, a crushed hand, and a lacerated liver." And a headache. "I've got disobedient children, a cheating wife, and a dog that shits in the house." And a headache. See? It can always be worse. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #47,382 by CRConrad 7/29/02 3:52:15 PM Reply	Yeah, well, but my condition is... "I've got a headache". Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #47,387 by drewk 7/29/02 4:23:08 PM Reply	And if you could add a headache to that ... === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #47,427 by CRConrad 7/29/02 11:36:15 PM Reply	Gone from "There is no human condition so horrible..." "...that it can't be made worse by the addition of a headache" -- i,e, "it can always be made worse by the addition of a headache" -- to "IF you could add a headache to that"! Thing is, that wouldn't hurt me none, 'coz I already have one, and in this case -- 1+1=1 ! (Yeah, yeah, sure; the headache was "just an example", right...? But... Whatever example you try, I can make that my original condition!) Christian R. Conrad Microsoft is a true reflection of Bill Gates' personality - the sleaziest, most unethical, ugliest little rat's ass the world has seen unto this time. -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=42971\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #47,452 by jb4 7/30/02 9:20:16 AM Reply	OK, Mr. Smartypants... So now go and stub your toe. There! See? ;-) jb4 "I remember Harry S. Truman's sign on his desk. 'The buck stops here.' Strange how those words, while still true, mean something completely different today." -- Brandioch
Post #47,485 by Ashton 7/30/02 1:46:40 PM Reply	There's a theory.. that to get away from some dull throbbing pain - hurt something Else! ..and for a bit .. the familiar pain is lessened, with attention on the New pain. Real world examples are, 'Up'grading Any Windoze creation. Adding Any ""Fix""pack. Adding Office to any.. marginally stable previous assortment. (Can't even add .. :-\ufffd when speaking of self-inflicted wounds :(

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