will make it worse.
no, if you can diagnose a "dopamine imbalance" from a few paragraphs on a gaming forum then wow but anti-depressants are way over-prescribed for any little emotional issue and it sounds like this is in every way a simple attitude problem. There's probably very complex, personal reasons he has for having trouble socializing and being ambitious but it also sounds like maybe just relaxing about it is the best solution. Gradually change your behavior as you interact more rather than trying to find a specific issue that would cause these problems.
So I have a problem. Lately (like 4 years) I've been having trouble keeping interest in, uhh everything. Completely wrecked my gpa in high school although I passed what I needed to. There's alot of things I think I could be interested in but I'll maybe spend a week at most before giving in to apathy.
I'm not so sure endorphins make you feel better about the world.
Yeah, that type of apathetic behavior COULD be triggered by actual life events rather than just his brain chemistry being broken. The fact that this autobiography spanned a whole 3 paragraphs makes it a bit hasty to suggest prescriptions. Those could easily do more harm then good if he never needed them.no, if you can diagnose a "dopamine imbalance" from a few paragraphs on a gaming forum then wow but anti-depressants are way over-prescribed for any little emotional issue and it sounds like this is in every way a simple attitude problem. There's probably very complex, personal reasons he has for having trouble socializing and being ambitious but it also sounds like maybe just relaxing about it is the best solution. Gradually change your behavior as you interact more rather than trying to find a specific issue that would cause these problems.QuoteSo I have a problem. Lately (like 4 years) I've been having trouble keeping interest in, uhh everything. Completely wrecked my gpa in high school although I passed what I needed to. There's alot of things I think I could be interested in but I'll maybe spend a week at most before giving in to apathy.::) ::) ::)
Hey if you die for any word, it might as well be heroin
Hey if you die for any word, it might as well be tacos
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am nintenho: M.D.No, being apathetic is a really, really vague "symptom" and it sounds like this is a problem he's had for most of his adult life. The fact that he's trying to improve his behavior makes me think that he at least does care and isn't clinically depressed and should instead reexamine the way he acts in real life. But again, 3 paragraphs etc etc.
am nintenho: Hmm, it says here you've been trying to move your leg for the past 4 years.
patient: yep.
am nintenho: and it's just not moving?
patient: yep. What should I do?
am nintenho: Have you tried moving it?
patient: ...
am nintenho: It sounds to me like you just need to move your leg.
patient: but...
etc. etc.
You're a narcissist, you think you're above everyone but you realise you'll never achieve anything great so there's not point in trying anything anyway.
:lol
what is it with depressed people being attracted to the narcissistic personality disorder diagnosis? My friend did this too...
If you genuinely had NPD you would not have had the self-awareness to type up the op. You would not have difficulty finding things to say to people. You would say absolutely anything so long as it provoked a response.
So why are you ignoring the obvious suggestion in this thread (get a prescription for drugs) ?
Money... the psychiatrist is like $300 per visit. Then medication costs (no clue).
I may have to save for a few more months.
Money... the psychiatrist is like $300 per visit. Then medication costs (no clue).
I may have to save for a few more months.
I don't have to pay to visit my shrink. :smug
yea play WoW you loserz
Take out the word narcassist and my point still stands.
yea play WoW you loserz
This from an unrepentant former nthing that pulled the nintendo on scam. So you KNOW anything she/he/it recommends will be a quality game, yep.
Can I schedule an appointment and have a trial prescription by the end of the hour? I don't want to go devastate my saving so the doctor can take his sweet time analysing me. I can go to the affordable psychologist for that.
Nothing about the OP screams 'I need psychiatric help' to me, really. How you feel doesn't necessarily seem any different from someone in crappy situation with family, friends, work or the opposite sex, say. I've seen plenty of people bootstrap themselves out of these periods of apathy without drugs. The love of a good woman, the discovery of a hobby you enjoy or the company of friends should be all you need to pull you out of this. No-one can realistically offer you a timetable for finding any of those things if you genuinely lack the motivation to go out and get them yourself, which is probably very discouraging but...suck it up, buttercup. Life sucks all over, and your situation could be massively worse. You're not living in Darfur, for example.
You got bored with it or you just didn't get what you expected out of it?
I'll second the "travel" option. Growing up in Northern Ireland during the troubles and Thatcher etc was pretty horrible on the whole. Traveling really helped me realize that life doesn't have to be like that. The biggest danger is that you may never go back ;)
You got bored with it or you just didn't get what you expected out of it?
