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My depression started 20 odd years ago. So many bad things have happened in my life that remembering them is not something that I am able to cope with at the best of times. Some of these things have caused depression, some of them because of depression. It also hits me hard for no reason when all is going well. Its the major depressive episodes when I become to ill to cope, its like my soul/ existence leaves completely. Anxiety goes hand in hand with depression, and my anxiety is matching the level of my depression, just going outside is a painful experience. High level anxiety can last for days on end. Negative thoughts impact my everything, fleeting, unrealistic/uncontrollable. I forget who I am, where I put things/day it is. I don't think that I am good enough. This is not true, I know that from past experience. It effects every part of my life, family, friends, work. Most people don't understand why.
Why can't I have fun? When will I be normal? Why is this? Questions sometimes cause more problems and all I can do is take every day one step at a time until the major depression passes (its been 3 months already) or until the medication settles. Medication changes for me have side effects which can escalate other present symptoms. Mental health is so important. Don't hide it, with every ounce of your being tell someone. Get help. Reach out. Except. Go against what you feel. You are worth it.
I hid myself from society for many years because I felt that nobody understood. This was a mixture of anxiety and my naturally reclusive mentality that depression moulded me into. Its extremely difficult for me to decipher at times with all the chatter of negative thoughts what is reality or not. I never let anyone close to me so that I'm not a burden on them and I'm untrusting to others because of the fear of being hurt. People have a natural ability to push away the weird and undesired. So this makes it easier to do but not right.
All these symptoms mashed together make psychosis and inevitable agrophobia. Luckily this only effects me for a few weeks but the time it takes to recover from that to being able is far longer.
Its time for me to be me again. Clarity is still far away but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to keep moving.
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The Bro Code...I like it.
Lets do it.
You get it started, and I will contribute!.
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Good
So you know how you where trying to cut back on the mary jane....and i just tried to get ya to see..stuff like that. And when you pushed me to get me up .....which helped me out......its kinda a universal bro code that we already have....but we could set it up for all the bros in the community. I'm just spit ballin here. You think it could work?
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I like how you've described and located that 'new' feeling.
Remember that what we call 'feelings' on the outside, are actually chemical reactions going off, on the inside.
You tell me that youre feeling 'something' in your solar plexus area.
You also elude to your third-eye.
Did you know that the solar-plexus chakra deals with lacking self confidence and having severe emotional issues?.
These are the nervous type of people who tend to seek constant approval of others and worry about what everyone thinks of them.
You say that you're NOW feeling happy and content - remember that those feelings are actually chem-reactions in the body.
A sense of happiness is usually brought about with a healthy dose of dopamine.
You'd be getting this dose by doing the HWJT - Dopamine is released when we tick things of a list, like the HWJT.
But, because you are addicted to the 'depression' - remember that this is also just a series of chem-reactions in the body...youve become accustomed to the feeling of the depression.
This 'new' feeling, feels different possibly even foreign.
Thats all normal.
As you continue to reprogram, you're going to start to feel new feelings.
As youve said in the past, you have 'faked feel'.
That is technically impossible.
Thats not how feelings work.
But, what youre describing is apathy - which usually comes with the depression.
The opposite of apathy is empathy.
Now that youre turning on your empathy-network...which is where the third-eye is, youre beginning to feel for real again.
This may seem like a shock to the system...but youll be fine.
Its all part of the healing process.
Dont run away from the process.
Accept.
Breathe it all in.
Exhale the old programming.
Hydrate.
Cleanse and flush the system.
Nourish the mind and the body.
Move the body, and exercise the mind.
Rest easy.
BTW - I'm not going to stop smoking marijuana.
And you trying to get me to give it up, or anything like that...wouldnt be helping me at all.
Just accept me for me.
And, I could actually lay down the science and benefits of the stuff, if you really want me to!
I just need some tips to smoke less, but as I have become more open and honest about my habit...I feel more comfortable about it, and in turn, I really have been smoking less!
I feel its also like with the eating disorder thing, as soon as I opened up about it, I recognised it, and now I am eating really well again.
Recognise.
Allow.
Investigate.
Nourish.
LiveLife
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I think the BroCode is a great idea.
But, it'll mean a commitment - I have observed that the 'successful' posts and threads are those that have a couple of people i.e. You and I, that contribute regularly and consistently.
Could you do that?
Could be a way for you to 'reach out'.
What were you thinking, like a thread where guys can share their stories etc, or a place where they could read up on 'bro code' stuff, or a bit of both?
I feel that it could work really well.
Do it!
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Also, I did reply re: the bro code idea - hasnt been uploaded yet!.
I really like the idea.
Lets do it!
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D'oh!
Its there now!
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I love you two. You're both one of my kind ... xxx
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Love you too.
My bro has a lot of heart.
Your welcome to chat any time.
I think everyone can call me by my real first name.........Matthew or just Matt i also will except chef.
Feeling the love
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Bro
You crack me up.
Warrior is so right.
You need to cut back on the dopamine not the mary jane.
Love ya brosif
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MuchLove Kaz!
Here for you anytime.
