tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293872563637328962.post4765389356078722053..comments2023-06-04T00:45:48.842-07:00Comments on Confessions of a Travel Addict: There Is No Logic in DepressionMorgan Fraserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04275759580188242675noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293872563637328962.post-34467395291105571472013-02-08T18:33:04.976-08:002013-02-08T18:33:04.976-08:00Thank you Russ! I appreciate your comments, on bot...Thank you Russ! I appreciate your comments, on both this post and my introduction. I welcome all your feedback and look forward to hearing more from you!<br />Morgan Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275759580188242675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293872563637328962.post-27764282424941888252013-01-31T10:03:08.144-08:002013-01-31T10:03:08.144-08:00Hello Morgan,
I came across your blog through your...Hello Morgan,<br />I came across your blog through your post to the AoNC page and Mark Manson of PostMasculine. You have a great writing style backed up with substantive content as shown here. I enjoyed reading this one, kudos. I also read your first post, hopefully I can get around to reading the others sometime.<br />Cheers,<br />RussRusshttp://theworldonmyback.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3293872563637328962.post-32695188147244476612012-11-29T22:30:04.900-08:002012-11-29T22:30:04.900-08:00Hi Morgan,
I just read your post today (then read...Hi Morgan, <br />I just read your post today (then read all the ones this year), and I wanted to let you know that I really appreciated and related to it. Not that we've talked in years, but from your posts, I feel like I can relate. I also ‘dabble in depression,’ I've managed to keep it situational for many years, but enough that I have set up my life in specific ways to keep it at bay. I regularly exercise (somewhat excessively depending on who is talking) and generally try to stay busy and not sleep-deprived too much. I have also had a pretty rough year or so, I left grad school after being completely burned out and flirting with serious depression. I moved home with the parents and after recovering for a few months, I have been unsuccessfully job hunting, though not really having any solid idea what I actually want to do. I have been feeling very lost and adrift. There is nothing inherently wrong with where I am at in life (living at home, working at a bike shop), but it isn't where I want to be and I am far from happy working in retail. There is far too much time in retail to think and with every added job rejection it has been getting harder to stay happy and positive. I have been fighting off the depression again, and I also recently had a family bomb dropped where I can do nothing except stress and worry, which is not helping. <br />I thought your description of depression was very good, at least for me, the lack of emotion, the isolation, inadequacy and for me lethargy. I especially liked how you describe losing your logic. That is one of the hardest things to describe to people who haven’t had it, at least for me, losing total perspective on you and your self-worth and use a twisted logic to further the depression. I am also one of the lucky ones, I have never lost the light at the end of the tunnel, I now know ways out, I know that it will pass and things will get better. Sorry for the long depressing comment! It was a bit of an outlet that I think I really needed right now. I just want to let you know that you have a friend from a long time ago who totally understands, thinks that you are great, and if you are ever in Portland I’d love to see you and talk about more positive things!Cynthia Breenenoreply@blogger.com