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**Ming** · April 21, 2003, 01:56

I won't even begin to try to guess what is causing your depression...

But I would recommend spending a little more time with your friends... get out, have some fun... smell the roses... And just focus on enjoying life for a little bit.

It works for me

**Frankychan** · April 21, 2003, 01:59

hmmm, well...I do spend time with my friends but I don't know...it's like somethings bothering me and I just can't place it.

I know some fellow Apolytoners suffer from depression and I'd just like to know how they get over the hump.

Sorry, not b****ing, just want to find some pointers.

Thanks.

**Drake Tungsten** · April 21, 2003, 02:01

I'm pretty depressed too, but I know the cause. I'm getting buried in end of the semester work and I'm freaking out about it. Getting this far behind depresses the hell out of me.

As for getting you out of your rut, let me just say this one thing. Hawaii is the greatest football school in all of the Western Athletic Conference. They are also better than all the former WAC schools that ran away like pussies to the Mountain West in order to escape the terror that is the Warrior football squad. Especially BYU, those ****ing ***** *****es.

Hope that helps. Just remember that we only have a few weeks left.

**Asher** · April 21, 2003, 02:04

From the sounds of it, it's nothing you should be on medication for if it's just a seasonal/temporary thing.

I don't know what you can do to help it, because nothing aside from medication has ever helped me with it.

**asleepathewheel** · April 21, 2003, 02:05

When I am feeling down, I hop in my car, alone, roll down the windows and turn up some loud music, and fly down the highway or some back roads. Sing along, shout it out. Very cathartic, I've found. Listen to the music that reminds you of you, and let go. A temporary fix to be sure, but it helps me get back to the basics.

Also, as you are in Hawaii, you can just think about us continentals who are a thousand miles from an ocean and laugh

**Asher** · April 21, 2003, 02:05

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I'm pretty depressed too, but I know the cause. I'm getting buried in end of the semester work and I'm freaking out about it. Getting this far behind depresses the hell out of me.

(I've got to get up in 6 hours for a final I'm so not ready for)

**Dis** · April 21, 2003, 02:05

my theory is that the brain chemistry does get a little screwed up. You can fix them with drugs, or just do something drastic to jump start your system.

I find near death experiences are best for this.

**Drake Tungsten** · April 21, 2003, 02:07

(I've got to get up in 6 hours for a final I'm so not ready for)

Sorry. I have a Japanese test in seven hours that I haven't studied for yet, so I know the feeling.

**Frankychan** · April 21, 2003, 02:16

Thanks, Drake!

hmmmm, maybe it's just end-of-the-semester stress....but I don't get depressed after the fall semester. *shrug*

thanks guys, really making me think about this rut i'm in.

**Bugs ****ing Bunny** · April 21, 2003, 02:28

If you lived in higher latitude I'd say it was textbook SADS. It's grim in early spring when your serotonin levels are still low and you've just come through a long, dark winter.

But if your location field is accurate I doubt it's that. Could be stress.

**Frankychan** · April 21, 2003, 02:39

SADS? What's that?

and my location field is correct, I live in Hawaii...Honolulu.

**Asher** · April 21, 2003, 02:40

Originally posted by Frankychan
SADS? What's that?

and my location field is correct, I live in Hawaii...Honolulu.

I should hope he means SAD rather than SADS.

SAD is Seasonal Affective Disorder.

**Bugs ****ing Bunny** · April 21, 2003, 02:47

AKA "Seasonally Affective Depressive Syndrome".

**Frankychan** · April 21, 2003, 02:48

thanks.

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