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278 "Depression Olympics"

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Published February 20, 2016 17 Comments

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PANEL 1:
— Welcome to the DEPRESSION OLYMPICS!!! In the pink trunks we have our current champion!
PANEL 2:
— … and in the blue trunks, we have our challenger! WHO will emerge tonight as our reigning Master of Melancholy?
SFX: DING DING
PANEL 3:
— I’ve been admitted overnight and —
— Well, I’ve been institutionalized TWICE …
— … and I’m on THREE DIFFERENT MEDS!
SFX: DING DING DING
PANEL 4:
— The winner and champion! Retains the right to talk about depression!
— Is THAT what this is about?
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  1. Tomasz GwóźdźTomasz Gwóźdź says

    February 20, 2016 at 6:29 am

    Fight to survive, fight to be recognised, fight to be noticed.

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  2. Dana W says

    February 20, 2016 at 6:56 am

    Oh yes, “Who has the biggest Misery Dick!” Ghods I hate that crap. Its almost as bad as the tranny game “Who has the biggest no penis” :/

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    • Stars says

      May 14, 2016 at 5:08 am

      Was it not possible to not be hateful? Wow.

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      • clay says

        May 14, 2016 at 6:32 am

        It’s not a hateful comment, it’s frustration. Dana is sharing a frustrating moment about things that go on in the trans community, a community Dana is a member of.

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  3. FML says

    February 20, 2016 at 6:57 am

    It is so easy to fall into this trap. So much so that the support group I attend states as one of their principles, “We won’t judge anyone’s pain as less than our own.” In a way, this is not much different than Robin and her mother in #122. Just 2 different ways of telling someone that their feelings and mental state are not important.

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  4. Bifurcated PersonalityBifurcated Personality says

    February 20, 2016 at 7:11 am

    It seems like this way sometimes. Some of the most affected people have never gotten help.

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  5. Mikael DahlqvistMikael Dahlqvist says

    February 20, 2016 at 7:23 am

    It’s the fight of the century, it’s the “Whom will society help this time!” fight!.

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  6. Jsoe EblolJsoe Eblol says

    February 20, 2016 at 2:54 pm

    depression priveledge… its almost an oppresion joke

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  7. Esmerelda BohèmeEsmerelda Bohème says

    February 21, 2016 at 3:05 pm

    Hey that’s fighting dirty! Round two? Yep. That would be hard to fight.

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  8. █████ says

    February 21, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    I’m reminded of that one thing about the competition where the winner is the person who couldn’t/didn’t turn even up.

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  9. Madeleine says

    February 22, 2016 at 6:32 am

    May I point out a typo?
    insitutionalized => institutionalized (at least that’s what google tells me when I try to find out what that word means (not a native English speaker, here))

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    • clay says

      February 22, 2016 at 11:09 am

      There are several strips with spelling and grammar mistakes but the problem is that these comics are done on paper and not in a program; that makes it difficult to make fixes. So minor errors I ignore, it happens.

      But I have never dated dead people. It’s really hard to find a restaurant to take them to that serves brains.

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      • clay says

        February 22, 2016 at 12:11 pm

        A few months ago someone noted that the site design looked really old, and since I hadn’t updated it since 2004 I guess whoever said that had a point. Hopefully now it’s easier on the eyes for those who want to see, and also it’s easier for me to maintain.

        The 27 on the subscriber list is the number of people who have put their e-mail address on the mailing list for updates. This number isn’t handled by me, but by the site itself as it counts registrations. This number started when I put up the site on the sexylosers domain last month.

        If you’re interested in learning more about sexy losers, there’s a post at http://blog.claycomix.com/posts/on-the-great-mistake-that-was-sexy-losers/ which details the problems I had with it and why I had to abandon it.

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  10. Agarax says

    February 23, 2016 at 12:09 am

    Maybe we should make this a co-operative game instead. We could call it “Shadows Over Me a Lot”. Only let’s leave out the traitor.

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  11. Martin says

    March 8, 2016 at 4:00 am

    Interesting, and very good cartoon. I feel that it’s relevant, as people do seem to think along the lines of “It’s me, it’s me, no-one could have it worse than me.” Sort of thing. There IS such a think as misery bragging- and it’s not just depression. For example, for humour check out the “Four Yorkshiremen” of Monty Python.

    Is the “pink shorts” girl a “baddie” though? She seems to have been cast as such. Perhaps she genuinly feels that way, which could well be how her depression affects there.

    People don’t like it when people talk about themseleves- “I’m so happy” “I’m so sad” etc. I think thats partly the point- we play to “win” with our feelings. Interesting article.

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  12. Doro MüllerDoro Müller says

    August 21, 2016 at 1:47 am

    Tommy

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  13. Riana KaempenRiana Kaempen says

    September 27, 2016 at 10:06 am

    I’m on 8 different meds, but that makes me feel more like a loser than a winner.

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