[one_more_day]

It's like I'm a manic/depressive who is fast-cycling. One day I think that I have a few years and want to pay off my debts, work on the garden, teach my kids, etc. The next I feel all is lost and I want to use up all of my resources to take one last vacation before the convenience of modern America disappears forever.

No matter which part of the cycle I'm in, I feel like shit!

Of course, I only act on the "responsible" side of the cycle, but if this doom and gloom keeps up too much longer I just might snap. They'll find me lying on the beach in Florida, mumbling to myself and twitching while I down screwdrivers.

[katkinkate]

The fight between optimism and despair/panic. I too suffer some from this. Unfortunately I tend to get stuck on the despair/panic end for weeks at a time. Makes normal day-to-day life difficult.

[Concerned]

I've had a second job now for 18 months. Im loving it. Im spending every cent and enjoying every moment. I just purchased a new car and I love it it's a bit of a gas guzzler but who cares.

Weeee over the cliff with my foot to the floor. My mortgage is fixed and is less than my annual income

[pup55]

You must live somewhere in the north, where the weather is nasty at the moment. Go to a tanning salon and replenish your vitamin D or whatever it is that keeps that winter depression from happening.

When springtime hits, get a garage sale bike and start taking the kids on long bike rides in the country. It will take your mind off of the current situation, it it will build their character, it will make the whole family more mobile, in case there is an oil-related meltdown, and it will give you some exercise,which will help the attitude.

Be thankful you are not in one of those crazy little countries in Africa where things really are bad.



seasonal affected disorder

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 'Y')ou must live somewhere in the north, where the weather is nasty at the moment. Go to a tanning salon and replenish your vitamin D or whatever it is that keeps that winter depression from happening.

...Be thankful you are not in one of those crazy little countries in Africa where things really are bad.

[ShirleyKat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('one_more_day', 'O')ne day I think that I have a few years and want to pay off my debts, work on the garden, teach my kids, etc. The next I feel all is lost and I want to use up all of my resources to take one last vacation before the convenience of modern America disappears forever.

[one_more_day]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', 'Y')ou must live somewhere in the north, where the weather is nasty at the moment. Go to a tanning salon and replenish your vitamin D or whatever it is that keeps that winter depression from happening.

When springtime hits, get a garage sale bike and start taking the kids on long bike rides in the country. It will take your mind off of the current situation, it it will build their character, it will make the whole family more mobile, in case there is an oil-related meltdown, and it will give you some exercise,which will help the attitude.

Be thankful you are not in one of those crazy little countries in Africa where things really are bad.



seasonal affected disorder

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'c')ontrol freak who doesn't like change or too many variables

[efarmer]

I can see the female side of it as well pup55. In prehistoric
eras while the menfolk hunted and then ate the best bits
off the carcass, the women and kids waited back at the cave
for the dudes to drag the skulls home for them. Prehistoric
canned goods as it were, and damn sure a good reason to
have a case of the blues. In truth, you make a great point
about countering the winter blahs to keep the doom meter
out of the red zone. Thanks.

[one_more_day]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'c')ontrol freak who doesn't like change or too many variables

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 's')ingle person

[Lumpy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('one_more_day', 'I')t's like I'm a manic/depressive who is fast-cycling. One day I think that I have a few years and want to pay off my debts, work on the garden, teach my kids, etc. The next I feel all is lost ....

No matter which part of the cycle I'm in, I feel like shit!

.... if this doom and gloom keeps up too much longer I just might snap.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 's')ingle person

[one_more_day]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pup55', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 's')ingle person

[catbox]

Ups and Downs here as well. Omega 3 (fish oil) 3,000 mgs a day helps...also extra d and daily vit's and minerals are key...riding the bike...blah blah...works for me, most of he time.

So, I know there is no place to go to avoid PO and Global Warming...but, America is beginning to seem all to surreal!
I am having second thoughts about raising my kid in a society based on fear and consumer MADNESS. Now they wanna give us a check this spring to spend on crap to make the economy roll? I saw a guy from the GW admin on the tube today mentioning that the check shouldn't be spent on paying off debt or on bills....because in his words, "that wouldn't help the economy one bit". Where am I? Staying around and sticking it out here is seeming less and less attractive. But, reality creeps an and I am stuck here. The wife wouldn't take our daughter away from the grandparents and most likely she'll be the one to care for her parents in the next 10 years. Guess I better continue my prepping of the estate.

Just my two cents...what ever that's worth these days.

cb

[POAlex]

Reading some of the postings on this website probably does not help. If that's what you constantly ingest, you'll be sick.

Try to take care.

Alex