I find myself becoming increasingly socially isolated, as if I'm doing it on purpose without realising. Avoiding work, social outings, not really leaving my room that often, etc.
I've had issues with depression and anxiety before, but I usually get myself out it and I've never needed anything prescription wise. I usually just drink.
I went to a GP today and was prescribed Citalopram as I have been worse lately than usual. Any other useful tips for what I could do to get myself out of this rut? Should I just wait 3 weeks or so and see what the Citalopram does?
>>16919179
1: Dont take drugs.
2: Find something in life you enjoy, besides isolating yourself.
>>16919183
When you say drugs do you mean SSRIs or other drugs in general? Because I did used to take a lot of drugs but I've decided to move away from that now.
>>16919189
Everything, there is nothing that cant be cured without pills, before pills where invented they used conversations and herbs to heal people. dont take that shit.
how do you maintain drive?
>25
>engineering science
>only second semester
>full time student, full time retail
>will to continue fading fast
>far behind in classes out of total negligence
i just want to do one good thing for humanity, then be comfortable and not worry about money for the rest of my life. i know engineering would guarantee me security for the rest of my life. but i'm only in it cause i'm good at math, i don't really have a passion for anything besides dicking around on the internet, and there's no career you can make off of that.
i just want to quit everything, but i know that's stupid. my whole nuclear family relies on my meager wages. how do you keep going?
Hey man, I've been there. I persevered through uni and then took off overseas to escape the bubble that was my life. It's been tough at times but I don't regret it in the slightest.
In terms of your studies, it's just a matter of pushing through. I'd recommend going part time for a while if you can afford it but if not, what can you do except maybe take up a reduced study load if you don't mind extending your time at university a bit? It's a matter of how long you can maintain burning the candle at both ends, as it stands.
>>16919187
i'd like to take a break, but then i'd completely fall behind and i don't think i could catch up again. it'd probably be for the best if i did only take one course at a time, but then i get reduced financial aid.
you had that trip planned for after university? how did that go?
Hell, man. We should have a one-of-these-threads general since it's so common around here.
I'm in a similar boat, btw:
>no aspirations in life that don't make me feel guilty and egotistical
>second to last semester pre-med student
>almost 30 y.o.
>behind in studies out of sheer negligence (i didn't show up to classes during whole semesters)
>studying just in order to get more moneyComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
My new years resolution was to never tell a lie, except in certain situations where I seen it morally okay or insignificant (is to protect myself, telling a lie to a person who is an utter as whole). So far, I've slipped up quite a bit,telling various white lies to strangers and people I know. A lot of it has to do with my low self esteem, I will tell lies or variations of the truth about my past or my behavior in order to seem more normal l/less of a sperger. In all I'd say I've lied less than I used to, but I almost do it instinctively in order to avoid embarrassment....
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I'll cut to the actual advice and suggest therapy. You've done a good thing in identifying that this impulse and your low self-esteem are not good for you. Do something about it.
>>16919175
Yeah, I know i need therapy. I was just interested in the subject of lying, since I see a lot of people on here telling various white lies to their spouses and such. I think it affects you on a subconscious level, for instance making you more untrusting of others.
>>16919157
I used to lie a lot when I was a teenager, but after being caught, I stopped. I'm now blunt and very honest, sometimes to a fault, but people seem to respect that. And if you have weird, awkward stories from being young, then it will make you seem more human. Humans are imperfect creatures.
For example, when I was in middle school, I was in art club with a few good friends. We took a trip to the arts section of the local college and had an assignment where we had to draw depictions of the Holocaust. I...
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Given that I have a CIS Bachelors Degree and about three years of vaguely technical experience (6-8 months in a PC repair/phone support role specifically) what should my salary look like upon moving to a new metro area? Would certs help to boost that?
My current job pays me $14/hr, 28-32 hours a week, no benefits. I've talked to some recruiters and staffing agencies to see if I can get a better gig, and they've all told me the same thing: the going rate for entry level IT is around $11/hr, the going rate for entry level web dev is a few dollars higher but more...
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The only two ways you're going to make decent money are:
1) personal connections in the industry or
2) being sought after for your qualifications and experience.
