The depression thread

People ‘suffered with their nerves’ until they were hospitalised or died. It was an embarrassment in most cases.

Now there are efforts to rehabilitate,

Counting cattle is probably a form of mindfulness

I don’t think he’s very funny but PJ Gallagher is a decent skin

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Gallagher said that he had to be wheeled off to the nuthouse for a while’ when speaking about his depression.

Hardly the most apt language.

Any sign of @Batigol recently?

He was in with the @Limerix over the weekend I’m nearly sure

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Not so bad.

Humour is to be found in bleakness. I sometimes refer to myself as having been “fucked into the loony bin”. You have the right to joke about your own situation. The context changes if somebody else says it.

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Humour? Is that what you call it?

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Yes. He’s poking fun at his own situation. As is his perfect right.

Yeah I find the way he speaks about it to be what makes him a likeable chap on the programme anyway. It worth watching if youve an interest in or experience of the topic.

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Got diagnosed with social anxiety disorder yesterday. Officially crazy now. Waiting on a follow up for further diagnosiseseses

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Half the battle is understanding the root cause. At least you know now. Best of luck in overcoming it.

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It’s not you that’s crazy- its everyone else.

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I tried to tell the psychiatrist that but she was having none of it

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Fucking hell, a few weeks living in Portlaoise and you lose all sense of hold on reality.

Best of luck. Hopefully on a road to managing it now.

Bitches be crazeee

That’s sounds low enough down on the crazy scale*. I’d say you will get on top of it.

*i know fuck all about mental health.

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Hasn’t stopped influencers making coin from it.

Good luck @Batigol.

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How do you feel about that?

Anxious id say…

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