teh olde thread. as in content, not me you biznitches :p

[Shovel]

Is he right? He is for some people but I'm not sure that anyone has ever been able to decide something as definate as that for all cases.

The depression I'm familar with can have plenty of fueling issues at any one time (such is everyday-life on top of the illness), but no actual singular 'root cause' (after many years of looking and treatment).

I'm afriad that to the best of my knowledge, it's really not that simply. It's hard, because to comprehend depression we're faced with having to simplify it, but even the slightest simplification can detract from the fact that the condition is mostly individual and where a 'tough love' treatment might work for one sufferer, it would send another to a prompt and early grave. Medication works for some, not for others, to different degrees. The same for counselling.

I kinda sympathise with those who have 'made up their mind' about it, it's a very human thing to fix on a definate explaination (right/wrong or otherwise). However, this is the human mind we're talking about, not a broken leg.

 

[Tom]

Where are you and what are you upto?
At home lounging on a chair in my bedroom

Do you think what you do is worthwhile?
yes

When was the last time you were really pissed?
can't remember

Tell us a joke:
Man comes home from pub, says to wife 'ive won the pools' she says 'what?' he says 'ive won the pools pack your bags' she says 'pack my bags why, where are we going' he says 'anywhere pack your bags and fuckoff'

Who was the last person you texted and what did it say?
work collegue to tell him I've been paragliding

Who would you least like to see naked?
anyone in my family

Who would you like to punch?
Mark Hogg, wanker who ripped me and another guy off years ago for a grand

What does God look like?
Whatever you wish him/her/it to look like

Who do you love?
genuinely nice people

What fantasy do you still have to fulfill?
Travelling back in time to the Victorian era

What's the best thing you've heard in the last 16 years musically?
Mozart's Requiem Mass

What's your idea of Heaven?
Where things are explained

And your idea of Hell?
The kind envisaged by medieval artists

What do you want 200 of?
mortgage payments, so I can write the fucker off

What's the best bit of advice you've ever recieved?
What goes around comes around

Who is the greatest living Englishman?
Only death bestows greatness

What's been the highlight of the last 16 years?
Getting my own house

And the low point?
family too lazy to visit for christmas

What's the worst chat-up line you've ever heard?
Get your coat on luv you've pulled

When was the last time you did the washing up?
today, I don't believe in wasting energy on a dishwasher

What's next?
in life? who knows? Today, the telly.

 

[Mobius]

Where are you and what are you upto?
Sitting at my computer eating a packet of softmints for breakfast.

Do you think what you do is worthwhile?
Not really.

When was the last time you were really pissed?
Never been drunk before.

Tell us a joke:
The England football team

Who was the last person you texted and what did it say?
A girl I like in Manchester, she's out of credit now though.

Who would you least like to see naked?
Anyone over the age of 40

Who would you like to punch?
A few dickheads from my school, otherwise someone like 50 cent or Jay-Z

What does God look like?
Don't believe in religion, gods or any of that stuff.

Who do you love?
Family.

What fantasy do you still have to fulfill?
Lesbians, I'm just watching!

What's the best thing you've heard in the last 16 years musically?
Hmm...hard to choose, probably most stuff by Immortal or Dimmu Borgir

What's your idea of Heaven?
Where you can leave your house without fear of being mugged and stabbed. Where you can leave your front door open in summer without fear of being burgled. Where not everyone who lives near me is a hip hop loving chat weirdo. A girl who liked me would be nice too.

And your idea of Hell?
This world, without music and comedy.

What do you want 200 of?
Hmm...200 million quid.

What's the best bit of advice you've ever recieved?
Aim low, aim so low that nobody will care if you fail.

Who is the greatest living Englishman?
Ricky Gervais or Peter Kay.

What's been the highlight of the last 16 years?
Discovering kebabs? Haven't done anything exciting with my life, or been in a relationship.

And the low point?
Losing both grandads and a nan. Loneliness. Losing a dog, fucking up at school.

What's the worst chat-up line you've ever heard?
*shrug*

When was the last time you did the washing up?
Err, I just shove it in the dishwasher.

What's next?
Going to work my way through this packet of softmints.

 

[Mobius]

(and I don't know if Mobius is or not, but let's assume he is).

I don't know if I'm depressed. I think I've just got the usual teenage problems...and I have really low self esteem/confidence so I've been told.

This girl I've got to know quite well from Manchester (I met her on MSN and have grown quite fond of her..we've yet to meet in real life though...we speak on the phone,texts, emails alot) has depression, apparently its chemical. She's on a course of anti depressants and has frequent visits to doctors and psychiatrists. She also cuts herself and has a borderline personality disorder. It can be quite disturbing talking to her, all friendly and that then suddenly she'll just shut down and completely block you out.

 

[throdgrain]

Tbh Louster, lets assume Mobius doesnt have such problems ...

 

[kanonfodda]

Where are you and what are you upto?
At work, at my desk

Do you think what you do is worthwhile?
apart from the boring times (when I spend the time browsing freddyshouse), yes.

When was the last time you were really pissed?
last saturday

Tell us a joke:

Two women go out one weekend without their husbands. As they came back, right before dawn, both of them drunk, they felt the urge to pee.

They noticed the only place to stop was a cemetery. Scared and drunk, they
stopped and decided to go there anyway.

The first one did not have anything to clean herself with, so she took off her panties and used them to clean herself and discarded them.

