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Advice needed.

You remind me of myself on really really bad nights. Also, I would like to say that some people (not that you're necessarily included with them) may not have the proper resources to try different medications until finding something that works well with their individual body-chemistry.

During the times where you're looking around, racking your brain of who you can actually reach out to and only ending up with classical literature characters... Writing down how you feel (or typing/drawing if you're too drunk). Don't text people your thoughts or post on social media.

Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I drink to a drunken stupor most nights unless I'm so tired from work/the day that I can almost immediatly pass-out. Perhaps, when this happens, you might be able to distract yourself long enough to fall asleep, and if/when someone is available, sharing your illustrated thought can still benefit you. If you truly have no one you can think of, just re-reading your writing from your sober point-of-view.

Alcohol has never made time, I would rather make disappear,grow shorter. It just makes life ,in my experience, slow embarrassingly. I don't remember the month of mid-Feb - March due to turmoil, scrubbed away by neuropathiside.

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Being one of the most incarcerated, sickest, overworked, dumbest, fattest, most full of sh*t nations in the world...

I don't think I see the US in such rigid confines. Your freedom is what you make of (or take advantage of). There are many options to escape the confines of the average 'struggler.' It just takes some determination to commit to ones' ideal while abandoning the comforts of their current life (assuming they have minimal commodities) in place of setting an example. This example could be the possibility of a life lived shunning and spitting in the face of corporate-control or concretely dismantling the institutions one feels so trapped and run-over by. If you way the pros an cons of fighting for what you believe in then I believe you will find the answer as to why many people settle for what many see as unacceptable.

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Music post, we used to have one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGKaPCewPiY

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Had enough.

I can relate about the polypharmcy (which without I would not be here, but that's a different paragraph) mixed with alcohol, and something that has helped is getting lost in artwork (mostly looking at it and brainstorming ideas since creating is draining) which includes film and literature.
I hope something unexpected happens for you that a positive catalyst.

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Had enough.

I'm just wondering, do you think a new sense of belonging (to what, is ever-expending)could change things for you?

Sorry, I'm not familiar with all there is to the situation. Nor am I trying to prod. Just wondering. I hope sorting through some of your ideas brings with it a sense of stability, JN. I see this post is from a few days ago, but so much can happen in just one day.

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tried to listen to the current alt.

I feel like when it comes to some modern art, like film and music, that they're a lot like good mushrooms. You have to do some proper rooting around.

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I hate when people are harassing me by being polite...

I think this happens to at work sometimes? It's usually snobby suburban ladies and middle-aged, subcontinental-Asian men (just my experience) who talk to me as though, despite working in a bookstore, I can't tell an unabridged copy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (which really doesn't warrant abridgement in my opinion) from a 1970's edition of *******Playboy. Their patronizing attitude is rather unappreciated.

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this is why i don't trust pharmaceutical drugs or the company's who make them...

The person with their natural body chemistry prior to taking medication was not a person in the slightest. She was a ghoul. I find the idea of going back to being anywhere near that person to be a horrifying one.

Too many people who try to seek help come in contact with uncaring doctors who think a compliant, uncomplicated patient is a good patient. Like GPs who have no business prescribing medication willy-nilly without any intermediate steps.

For someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one who is sad and generally depressed (normal, healthy emotions for someone to feel in that situation) to be prescribed anti-depressants at the drop of a hat during a GP visit is disgusting. I know someone this happened to who rightly questioned her doctor (by explaining she was just genuinely sad) and refused the Rx. It's such a mess.

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There is no one to get angry at.

โ€œOur problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.โ€

- John F. Kennedy

I think ultimately humanity has the potential but will unfortunately never achieve it. I get very frustrated (angry and sad) when seeing how people could do so much more for themselves but don't realize it or have become understandably hopeless over time. I have a loose theory that, especially in the last several decades, fewer people see the power that comes with trusting their instincts and intuition.

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How do the British people here feel about Prince Harry marrying a divorced half black American?

Hmm... I think these breads are funky-fresh and the circuses traditionally intriguing. I would really like to take several hours into looking into the current state of Great Britain to connect with prior knowledge.
Then there is the preparation for Brexit which will be... interesting.

Hopefully, the couple and their future do well. Over the past several years, I just keep seeing the U.K. really showing their inconsistencies when it comes to rulings on things when it comes to charges on hate speech and other negative presences on the Isle, as though they tr to preemptively try to deal with their more liberal citizens. Sorry I've gone off topic, but I hope that there is a more accurate record put forth of what Parliament actually thinks when the consequences and scrutiny of the EU aren't staring them in the face and balls.

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