479 “Keep running.”

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1. Opus the Poet says

   April 11, 2021 at 2:15 pm

   You can’t outrun it forever, but sometimes you can keep ahead for a little while. That’s why I used a bicycle, worked for years to keep me ahead of my depression. Interesting note, driving fast cars didn’t work as good as riding a bicycle.

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   • Someone says

     April 13, 2021 at 3:14 am

     I need to fix my bike.

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2. jackmarten says

   April 12, 2021 at 12:10 am

   well it is true that sometimes, your depression finally turns off temporary, and you can indeed finish a number of stuff, but while you are going through this condition of never staying balance, you better finish as many things as you can; depression is with you till you die. you can’t run away from it forever, but you can outrun it every now and then.

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   • Someone says

     April 13, 2021 at 3:13 am

     Yeah, I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again, the only way to beat depression is to die of other causes.

     [1] Caveat: this applies to those of us with permanent clinical depression, or maybe just me, not necessarily to those experiencing short term situational depression caused by a single event (or set of) in an otherwise healthy life.

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   • David Swader says

     April 14, 2021 at 7:44 am

     I mean, you could say the flip too: no matter how horrible and dark the depression, it always ends if you live long enough.

     The glass is neither half-empty or half-full. The glass simply is, full of exactly the liquid it has. You can slap on whatever labels or symbolism you like, the glass doesn’t care.

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