The second not finding anything either, thought "I'm not getting rid of my panties..." so she used the ribbon of a flower wreath to clean herself.

The morning after, the two husbands were talking to each other on the phone, and one says to the other: "We have to be on the look-out, it seems that these two were up to no good last night. My wife came home without her panties...". The other one responded: "You're lucky, mine came home with a card stuck to her ass that read, "We will never forget you".

Who was the last person you texted and what did it say?
a friend of mine, congrats on plucking up the courage to ask a girl out (and succeding)

Who would you least like to see naked?
any male

Who would you like to punch?
the total git who blocked me in this morning

What does God look like?
not a believer, next question

Who do you love?
people who treat others with respect

What fantasy do you still have to fulfill?
rally driving

What's the best thing you've heard in the last 16 years musically?
hmm, not a great music fan I'm afriad

What's your idea of Heaven?
knowing what needs doing, and having the motivation to do it

And your idea of Hell?
having to explain the same thing, to the same user, for all eternity

What do you want 200 of?
regular customers for the business I just bought into

What's the best bit of advice you've ever recieved?
marry a woman with small hands....

Who is the greatest living Englishman?
hmm, no idea, certainly not any current politician :S

What's been the highlight of the last 16 years?
hmm, the births of my nephews

And the low point?
losing the woman I loved

What's the worst chat-up line you've ever heard?
sit on my face and tell me that you love me...

When was the last time you did the washing up?
last night

What's next?
get the business back up and running (although things are picking up already). Finish the small projects I am working on, to make way for the gargantuan one that has just been dropped in my lap. At some point, find some time to sleep

 

[TdC]

I don't know if I'm depressed. I think I've just got the usual teenage problems...and I have really low self esteem/confidence so I've been told.

This girl I've got to know quite well from Manchester (I met her on MSN and have grown quite fond of her..we've yet to meet in real life though...we speak on the phone,texts, emails alot) has depression, apparently its chemical. She's on a course of anti depressants and has frequent visits to doctors and psychiatrists. She also cuts herself and has a borderline personality disorder. It can be quite disturbing talking to her, all friendly and that then suddenly she'll just shut down and completely block you out.

I mean this in the best possible way, but watch thyself there young man. perhaps I should pm.

 

[Xtro]

Where are you and what are you upto?
I'm in England, sat at my desk at home trying to pretend I'm actually back in Canada by balancing plastic moose toys on top of each other.

Do you think what you do is worthwhile?
I'm enjoying trying to balance these toys, so that is worthwhile as I am enjoying it. If you mean what I do for a living - hah I work for a fucking games company of COURSE its not worthwhile.

When was the last time you were really pissed?
I made a vow to keep sober at the end of June - so far so good, its just to take a break from booze, I'm not Nick Cage in Leaving Las Vegas.

I think I got pissed mid June but mildly. The last time I got REALLY pissed I demolished a bottle and a half of Jack Daniels with my lady and we had fun.

Tell us a joke:
How do you soak a cabbage? Weld his wheelchair to a submarine. No it isn't PC but tell me how many PC jokes you remember?

Who was the last person you texted and what did it say?
I just texted my gf - it said something like "I have loads of fucking evidence as to why we won't have our heads cut off by Iraqis in Egypt. Your parents are fucked haha!" Something like that, maybe more polite.

Who would you least like to see naked?
I pierce people, I am used to seeing all kinds of beasts naked. I don't actually care anymore tbh.

Who would you like to punch?
No one. No one actually bothers me enough to want to bruise my knuckles on their face.

What does God look like?
If he looked like Angelina Jolie I'd go to church more often.

Who do you love?
My girlfriend, the idea of shagging Angelina Jolie.

What fantasy do you still have to fulfill?
Shagging Angelina Jolie up the pooper scooper.

What's the best thing you've heard in the last 16 years musically?
How can you sum up 16 years with one piece of music and why 16? Do you have fetish for 16 year olds?

If forced at gunpoint to name a piece of music then erm...hummm...Voodoo Ray by A Guy Called Gerald. When I heard this (in 1988) it sounded so alien and it woke me up to acid house and the summer of love - what a fucking year that was.

What's your idea of Heaven?
Shagging Angelina Jolie up the pooper scooper whilst my girlfriend takes polaroids and then they do each other.

And your idea of Hell?
Angelina Jolie taking polaroids of me doing Tony Blair up the pooper scooper whilst my girlfriend watches.

What do you want 200 of?
Whats with this number fetish? Why 200? Is that how many times you have self harmed yourself?
Erm...200 erm...ok so I'm one dimensional when it comes to Angelina Jolie but you can guess.

What's the best bit of advice you've ever recieved?
You can pour syrup over shit but it still don't make it pancakes. I actually discovered this myself due to mescaline.

Who is the greatest living Englishman?
Heh so random. I could say someone from sport but why does that make them great? Erm...well Stephen Hawking but not for sport dumbass. Although he'd probably score more goals than Sheffield Wednesday.

What's been the highlight of the last 16 years?
Every time I left the UK

And the low point?
Friends coming to the end of their lives. I've lost too many.

What's the worst chat-up line you've ever heard?
I wonder if you've ever been to Yorkshire. They don't waste time with chat up lines you get things like "Its ten to 2 (am). Want to fuck?"

When was the last time you did the washing up?
I don't. Ever. I have an arrangement.

What's next?
I'm touring the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) then Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg) in about 6 weeks. Also trying to save the cash to enable me to become a permanent resident of Canada (need 10K CAD).