Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest

[untonuggan]

It has come to my attention that it is That Time of Year again for most people with SAD in the Northern Hemisphere, and that for many other folks Bad Things and/or Anniversaries seem to be piling up. At times like this, it is hard to remember that Depression is a Lying Bastard and that it *does* get better again.

So! A friend and I came up with the Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest. There are many ways to participate in comments below:

• a gratitude list (because there are still good things in the world) or a list of good things
• something you are proud of (a la the Monday Pride thread)
• a funny poem (limmericks work well here)
• cute things! animals, babies, whatever floats your boat!
• anti-winter and/or anti-depression manifestos! This can be in the form of a poem or a simple declaration of "Fuck you, brain weasels, and your lying ways! I will not believe your lies!"

Feel free to comment on someone's comment if you find it particularly moving, but please keep things positive. Anonymous comments are currently turned on. (Please don't abuse them.)

If this grows and becomes very popular, or if you have more ideas, feel free to spread the Depression is a Lying Bastard Fest to your own journal or comm! Also, I would love it if you linked back here so that we got more participants. ^_^

Comments

Gratitude List

[untonuggan]

• My memory is slowly improving


• I met a cool person yesterday at the yarn store


• My family is super supportive (even though sometimes that annoys me)


• I might get to take a weaving class (how awesome is that???)


• Even though Glitch is ending, it was a really cool experience and I'm super glad I got to play

So, brain weasels, you are really pond scum and I think you are the ones who are useless burdens that should go away, not I. So *there*. :P

Re: Gratitude List

[31stcentury]

Even though Glitch is ending, it was a really cool experience and I'm super glad I got to play

agree times a zillion! I like to tell myself that knowing the time there is limited makes it....more valuable? or something.

oooh weaving! that sounds super interesting!

Re: Gratitude List

[pipisafoat]

hooray memory! that is always such a good thing. I remembered recently that I have tricks for making my own memory work better, and just in time to start deploying them as I study for final exams.

weaving class sounds very awesome.

Re: Gratitude List

[lynnoconnacht]

Weaving! That sounds awesome! XD (Long long ago someone gave me a mini-loom for kids to learn weaving with. I was parts exasperated and parts delighted.) I hope you get to take and will enjoy it!

And eeee! Yay for memory improvements and meeting cool people and having a supportive family!

Re: Gratitude List

[alee_grrl]

Weaving sounds very cool. May your memory continue to improve, and may the brain weasels chuck off forever.

Re: Good things!

[southernmyst]

Hooray for improving memory :-) I'm convinced most people actually have fairly bad memories, and the trick is to learn what works to help each of us individually. For me, writing things down always helps me remember it; asking for things in emails means it's searchable later; taking lots of photographs helps me easily record my life; etc. It'll be different for everyone, but I think it's a fallacy to think that we must all just simply remember everything perfectly. Hooray for learning what works for you :-)

Go you, learning to weave! That's awesome!