JUST WALK IT OFF, PUSSY!
:heh: No seriously, exercise has been proven to be as effective in fighting mild depression as Prozac. And it's thought to be effective at keeping depression at bay in the first place aswell. |
Been all through that once, until I realized that being in the dumps could lower body resistance, so it's necessary to be a bit more optimistic no matter how bad things become all around -- it's an important matter of fighting for survival. Better try to get hold of one's self, face the music, and there's no turning back.
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ughh i know what this is. i'm just over-thinking things thats all. do i still like anime? i keep asking myself this, and it obviously doesnt let me enjoy it. because i fear i wont enjoy it i'm not watching any new shows, instead watching old ones. since i'm watching old ones, and know whats going to happen, i dont find it as good as i did the first time, so i question myself about it. infact its not even that i dont, i just keep thinking while im watching. i just need... some sort of rationale, or something that i can do to take my mind off this or fix it. thats what i really created this thread for, any suggestions? to clear things up, no this is not the biggest thing in my life, i have sports, friends, music, etc. and i do plenty of them. but it irritates me, because the thought that i dont like anime anymore all of a sudden is just depressing. the whole thing is silly i know, but im trying to find a way to get out of this. so, once again, any experiences or suggestions to share?
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It's all right to try to take a little break and relax once in a while, being away from anime as it's not going to disappear. Honestly, there's a lot more to life than just watching anime: apart from that (and for the sake of a balanced life), I also read, write (mostly on the blog), listen to music, and of course, talk to and get along with people -- people who are close and truly understand you are the only psychological help support you can have.
Yes, it's also better to let go, and don't worry much on the smallest and trivial things. |
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Forcing yourself to keep thinking you have to hold onto an interest is detrimental: just let things go naturally, you will find you'll like anime more than before when you come back... Otherwise I'd wager you'd find it even less enjoyable than before, and then that would be somewhat regretful. Anime's not going to run away from you or anything, taking a break honestly won't hurt. Personally I got into 70's music and found that it was pretty good learning about all this other stuff I didn't think I'd care for before. Now I have more avenues to enjoy myself. Well, that's just me of course. |
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Losing interest in a hobby? Dont worry bout it. You're probably bored of it. I get bored of animes quite often especially when the season didn't have anything that catch my interest. That goes with other stuff like games, mmo, drinking, going out and etc. There many little things to turn to. Recently i started collecting cute little plush toys after breaking up with my gf, embaressing at the counter but nonetheless, it's something to take my mind off reality for a minute. |
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It is all about winning and losing, and fighting spirit. Depression eats the person from inside out, and it manifests on negative emotions like a parasite. Learning to laugh at everything and everyone else in life proves to be a much better cure. Yes, even at insensitive, sexist, racist, extremely biased jokes. It is the laugh that counts. |
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ugh.. i hate to ask this.. i really do.. but any more experiences to share regarding breaks from anime?
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I've never gone cold turkey from anime for more than a few days, but I have felt burned out on anime before - usually the result of watching too much or trying to make myself watch shows I only sort of liked. In those cases, I simply stopped watching anything I wasn't really, really into for a couple weeks.
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I run out of anime quite often, since I can't stand about 95% of it and therefore am always looking for new series/movies that I might find good. At one point this behavior became somewhat irrational (I kept looking even after I had found I few I liked), but ultimately my solution was to start the drawing of my own manga. I figure that such a task will help me develop drawing skills and keep me preoccupied with something creative while I wait for new anime to be released.
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i havnt run out of it.. far from it.. the reason i'm not happy about taking a break is because as far as im concerened theres a ton of great animes i still have to watch.. but right now, after coming through depression.. everything seems a little dull... i hope thats normal.
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Well,you're 18, you are bound to have an iPod,iRiver,mp3 player or whatnot, pack it up with music you find most relaxing and take a walk outside. I think walking is seriously underestimated, I once spent 5 hours of pointlessly going towards a direction and finding my way back, it was like I left my problems on the road.
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Am I the only one who already thinks that going into a depression over anime is quite disturbing o.o;
A break might actually do you good, or at leased a cut back to watching only a certain amount of shows instead of God knows how many you watch, which makes me wonder how much do you normally watch in a week before you got this depression? The fear of thinking you might not enjoy a show could be caused by the fact that you watch it too much, like it doesn't feel like something special any more but just something that is part of routine which can lead to you not enjoying anime any more because you've been doing it daily and because you find no satisfaction in doing so you've become depressed, I of course am no psychologist but a situation like that I can understand. I don't know how much anime you watch but my guess right now is that it must be a lot because you've mentioned that it plays a large part and that it really bothers you. You wouldn't be the only one having a break though, I tend to push back my viewing hours outside the holidays and only then watch some completed series of the last airing season, summer is always a break time for me but that is mostly because nothing good airs then :heh: |
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There are 2 causes of depression, soft and hard. Soft life is just like culturing a grudge mentality, then when someone refuses to give something, the life contracts depression. Hard is just the opposite, doing all the shit until one gets sick of it can tries to commit suicide. Either way the military helps to an extent, helping the person increase his tolerance for stress, or knocking the grudge mentality out of the person's head. Or like one of my ex-instructors say, "Those *expletive* outside claim that we *expletive* waste our time serving this *expletive* useless nation. Let me tell you *expletive* ladyboys, if we don't serve, we would have been overrun by those *expletive* losers from the neighbouring countries, and your mother, sister and girlfriend are going to offer their holes and our backsides for them to *expletive*! You think you still can have your IPod, PSP and computer?" Freedom comes at a price, and those guys in the military and national security already paid for 99% of it. |
Army is mandatory here too, 12 months reduced to 9 if I'm lucky...
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