A few other thoughts intended, sincerely, to be helpful to anyone who reads this forum.....

1- Most people have a "bottom" to their pain, upon which they get galvanized to do what they need to do. Some do not ..and some just die miserable. Sad, harsh and true. I firmly believe for most human situations, where there is a WILL, there is a WAY. It may not be easy, cheap or fun, but there is a WAY out. Change it, adapt to it, or both.

2- Some people are called in the psych professions "help-seeking/help-rejecting": they seek help, only to avoid implementing all rational and sane approaches. Hmm. At some point, everyone just gives up, including most psychiatrists, therapists, nurses, friends, family members, doctors etc. One can only complain so long, before one gets tuned out. Also sad, harsh and true.

https://www.consumercellular.com/WhyUs/Social/Newsletter/2018/February#2



I had never heard of the "yes scam" before.

THIS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP. Abrasive and unkind comments not welcome.

For the benefit of you all who aren't hip to the current lingo, a "no f***s left to give day" means you did or said whatever the f**** you wanted to.

Case in point: yesterday I got my hair cut. I was in the NFLTG mood. Going to the hairstylist, unless she or he is equally loquacious as you, is kinda like going to your therapist. You get your hair cut, they listen to your sane or not so sane words (or lack thereof, done that too) and it's all good.

Poor woman heard my mostly uncensored comments on a variety of subjects. I was a bit embarrassed after I left, but she and her co-worker seemed to enjoy my almost-senior self-deprecating humor and "advice".

Is it my new meds? Almost being 60 in 6.5 months? I RARELY get one of these NFLTG days haha

Former President George W. Bush said that "there's pretty clear evidence that the Russians" interfered in the 2016 US presidential election.

https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/961611059298799617


Stopped clock award goes to you GWB. Of course, now Trump will say Bush is out to get him, along with Mueller and we dastardly Democrats and the FBI!

http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/quincy-jones-in-conversation.html

THIS IS THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP. Abrasive and unkind comments are not welcome here.


This is all in my print (dead tree) edition of Maximum PC magazine, March 2018.

He's a deputy editor of the magazine, probably 20's to maybe early 30's if I had to guess. Caucasian guy (if I had to guess from his small photo), as many in the tech industry are.

I am going to copy as much manually as I can from my magazine shortly, but long story short, he openly admits to the world that yes, a bright young man such as he, with a good job etc, has clinical depression and he's had it for a long time. He's going to get away from his computer for a while to enjoy nature and other great things to help his depression.

It is 2018 and yes, anyone with a great brain and a great heart knows that we all, men and women, can suffer from depression, either one episode or many or a lifetime. The stats I've seen say that women suffer more from it than men, but the problem is that it is still seen as very "unmanly" for a man to openly admit depression (man up dude, grow some balls, stop whining, etc etc etc). So, the vast majority of men would rather just shut up and suffer or drink or self-medicate with their drug of choice or.....kill themself ultimately.

Things are better now than 10, 20, 30 years ago, but this whole myth of masculine toughness needs to die. As in yesterday. We men suffer and bleed just as women do.

Much respect to you, Zak, and I hope you get zero to very little crap for your honesty.


eta: https://twitter.com/zak_storey/status/943832865606860800



ETA2:

Page 92 of the dead tree Maximum PC magazine for March 2018

just WTF....probably die from a heart attack or stroke before you get to enjoy your new hair LOL

http://abc7chicago.com/food/study-chemical-in-mcdonalds-french-fries-may-be-cure-for-baldness/3042847/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-cfpb-congress/treasurys-mnuchin-says-he-wants-answers-on-equifax-breach-idUSKBN1FQ2M2



Call me a cynic but I call BULLSHIT. Prove me wrong, Mnuchin.

https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=M48507

This reading is the coldest I've seen yet for the Canadian high Arctic. These readings I usually see on the Greenland ice sheet.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/05/super-bowl-winner-chris-long-donated-his-entire-2017-salary-to-charity.html