[TheTurtle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('overrocked', 'B')alance.....
Count 100 breaths (on exhale) 15 minutes each day.
Play!!!!!!
Get a pet! Experiment with growing food for it and for you.
Experiment with a new recipe from your stockpile.
Practice throwing knives
Take up a new survivalist hobby! Backpacking, GPS, gardening.

If you get into action, you feel less impotent.
funnel your energy into something that gives you a cookie

and last but not least,,,,,
Enjoy life, take big bites- don't fear death, embrace it as a part of living. When you lose your fear of death, the weight of worry drops off your shoulders.....

Good night, and good Luck

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpectorGrowl', '.')..Sometimes I feel like I'm on the verge of completely shutting down. I vascillate between unbridled optimism, the true resolve to survive in the face of such overwhelming adversity -- and the worst pessimism imaginable, that of feeling completely impotent and defeated. Am I alone?...

[EndDays]

I used to be burdened and filled with all kinds of anxiety, then I finally woke up and realized who had been in front of me the whole time. Wherever this world is headed, the Lord is with me.

From the words of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

"I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matthew 28:20)

ED

[overrocked]

throwing knives is just a hobby of mine
hobbies are wonderful things....
if you put all your attention into what you are doing (my SO calls it 'picking peas' )then you are relieving stress while doing something constructive.
i could tell you it was medically proven, i could tell you the statitistics, i could bullskit ya, but i'd rather not waste the time digging up crap somebody else worked at getting. It's NOT my hobby:)
just chalk it up to experience- for example-
Backpacking as light as I could was lots of fun. Making bowls and cups out of lemonade containers, and making stoves out of pop cans taught me how to 'make do' You don't have to go out and buy the latest 'technology' Just learn something new. Like skills.

[mmasters]

Glad to read this thread, In the past six months I have become aware, I have been experiencing all the same emotions: pessimism, rage, bursts of optimism, depression, etc... I've also been having strife with family and friends.

Helps to become more conscious that it is just a passing phase.

Sometimes I feel like I took a handful of red pills.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Comp_Lex', 'S')pectorGrowl,

I can't help you very much, but I want to say that depression and defeat never solved anything.

Try to relax...

[azreal60]

I seriously am worried about my sanity. Why? I seem to be the only one who Didn't get all freaked out and depressed by peakoil. I was facinated, and then I started thinking of what we could do to mitigate the effects. I don't think I ever had a stage where I thought about peakoil in terms of it ruining my life.

Should I be worried or something here? I mean, I don't have a lack of imagination. I can fully see just how bad it could get, maybe better than anyone, as my imagination is huge. I just don't know what's different about me..lol

[rwwff]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'S')ometimes I feel like I took a handful of red pills.

[KhanCEO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpectorGrowl', '
')Sometimes I feel like I'm on the verge of completely shutting down. I vascillate between unbridled optimism, the true resolve to survive in the face of such overwhelming adversity -- and the worst pessimism imaginable, that of feeling completely impotent and defeated. Am I alone?

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpectorGrowl', '
')For those who still manage to get one foot in front of the other each and every moment of every day, who find some reason to be roused from bed in the morning -- how do you do it?

[buffy]

PO is enough to make happy people depressed. If you have a history of depression its much worse. I hope you are on medication now! If not, get on now! Once it kicks in and you can think clearly, then make plans about your future.

[tsakach]

I don't give much thought to doomer scenarios and stay focused on positive implications. If anything, Peak Oil provides additional motivation to move foward with something I was already interested in, which is sustainable living and breaking free from the toxic corporate environment we are in. We will be better off as a species if and when we are able to adapt to a sustainable lifestyle that does not lead to concentration of power and resources in the hands of a few. Changes from the current status quo resulting from the impact of Peak Oil are most welcome.