You corporate whore.

Sorry to hear that stuff, Gay. One of my good friends was helped very much by an SSRI. maybe give it a shot?

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

I tried counseling, therapy and meds when I was in my teens and early 20s. It made it worse. Everyone reacts differently to these things.

It's such a tricky thing to deal with as a doctor or a therapist because not only is it hard as hell to diagnose (I think alot of people get diagnosed with it when they're just going through the motions), it's also hard to treat. Sometimes it's as simple as "here, take this 2 times a day" and you're good. Lithium worked the best for me but it's pure salt and you're dehydrated all day and I quickly got annoyed with that.

I just cope the best I can, I do better each passing year. Just fuck Walmart.

Someguy Are you breaking my balls? That's what I take...I've been broke b4 and no insurance n had to go off it for a couple years...no withdrawal no side effects ...

but Many years back when I first started having anxiety attacks ..I didn't know what was wrong..thought I was dying..docs say you are very healthy...so I finally try the shrink n she gave me paxil...that was just horrible stuff...after 4 months I stop taking n seeing her..the withdrawal - cold turkey...was insane...felt like getting eletric shocks at random times of the day...really tired ...so I went 8-9 Years just smoking pot to cope...biut now I have this lexapro connect n been great for couple years now. good stuff..highly recommend

Gotcha, you've already done the dog and pony show. Have you ever been prescribed an A-typical? Maybe a dumb question because you've already done the lithium route.

Has anyone considered he may just be method acting for the What Dreams may Come sequel ?

Has anyone considered he may just be method acting for the What Dreams may Come sequel ?

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

I went for that joke on page 1. I failed it badly.

Thanks for sharing HG. I hope you find a way to get better.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Time for the "Name who you like" rule.

If you want to say someone sucks, then we need to know who you like so we can get a valid baseline.

Not really that funny. Better actor than comedian. Never knew about all his charity work. I'm not surprised by the public outpouring. It's a trendy thing to be so public with your grief. Just another form of attention whoring.

I've dealt with depression and social anxiety my entire life. It blows. Recently I made the decision that I'm totally done with going to Walmart because I just can't handle being in their lines. I start sweating and my heart starts racing and I feel like I'm going to faint, I just got to get the fuck out of there. I can't do any place with long lines.

People who don't have depression can never relate to it because you're just built differently. It's just a voice in your head that never shuts the fuck up. Whether you're at rock bottom or at top of the world your inner demons always remind you of how worthless you truly are. You can argue with it and tell it to go away all you want and it may leave you alone sometimes, but eventually it'll return. Sometimes taking your own life seems to be the only way you'll ever truly get peace. Suicidal thoughts are just a part of having depression.

Depression has ruined my life to an extent for sure. Every relationship and dating experience I've had has been a total disaster because I go through phases with it. One month I'm good, motivated and socialable and the next month I'm severely depressed and go into isolation by avoiding everyone I know and all social situations. For the most part I don't try hard in life because I don't care enough. My way of thinking is totally outside the box to the norm. I just don't take any issues with society seriously, really. Not taking anything seriously leads to finding humor in just about everything, whether it be a racially insensitive joke, a rape joke, etc etc. This is one reason why people with depression make for good comics.

Now, I'm lucky enough to not have it really bad, believe it or not. I've grown up and matured and dealt with it the best I can. I don't do therapy or any shit and I've seen people with far worse situations. The thing is that many people with depression seem to do nothing but seek sympathy and they get offended when someone doesn't understand their situation. They think the world owes them everything when the world doesn't owe them jack shit. They have a total "woe is me, everyone feel bad for me" attitude. I mean, I guess I can relate a little. Just having one person show they give a shit can lift you up a bit, but that's like putting a band-aid on an amputated knee. I myself decided a while ago that I would try my best to not dwell on anything and attempt to re-train my brain. I'm still fucked in the head, but I'm not THAT bad, at least I think. But I totally understand why people mock and laugh at depression because from the outside looking in it just looks some someone being a pussy or an attention whore.

Depression and sadness get mixed up alot, especially by teens. It's a shame when teens kill themselves because they never gave life a fair shot. Robin Williams on the other hand was 63 years old and had enough. I don't judge him for what he did. His inner demons eventually won the war in his head. He's at peace now.

Following some links, I ended up on Koko, the sign language "speaking" gorilla's web site. Koko is saddened about Williams too. Seems like crap, but then they show a video of Williams visiting the menagerie one day and communing. If the gorilla remembers him, then fine, I can see her being saddened. But like you, my mind isn't quite wrapping around it...

I like to watch a little Dice Clay and Steven Wright back to back to cover all the bases


Dave Chapelle is pretty fucking great too. I like more stand ups than I dislike though.


The dislike list is like Margaret Cho and Rob Van Dam

I'm gonna need a clarification on that; I can't figure out what it means but it makes my teeth itch trying to parse it.

*Interesting to note, Cho cites her low point before getting sober was Adam Carolla turning down her sexual advances

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Isn't Cho a lesbian?

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Rob Van Dam, like nut Foley, is attempting stand up. He's bad. Margaret Cho* is also bad




*Interesting to note, Cho cites her low point before getting sober was Adam Carolla turning down her sexual advances