Can't do nothing I don't want to
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[posted and emailed] Anybody else feel like this? Is this a part of the depression, or is it something else? I am at a place in my life where I CAN’T do anything I don’t want to do. Like go to family gatherings, visit my step-family (they have THE all-mighty negative energy house), go out with friend, or even go to dinner at my dad’s. All the things I always hated doing but was doing anyways. Can’t do them anymore. Anybody else?
been THERE…..yep, i’d definitely count it as part of the beast….now that my treatment’s starting to work out, it’s a lot easier to do stuff like that…. Dark Prism – My personality refracts darkly through the serotonigenic spectrum. "There is no dark side of the moon. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark." Thomas A. Ott — ottthoma (at) pipeline.com – [3 t's in ottthoma!!!] http://www.geocities.com/~ottthoma — main site http://www.geocities.com/~ottthoma/depression/index.html—– depression site http://www.geocities.com/~ottthoma/depression/sjw.html —— st. john’s wort stuff for the most part, a troll. Try to ignore him.
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Anybody else feel like this? Is this a part of the depression, or is it something else?
I think that this is the nature of the Beast. The clinically depressed mind seems to shut down when confronted with an impending stressful situation. I think that maybe there is a chemical basis of this reaction. This is probably a symptom that is helped with medication. At least, that’s the way I’ve always looked at it. Joseph
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Anybody else feel like this? Is this a part of the depression, or is it something else? I am at a place in my life where I CAN’T do anything I don’t want to do. Like go to family gatherings, visit my step-family (they have THE all-mighty negative energy house), go out with friend, or even go to dinner at my dad’s. All the things I always hated doing but was doing anyways. Can’t do them anymore. Anybody else?
when I’m depressed I simply _won’t_ do the things I don’t want to do. it’s a way of giving myself a break from unnecessary stress. the hard part for me is to discern which things I need to avoid because they are stressful, and which things might actually help — like calling a friend and asking if I can sit in their living room because I don’t want to be alone. just how _that_ particular survival instinct makes it past depressive lethargy, I’m not sure. didn’t used to. seems to be something I’ve picked up over the past few years. somehow not being _able_ to spend time in the all-mighty negative energy house doesn’t seem like such a bad thing. maybe it’s an autoprotective device springing up from psychic parts unknown? Erik Martin Schneider rhetorician of sorts God was so tired of kicking Miss Whitely every time she let her guard down Miss Whitely was even tireder than God — Mecca Normal
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Anybody else feel like this? Is this a part of the depression, or is it something else? I am at a place in my life where I CAN’T do anything I don’t want to do. Like go to family gatherings, visit my step-family (they have THE all-mighty negative energy house), go out with friend, or even go to dinner at my dad’s. All the things I always hated doing but was doing anyways. Can’t do them anymore. Anybody else? ~Ann~
:) i’m not there at the moment, but i’ve been where u are right now i think it’s a cross between a) feeling SO bad that u really truly don’t and b) that you’ve reached a stage in your illness where u can see those types of things as NOT NECESSARY for your life!!! and just do what’s NECESSARY and BEST for u (((((((((((((((((((ann))))))))))))))))))) behind u 100 spider percent 
— Spider `((/ 
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I am glad to see this message. I feel like this. I am not going to my families for Christmas. I cancelled my birthday party at my dad’s last week. And I did not go with my wife to two other functions last Saturday. I did not want to. I feel the anxiety building as the event draws closer, and frankly do not want to deal with it. I want to be bit more in control of my emotions and feelings … so I bow out. I started a new med. two weeks ago and it seems to be having an adverse affect on me. But as I have learned I am fairly susceptible to side effects and hope when they subside I will see some good of all of this. Kevin
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Anybody else feel like this? Is this a part of the depression, or is it something else? I am at a place in my life where I CAN’T do anything I don’t want to do. Like go to family gatherings, visit my step-family (they have THE all-mighty negative energy house), go out with friend, or even go to dinner at my dad’s. All the things I always hated doing but was doing anyways. Can’t do them anymore. Anybody else? ~Ann~
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