I'll second the "travel" option. Growing up in Northern Ireland during the troubles and Thatcher etc was pretty horrible on the whole. Traveling really helped me realize that life doesn't have to be like that. The biggest danger is that you may never go back ;)
A little of both. For the notion of travel, I don't feel like there's a lack of things to do in my immediate area. I didn't have a horrible life and its not bad now. I'm fine if it turns out I am wrong, but I don't feel capable of making myself happy or entertained currently. Like I think videogames are cool, but I can't spend hours learning their intricaticies [sp?] like I used to because... I don't know, I just get tired of it quickly. I don't hold games or movies or music etc up to great expectations. I am losing interest in everything and don't know why exactly.
Going travelling, risking further isolation is a pretty stupid idea.
You know why you cant hold a conversation? Cause most people lead fucking boring lifes and have nothing interesting to tell. you've just been conditioned to accept this as normal and that you should be interested.
That sounds pretty lame actually.
It's inspiring to see being more happy with less and with simpler things Malek. It's not like people spend their time traveling crying over everything they see.
It's inspiring to see being more happy with less and with simpler things Malek. It's not like people spend their time traveling crying over everything they see.
Yeah everybody is different and reacts different to experiences. Also I think it's different for people with clinical depression or your more ordinary folks and how they react to certain stimuli. Malek I used to think like that too, and still to some extent do because I'm not sure it can ever be erased. But what traveling showed me is that I don't have to participate in the rat race and can do my own thing, it showed me the world is bigger then the neighbours and I havent lost that feeling after returning from my first trip 3 years ago.
Rebiak, Cormacaroni, Green Shinobi and me all have the same thoughts on this. So cleary it works for some people, so I think it's worth a try.
Rebiak, Cormacaroni, Green Shinobi and me all have the same thoughts on this. So cleary it works for some people, so I think it's worth a try.
this thread separates the "I've been in a rut before" crowd from the real depressives.
I just googled that DucatiG1000 TVC was talking about, and for that money you could live in a private beach hut on a tropical Island for a year, have hookers everyday and get drunk and do whatever you want.
I think living like a king for a few bucks a day makes it the better part of the world.
And you should compare your situation to everybody in the world, because its one fucking world.
You're talking about stuff you've never experienced, hiding behind theories you've only read about.
And you should compare your situation to everybody in the world, because its one fucking world.
You're talking about stuff you've never experienced, hiding behind theories you've only read about.
Hey Malek I don't know why you get mad when somebody suggests you do something actually to improve your situation.
Did chasing that Ducati GT1000 made you happy so far?
How is that working out?
This was in no way ment to offend you guys, but youre taking it personally it seems.
We dont know do we, I mean its a self diagnosis.
Travel solo then, you'll meet plenty of people on the road.
And as Cormarcaroni says sometimes you need to buckle down and just do stuff you don't like to experience satisfaction.
That's your experience, telling him 'to travel' is akin to tossing a coin; sure it could work but what are the implications if it doesn't.
Anyway the real point of this thread is that TVC is getting a cruiser certifying his old man status.
this thread separates the "I've been in a rut before" crowd from the real depressives.
The only thing keeping me from ranting is that I don't want to inadvertently say something useful to the Nintendo fan OP.
Icons :/
At least you're not a recursivelyenumerable-narcissist with false modesty.
The narcissist can appreciate beauty but in a cerebral, cold and "mathematical" way. Many have no mature, adult sex drive to speak of. Their emotional landscape is dim and grey, as though through a glass darkly.
Many narcissists can intelligently discuss those emotions never experienced by them – like empathy, or love – because they make it a point to read a lot and to communicate with people who claim to be experiencing them. Thus, they gradually construct working hypotheses as to what people feel. As far as the narcissist is concerned, it is pointless to try to really understand emotions – but at least these models he does form allow him to better predict people's behaviours and adjust to them.
Narcissists are not envious of others for having emotions. They disdain feelings and sentimental people because they find them to be weak and vulnerable and they deride human frailties and vulnerabilities. Such derision makes the narcissist feel superior and is probably the ossified remains of a defence mechanism gone awry.
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He feels that he is entitled to special treatment and to outstanding consideration because he is such a unique specimen. He knows this to be true – the same way one knows that one is surrounded by air. It is an integral part of his identity. More integral to him than his body.
This opens a gap – rather, an abyss – between the narcissist and other humans. Because he considers himself so special and so superior, he has no way of knowing how it is to be human, neither the inclination to explore it. In other words, the narcissist cannot and will not empathise.
Can you empathise with an ant? Empathy implies identity or equality with the empathized, both abhorrent to the narcissist. And being perceived by the narcissist to be so inferior, people are reduced to cartoonish, two-dimensional representations of functions.
Since we're (more or less) on the subject, anyone have any suggestions for painless suicide pills perchance? How are all the hip youngsters offing themselves nowadays?