How do you deal with it?

rowland · March 4, 2020, 3:03pm

What you need to do is go online with a vague complaint and solicit advice from randos.

Gain · March 4, 2020, 3:19pm

You’ve created like 8 topics about this. Maybe you should try therapy.

anon38216271 · March 4, 2020, 3:27pm

Prayer and realising life is fluid. It’s filled with wonderful and not so wonderful changes.

But it’s a blast if you engage it.

DrewC · March 4, 2020, 4:34pm

Does anyone know any websites for real therapists in Taiwan? Even I’ve considered it at times, but it seems very stigmatized here.

Dr_Milker · March 4, 2020, 5:33pm

Strong coffee.

But shrooms are probably more up your alley.

anon38216271 · March 4, 2020, 5:54pm

Did you check out this place?
https://www.communitycenter.org.tw/counselingandassessments/

I used it back in the day. It helped.

anon38216271 · March 4, 2020, 5:56pm

Brianjones · March 4, 2020, 10:12pm

Another day another dollar

rowland · March 4, 2020, 10:34pm

Aw, hell. I’ll say it.

I went through a period where I was lost in my life and suffering symptoms of depression, and I looked to others for solutions. Everything they told me fell into one of two categories:

Useless.
Worse than useless.

So I blew them all off and worked on figuring it out for myself. Just doing that made me feel better. Then I started having success figuring things out.

The key to being motivated is knowing you’re on the right track. The key to being on the right track is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. It’s an individual thing.

anon38216271 · March 4, 2020, 11:50pm

Do you find it difficult to make friends?

yyy · March 5, 2020, 12:53am

**That might work.**

The problem with it is, you run the risk of ending up in category 3, worse than worse than useless. There’s no telling how useless that is. You could find yourself serving some evil being from a distant galaxy, thinking all the while that the evil being is unwittingly serving you, but not really knowing how to tell the difference because you’re not as smart as you think you are (even if you’re smarter than the average human – which isn’t saying much).

I’m not making this up, Mr. Name. It actually happened to one of our members, or so he occasionally tells us.

yyy · March 5, 2020, 1:07am

That one’s like a tango – it takes two.

TimesThree · March 5, 2020, 1:47am

Maybe less internet? Less news?

Sometimes I’ll get depressed because I’m trying to interact with people too much via text messages. It’s an easy trap to fall into. If you’ve got someone to call, I would call them. Often hearing a friendly voice is all it takes.

The news also. Occasionally I’ll fall into this Reddit hole where I’m debating news items with people I’ll never meet. A little bit of that can be fun, but too much gets lonely.

When I’m too down on myself I try to find someone I can help. That usually works.

anon38216271 · March 5, 2020, 1:48am

Sometimes one doesn’t have anyone to call. So what to do then?

marasan · March 5, 2020, 1:48am

What are the alternatives?

rowland · March 5, 2020, 1:54am

An emotional pyramid scheme.

May God preserve us all from people who think they’re helping.

Hanna · March 5, 2020, 1:58am

There’s a pretty small selection of primarily English-speaking therapists in Taiwan, making your odds of finding the right match for your needs poor.

Feel like remote therapy would be cool, although I dunno about payment logistics. Maybe somebody is already doing it.

TimesThree · March 5, 2020, 2:03am

I bet you’re a lot of fun at parties.

anon38216271 · March 5, 2020, 2:05am

I totally forgot about the new online therapy options. Good one Hanna.

Andrew0409 · March 5, 2020, 2:08am

Talk to strangers on a forum. Can probably be more open tbh.