Don't hate me for this, but...I need a cheer-up thread.

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I don't know what to add Simulord, but from this end, you've always been awesome. Maybe real life sucks right now, but the person you are on this site is insanely likable. Just remember that, because that means there is some part of you that isn't as pathetic as your circumstances seem to you.

Do what you need to do. If it means letting those 12 people down, do it, but let them know ahead of time. They should forgive you if you explain it to them as you did to us.

I suffer from chronic depression, but I manage it pretty well. I always find ways to do what I need to do, and that usually is games. But even when I'm down, I still managed to get to work on time because I also decided it's what I needed to do.
 

Alon Shechter

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onoez double post!
♫ I was gonna find out how to delete this post, but then I got hiiigh! ♫
 

YarnBarf

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Something I think is interesting about the ways we think about adulthood is that no-one ever thinks of adults as going through developmental stages. Growth is hard, change is hard, and it sounds like you might be heading into a new phase of life. Sans wife, sans (maybe) business career, but potentially awesome. Doesn't make the getting there any easier, or the here-and-now-less painful, but it might help to think in terms of "this, too, shall pass." After all, you're in a better place than when you were a shell-shocked teenager, right?

Or, if you just need a giggle:

 

Drakmeire

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this is all I can offer.
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god, I gotta stop being such an otaku
 

PayneTrayne

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Gonna have to agree with what has been said. There's a few older guys in my classes who I look to for advice, and whenever I see your posts I know that if they're not just plain funny, they have a lesson in there. Whether it's you talking about your schoolwork or BDSM I'm always enlightened when I read your stuff.

I wish you no harm in your life, and may your words stir others as they have stirred me. If you are to ever fade from our memories, let it be for a lack of epithet, not for a lack of your being awesome.

Sincerely, Jay "Da PayneTrayne"
 

Infernai

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And now for something completely different. The different being music that doesn't just cheer you up, but makes you feel totally badass:

 

Tdc2182

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I don't know what to say.

So I'll hopefully have someone else say it for me.

(Ignore the gameplay if you aren't into that kinda stuff)


He basically talks about how it gets better.

Also, why are you still doing something you don't want to do with a woman you are no longer with? Do what you love. I guarantee you will remain miserable if you continue to pursue this already dead career path.

You do good in it, you get money.

But you go steady on your desired job, you became relaxed. Not happy, relaxed.

She comes back, she doesn't come back, you find someone else. Whatever happens, the ending is from alright to great.
 

helldragonX

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All you have to do is continue on...I know from experience as long as you can keep going, you will make it though all of this.


Also this has helped me in the past.
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Cain_Zeros

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Well, from what I've seen around here you seem like a pretty good guy. That whole "adjusting to real life" thing takes a lot of doing, and you were in a pretty rough situation to be doing it.
 

Shaun Hastings

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Shit, I'm sorry to hear about all that. I hope your future looks brighter than the dreary days you're facing right now.


And if you're a football fan...

 

Delock

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This is a rather thought heavy explanation as to your worth here, so bear with it.

You are a proverbial butterfly, the one whose wings cause hurricanes. It's an invisible process and subject to countless factors but it happens. Every action you make completely changes the course of history. The simple action of buying food has countless outcomes (depriving someone else of it, influencing either their attitude or their available money, supporting the store, creating carbon due to the transportation of a replacement product along with the production), all of which cause even more actions to occur. All these results invisibly alter society through emotional responses of others which in turn change their actions.

Take this thread for example. In the process of trying to cheer you up, people are sharing videos and such that other people might never have discovered. Maybe this cheers up someone else, or ends up taking up time that would be spent elsewhere. Either way, the rest of that person's day won't be the same as it would have been had they not seen that particular video. This ripple effect spreads throughout social circles then, as the person's interactions with their friend/family/colleagues are influenced by the experience (even if it's just that it wasted their time from doing something else).

It's easy to see a lot of what this chain can produce as negative, but it relies heavily on what-ifs. Say that depriving someone from purchasing something is the outcome of buying it. Sure they might be mad, but maybe that money goes towards something better for them, or they have someone else take time to calm them down, which goes on to prevent that person from being at the right place at the wrong time, or just gives them a new take on life following a slightly philosophical discussion with the angry person.
Even something as seemingly destructive as the outcome of producing more CO2 could be a seen in a different light here. According to some scientists, this would actually quicken the ice age cycle, resulting in the reformation of glaciers sooner, which would go on to drastically change the landscape until they melted, which both the meltwater and the new surface would allow for life to form in a way it couldn't before (and might not have if the glaciers didn't begin refreezing as soon as they did).

Your worth in this whole process is immeasurable. While you might be part of something bigger that doesn't really see you, remember that your action influence the whole more than anyone realizes.

Anyways, as for getting down to specifics here rather than just your worth as an individual

You've made me laugh on these forums, enough so that you're definitely one of the people I can recognize here.
While you see yourself only putting in a small amount of effort, you're going back to school for a major, and have stuck with it even after the initial reason has gone. If you truly weren't dedicated, you'd have left by now. Hell, you're trying right now to make certain that 12 people can count on you at once.
While I know nothing of your marriage, I will say there is no use dwelling on the past. Dwelling never did a thing for anyone. Instead, if you must revisit those memories, reflect instead of dwell. Find the mistakes and the solution using hindsight and shape your future action in an appropriate manner to fit what you want to be. We all have troubles, some greater than others, but what we do because of them is what defines us.


Finally, I have one piece of advice for you: release your emotions the old fashion way. Yeah, I know society says you shouldn't do it, but scream, cry, howl, whatever you need to do to get this stress out of you. Then find something funny (a comedian, a webcomic, a song, etc.) and let it balance a little bit of the stress.

And of course here's you obligatory video link, with a bit of helpful advice in it
 

The Rockerfly

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Take a walk
Give some time for yourself and just think. Clear your mind and you will feel a million times better

I'll be rooting for you to get better and just good luck with it all, I know we've never really talked but give me a PM if yo want to talk to someone.
Also talk to you groups and say that you're going through a rough time, they will understand and they can be a bit gentle to you

Hope this thread helps
 

kouriichi

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I dont know if they make thread in that thickness....
But i can check.


If you want to cheer up, i would suggest getting a pet. I remember when my mom lived nearby and she had a puppy. His name was snoopy. He was the stupidest animal on the planet. But all the most clever. I would sit there, watching vidoes on youtube, or reading webcomics, and he was smart enough to jump on the couch a few feet away, and leeeeeeeeeeeen over so he could look over my shoulder.

Ofcourse, this would freak me out half the time because he'd sneak in like an assassin and then start panting in my ear.

Pets are great for cheering up.
 

Saxm13

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I dunno if you have a similar taste in music but this sound always makes me feel a little better. Especially the ending.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKKm3CkCMNY

Or any Dragonforce song for that matter...I just love the energy and epicness. Not to mention all their songs are major key. =P No sad sounding stuff!
 

Eumersian

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I've seen your posts around here for quite some time, and I must say that you're clearly a decisive and clever enough person that you have a future. I can't think of a bad post to your name.

However nasty things might seem, most of the time, people who have the appropriate skills will be able to live comfortably enough. You might go through some horrible things. You might end up letting some people down. You might end up not reaching your goals. Regardless, you know you have the ability to make your life work out.

I think you just need time. Maybe just slowly adopt a more calm mindset by simply going with the flow. You're letting your problems overwhelm you. You're overlooking the fact that there are positives. You know you have skills. I'm also assuming that you were good in business school up until about now, which means that you are probably quite capable. Don't let shit bother you. It'll only be for the worse.

Oh yeah, these too: