chrisarclark
Boycott Moz
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Me?how old are you
great avatar, charming man (idoubt you would say the same for me).
16 clumsy and shy
Trust me, i know the teenage years are an awkward and difficult time for most involved. If only i had the knowledge and such that i had acquired in my 30s to get me through my teenage years....then maybe i'd have been a successful bazillionaire like Bill Gates and had my shit together, etc, etc, etc..
Things hardly ever work out the way we plan.....
I'm in my thirties (nearing forty) but I was diagnosed with clinical depression when I was fifteen. I've had a long hard battle with depression over half my life. It was most severe from twenty-nine to thirty-two. Very dark years. I nearly died - and I'm not exaggerating. I still suffer, but I try very hard to work things out and not always just blame it on depression...life is what you make of it, I suppose.
It can be extremely hard, though.
iwas diagnosed with depression (who wasnt) after 2nd year university- iuse "2nd year university" fairly loosely as it was nota lota school and really more 24-7 drunkeness. goodtimes. was on meds for the better part of a year and then went off (they screwed with my sexual performance, not the way yure thinking). still struggle with it, but now that iknow what im dealing ideal with in a better way than simply getting drunk for a week/month.
honestly, ive always hada fairly cynical view of depression, both before and after my bouts with it- afterall, everyone gets a little down every now&then, right. ido havan appreciation for it, but where im concerned at least, idont really givit much respect- ibasically tell myself to suckitup and get on with it.
20s, 20s bytheway- happiest in my teens (when iwas completely self-assured).