Obviously you're right in that the amount of money you're being offered is insufficient. I suggest being patient, getting whatever certs you can while you're working your current job and looking to get more hours and/or a better position. Right now you don't have anything attractive to offer.
>>16919134
How was PC technician gig? I am looking into that industry
>>16919166
It's alright, that's what I do now, pay is crap though, which is why I made this post.
Going in I had never used a Windows or Linux computer in my life. I had no experience with hardware, or software installations. I just had my degree from a good school (in RoR dev and Node dev) so I was hired because they needed more people with degrees.
Is it possible to bounce back after failing your first year of college? Basically my grades are in the toilet because of shitty attendance and participation, even though I understand the content in most of my classes. I feel terrible because It's not like I'm not even capable of doing the work, I've just been in a rut mentally and have lacked the motivation to go to class or to do homework. My grades are so irredeemable at this point that I've basically become numb. I was diagnosed with chronic depression a year ago, and am still currently receiving treatment...
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>>16920165
>Someone bumped my old ass thread that got no attention
Thanks
I dropped out of college but didn't withdraw from my classes. Ended up with 3 F's on my transcript. I went back to college 4 years later. Eventually re-took those classes. Ended up graduating with a 3.4 GPA.
You either need to man up with the proper help of course, whether it's medication or therapy, or just take a break. You could talk to someone in administration and most likely be put on some sort of academic probation.
I've been studying nutrients and food for a while now and im going to start eating the same 3 meals for a year.
Breakfast: Black & Brown rice
Lunch: fish (any) or/and black & brown rice
Dinner: vegetable soup or stew
any of the following can be added to the above meals:
all legumes, beans or peas, all unsalted raw nuts, all brassica, nightshade, carrot, cucurbitaceae, cucurbit, amaryllidaceae vegetables, herbs, spices, lemon, lime, apple, banana, olives, avocado sweet potato, celery.
All of the food mentioned will be organic, non-canned, untreated, non-gmo whole foods. Which means no variants of the food such as rice flour, soy milk or bullshit like that. Just the way nature intended.. the fish will only be fish i've caught myself. More often than not i'll be steaming my food lightly.
it's essentially an organic wholefood gluten free pesco-vegan diet that avoids most sugars
I've worked at a strawberry farm, chicken abitoir, fish farm, apple orchard, jam manufacturer and some nurserys that sell their foods to local supermarkets and im going to be honest with you guys.. its not good... the added shit that you're eating, the pesticides.. and half the time "hormone free" isnt... it just... isnt. They lie. (ausfag if anyones wondering)
Im just trying to be good to my body.
- - - - -
how fucked am i?
i want to eat only meat because i m neanderthal and heterosexual
the fuck is a cucurbit??
also, OP make sure your almonds are activated
>>16918677
See this sounds good on paper but what all good diets need is variation.
Have some base ingredients that are healthy (fish, veggies, chicken, etc.) And find different dishes that have them.
But yeah you're fucked.
will 1mg Xanax, 7mg Klonopin, 25mg hydrocodone, 1625mg acetaminophen, and alcohol kill me?
how much booze would I need to drink for it to be fatal?
i never drink so i have 0 tolerance. i also have 0 tolerance to all these medications
Since you have no tolerance, you will most likely immediately throw up, waste your time, waste money and be found laying in a pool of vomit.
>>16944505
i have a pretty strong stomach. i have a history of a lot of DXM (cough syrup) use and it kinda made it so that i almost never vomit from anything. do you think if i added benadryl it would make a difference? i have 450mg of that. or maybe something to settle my stomach, too (although benadryl does that for me)?
EMT here, nope. Pills are about the worst way you can try to kill yourself, all that cocktail is going to do is make you extremely sick and a few hours into complete agony everyone calls 911 no matter how much they wanted to die. Then you get taken to a hospital and your stomach gets pumped but the amount of pills that got absorbed by your system absolutely KILLS your liver and most people who attempt suicide by pills end up with liver failure ~a decade later.
And as the other guy said since you have no tolerance for alcohol you'll just going to get sick and vomit...
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Tell me a degree that i worth going to college for?
>>16943912
English
Depends.. Would you get a loan or do you live in a country where education is free?
>>16943912
Probably any degree if you're not going to join a trade or go to vocational school. Lesser degrees are stuff like music, language, gender studies, archaeology, unless you want to continue working in academia, which isn't a bad goal if that's what you want.
