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Ah, hell, last year I was breaking down once a week, minumum. Crying in class, sending angry letters I didn't really mean, spending a lot of time on the roof staring at the sidewalk--the works. Know what I did? I got a nice, strong antidepressant and powered through it like a good little girl. I firgure it's best just to get this whole school thing over with as soon as possible. Once you stop it's hard to get the ball rolling again.



But yeah, if you HAVE to, taking a semester off is definitely preferable to quitting altogether.


Also 100 pages WHOOOOO

Antidepressants do not fix the problem, though, Arrow. They cover it up. I refuse to take any prescription drugs that suppress the natural chemical balance in your brain.

If you're breaking down and feeling depressed, there's a reason for it, and in order to actually fix it you need to do a lot of serious thinking. If school is making you break down, you need to evaluate if its really worth finishing it, to be insane by the time you're done. If something is making you break down and cry, taking drugs won't help. Figuring out whats causing it and preventing the situation from occurring again is the best bet.

Telling someone that they don't need to take a much needed break and do some reevaluation because they can just take [insert name of "miracle pill" here] and be a good little [gender here] instead of being weird and doing what will make you happy is pretty poor advice, if you ask me. People's minds and bodies do the things they do to tell us that we're doing something wrong. If you're having panic attacks, or mini-break downs, or crying for no reason, or saying things you don't really mean to people, then something in your life is not right, maybe multiple somethings. Drugs will not make life better - they only blur out the negative effects of imbalance in your life, so you can keep on killing yourself comfortably.

By now I'm sure you know I strongly disagree with almost every man-made drug known to man, especially if its prescribed to numb the part of you that's trying to tell you you're not living life like you're supposed to, and things need to change. Because people these days say that change is good, but deep down a lot of people, the masses if you will, secretly fear any and all change, especially when its their own habits and lifestyle that need to be changed.

Instead of taking a pill that prevents acid reflux, why don't you stop eating foods that give you heart burn? It would probably be better for you in the end, and its actually more cost effective.

If you are depressed, instead of taking drugs that could cause thoughts of suicide or any number of other nifty little side effects, like sleep walking, nausea, vomiting, dizziness when standing, drowsiness, and so on, wouldn't it be more long term and cost effective to take a couple weeks, or months if need be, and evaluate your life so far? Take a look at the times when you feel most depressed, keep track of your train of thought, see what triggers it, and then change your habits to avoid the trigger.

If you can't sleep, wouldn't it make sense to start doing a workout before bed so you are more tired, instead of taking a drug that runs a risk of dependency, and some pretty serious side effects to boot, up to and including impaired judgment the next day? ("Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how [insert ridiculous drug name here] will affect you." Doesn't that sound fun? What about the people who don't listen, take that, and the next day jump in a forklift and get seriously injured?)

If a child appears to be acting up, wouldn't it make more sense to have a chat with them and find out why they are doing those things, instead of blocking their mental and physical growth with medications? They did that to my cousin. No one paid attention to him unless he was bad, so he acted up. The Catholic school told my aunt he couldn't come back to school unless he was on medication. She agreed, and they gave him a drug they said would have a side effect like terrettes(sp?) syndrome. A year later her supposedly has terrettes, and they give him another drug, and then he had something else they needed to give him another drug for, and so on, and he was on valiums at age 8.

By fifteen, he was so over medicated that when he ended up in the hospital over something else, they were just shocked he was still alive, with all the drugs piled into his system. It took them a year and a half at a specialist in Toronto to wean him off of all the drugs he was on, and not a one of the stupid pills ever helped. The only "drug" he is on now is marijuana, which I don't even consider a drug, because its a bloody plant. A drug is a man-made chemical mixture, sometimes including plant derivatives. My cousin is a lot more relaxed, calm, laid back, and happy without drugs clouding his system.

In my opinion, the risks of pharmaceuticals far outweigh the alleged benefits. Sorry, didn't mean to rant your ear off, I just feel very strongly about the subject. But I'm sure that much was obvious.

i think i may need to take up yoga or something... having 2 divorces going on in your family at the same time is stressful and tiring.
1. my brother
2. my cousin

*sigh*... my cousin i'm close to so i hate to see him like how he is, she's cheating on him, acts childish about everything and cares about nothing. He asked her if she cared about whether or not their 2 year old daughter just randomly walked out of the house and got kidnapped... she just shrugged.

my brothers wife... meh... controlling a** b**** would work perfectly fine to describe all her problems...

it's alright, i'd probably rant on the normal occasion, but i'm tired right now.
I may have to pull out the Wii Fit again, it has some yoga exercises on it.

I've decided to never get married... at least young... i'm 21... know people my age that are married and have it rough... i live with my parents and have 4 bills, pay 40 a week... not much...

eh i agree, though marriage works sometimes... i mean my mom and dad have been together for over 30 years, and married for i think 30 or so now.

my brother was married for 8 years before he decided to get a divorce, my cousin was less... so it seems most divorces happen with the first 10 years...
idk. My other brother has been dating this girl for 3 years now and I'm expecting them to say they got engaged any day now, but he wants to move in together first so he know they can handle living together before they decide to get married, that way, there's not really much if there is a problem, just a couple breaking up, rather than a couple getting a divorce...

Cause most people are religious and love attention. Plus, most think that it's the ultimate display of love.

I'm not sure about either way, though. And I've been married.

"Marry me?"

"Sure, I'm 19 and full of life... Why not?"

*MARRIED*

~Five Years Later~

"I hate you..."

"I hate you too, you stole the best years of my life. Bye."

*Major child custody and financial war ensue.*

Muse, you made my heart sing. My argument was from the perspective of someone who was born without one of those diseases or conditions (though I have to say, epilepsy and some conditions where stuttering and shaking are involved can effectively be controlled with marijuana. There is a woman who cannot (literally cannot) function in normal life without it, because it is the only thing that safely controls her condition. I'll have to look her up, again, because it presented a valid argument for legalization. She couldn't even talk properly until after she smoked a bowl.) My argument mainly was that Drew is smart, he is healthy, and he is mentally stable, and thereby does not need drugs. He just needs to take some time to figure things out, like he said he was thinking of doing. And that decision is one I fully support, especially if it will keep him off of pharmaceuticals. I can see in some situations where those drugs may be helpful, but doctors are prescribing them out like Tylenol, and that's wrong.

As for marriage, I call myself religious (in that I have a religion and I stick with it), and while I don't look down on people who get married, I think a lot of people rush in to it far, far too quickly. Its lost all of its meaning, and I refuse to marry anybody. Especially since the person who I love with all of my heart has left me, and marrying anybody but him would be a lie in my heart. It wouldn't sit right. Mainly I just think that before people get married, they should have a little trial marriage, which we call a handfasting, which lasts for a year and a day. At the end of it, you can choose to make it permanent, or you can go your separate ways. Its not legally binding in the same sense as an actual marriage is, because its temporary. I'm pretty sure the US government recognizes them, or at least some states do, so anybody in America should be able to take advantage of it. Simple solution. That way, you don't need to get a divorce. Less messy.