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Depression lies...
When my depression takes a dive, my brain is a mess. It lies. It makes up stories. It exaggerates bad parts of my life and glosses over the great stuff. My wife is cool (not all sunshine, but we love eachother) my kids are smart and the best of my wife and I. I have this cool dog. He's a stage five clinger, but just a great friend. Depressed me in the future needs to read this when he gets bad thoughts.
pudgypal
That dog is super coool, and a heckin goood boy. Go give them a few snugs
LetsEatGrandpaCommasSaveLives
Being a dad with depression is fucking rough man. Same here. But you can't let your enemies win. Fuck them!
theyallwenttoMexico
illuminati is one of the tags. interesting.
CardioVascular
When I had bad depression I couldn't imagine the good life I have now. Keep going OP, life has a way of changing.
TwoStupidDogs
Hang tough future @OP
vleddex
Smart move bruv
SuperDramaticFusion
Stay strong, @op!
TheFriendlyVoid
I'm concerned about the tags. But the void listens. We all have ups and downs. Bad days and good. But never alone.
BaddyOneShoe
Very cool. Thanks!
ItsAWonderfulButt
How I visualise it is that the only person that can get me through a bad time is myself. So I reach out with an open hand to my future ...1
ItsAWonderfulButt
Self, who I know's in a better place, pulling me up, as I cast my other hand down to my younger self, telling them that it will all work out
rainbowstraws
Present you is really smart! Great idea, man. It can really suck, but you totally got this. Way ta set yourself up with tools
friendsofsandwiches
Just because the bad things are overwhelming, doesn't mean the good things don't still count. That said, your bad things are still very
friendsofsandwiches
important, and we need to deal with them, post haste.
TheAllMightyThey
This too is temporary.
SpikeReynolds
If you need a wall to scream at, my dms are open
cre8majic
Gratitude journaling is a good thing to have for your future yous, recognize your thoughts are distorted and don't reflect truth
cryptzicle
We are happy you're alive too my dude.
DudeMcDude
Hey dude. I’m glad you’re here today.
BaddyOneShoe
That's huge. Thanks. Back at you!
tinyfootprints
Not happy to be alive this very second, but there are more seconds on the way and might be better. Hanging in there.
StunnedGoofy
I'm happy I'm alive, I have my loving family ... without my brothers I'd kill myself long time ago. I am through a really tough time myself.
StunnedGoofy
I know the pain. The depressed thoughts are hard to fight... But always think of "what might come" and work toward that, even tho, there is-
StunnedGoofy
-no perspective at all ... Find a hobby that can get you through these hard times, cause it puts you in motion. I don't know how about other
StunnedGoofy
People... But myself I'm in the "lowest" possible. And I feel like I have wasted 10 past years of my life. Where I thought it could lead me
StunnedGoofy
To a better life... And it's the complete opposite. So, Here I'm hoping for the best YET to come.... anyway, Hang in there @OP.
OnlyPositiveFavourites
You know what helped me? FutureMe.org , you send yourself emails in the future. I was so harsh on myself and it gave me perspective. U ¹
thanksfoenothing
Cool
OnlyPositiveFavourites
could send regular, small, positive-day emails. Like when kid A does something really sweet, send yourself an email for 6 months or weeks
CakeTastesLikePain
Future me is talking shit about me, but jokes on him. I'll ruin his fucking life.
genericanamoly
Thanks! +1
friendsofsandwiches
I actually made a post on that here. My old self never got it thouh...
parabolic000
I've got constant depressive episodes and lots of self-sabotaging, self-destructive behaviors...but I agree with you. Life is worth it.--
parabolic000
it is all we have. And it doesn't matter how you enjoy it. Watch a spider build a web. Watch raccoons trundle along at 4AM when you're--
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still awake, trying desperately to forestall 'tomorrow.' Eat something tasty. Life is meaningless, we're just dumb animals. If it feels--
parabolic000
nice, builds emotional fortitude, and calms you, it's worth it. I try to live by this Nietzsche quote:
parabolic000
"If we affirm one single moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us
parabolic000
ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to