But really, it's all in what you do with it. Getting a degree is a prerequisite to just getting your foot in the door in most cases, though.
It's time.
It's fun to feel like satan and jesus at the same time. I like playing guru. I love all of you motherfuckers/
I want to kill myself but too scared to do it
I have nothing to say...
>two years ago I smoked weed for the first time in a year
>became paranoid, delusional, anxious, etc
>thought that the universe was a huge experiment being conducted by omnipotent 'scientists'
>two years later, I still find myself interpreting the world through the 'lens' of this delusion
Part of the problem is that this 'delusion' isn't blatantly delusional. Physicists, philosophers and other academics have...
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>>16942948
Interesting results. I'll add this to my observation notes.
>>16942948
Go to a therapist
>>16942948
Yea, you can read it even on wiki that drugs can accelerate mind problems when you are weak willed or with hidden problems.
Stay clear of drugs.
>Physicists, philosophers and other academics
Stop reading such literature if you can't live with the information it gives you.
>I'm afraid
Stop being afraid anon and keep living your life.
>mean for my mental health and sanity
Until you develop...
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Does it look childish?
I'm a 19 years old male btw.
Its something I'd expect a 15 year old goth girl to wear.
Forgot to say, it is way darker, not as shiny as in the pic
looks like you are some guy interested in devil things. And maybe insecure when you have to ask about this on 4chan :-D
>look childish?
Never seen anything like that on adult person so yes.
Hi everyone. I just had the worst day of my adult life yesterday.
Here's how it happened:
>I'm a 21 year old American studying in Japan
>I'm pretty hot, even by western standards. Good shape, weight, ect
>Tindering out of boredom.
>Japanese girl on Tinder messages me that she's horny and wants sex.
>I take the train and visit her the next night.
>trudge through the...
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So go back to Japan, stupid
>>16943244
Go back.
Life will be possible everywhere, living with regrets can be much harder.
cont.
>October 2015
>4 days since I am home in the US
>I cry myself to sleep every night thinking of her
>The emotional strain is too much
>same with her. We can't move on.
>We get back together. Long distance relationship
>We message every day. Our love keeps growing stronger.
>She says that other guys want to have sex...
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Before you post a question, check here to see if it's already been answered
Keep your questions short and sweet for more answers.
And please no derailing arguments.
Avoid asking these common questions:
>Do girls/guys like <insert specific look>?
Some do, some don't. Our answers are not going to help you.
>I'm shy and afraid of people/rejection. What do I do?
Think positive, and get over it by practicing and exposing yourself to it, little by little, step by step....
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From last thread >>16941236
While having sex with gf I think while I pulled condom I probably touched my sperm I am not sure.
We had many time sex and I think that I touched in my precum and cum and fingered maybe I did not at all of these but I have feeling that I did.
So is it possible to get pregnant by fingering?
From last thread: >>16941237
to both genders, would you find a bikehorn to be a turnoff?
my father was a circus clown and he died of colon cancer and left me behind his bike horn and i keep it with me wherever i go
From last thread: >>16941239
Ladies.
Is it more important to service your feelings, or tell you the truth regardless of how offensive it maybe?
Why do men have to do all the work in dating?
Adv loves to talk about how badly girls want a relationship but you never see them do any heavy lifting.
>>16942986
i like it, it gives us control and allows us to separate ourselves from the beta faggots that suck at it
>>16942992
But suicide rates among beta faggots is on the rise and that's really bad for the economy in the long run.
>>16942986
>Why do men have to do all the work in dating?
To filter out the men who won't do any of the work in the relationship.
But you already know that, don't you, boner-boy? It's what you've been told literally hundreds of times, as you've serial-reposted the same damn question here every day for months.
Or did you think I wouldn't recognize you? I'll give you points for a slightly greater deviation from the norm for your question, but you're...
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How can I meet girls if bars and tinder are out? All my friends and coworkers are males.
>>16942985
literally anywhere
>>16942998
Literally useless advice. Hitting on a stranger grocery shopping, for example. is something a normie would never do, and it would probably get you banned from the store.
>>16943001
it would get you banned because youre a socially awkward beta faggot with no communication skills. on the other hand it would get me a number