For the older posters here, you know the drill. No struggle sessions, keep it nice.

For the newer folks, hi! I'm Corgi! I made these threads from time to time to see if everyone is doing OK. Got something cool you wanna talk about? Need an ear for venting? This is your space! Just be nice, this isn't the thread for arguments.

I made a down payment for next year's wedding recently, and I've been having a BLAST with the Retroid 3+. I've been going to the bar with the pup the last few days and just sitting with a pint and playing MVC2, Twisted Metal Black, Smash, and Mario. Met another Hexbear IRL recently, that was nice!

Hope everyone is doing well! Remember, you are loved stalin-heart

  • UltraGreen [comrade/them]
    ·
    1 year ago

    Depressed, unsure about a lot in life. Anyone else have brain fog? I feel like everything recently has to be an eli5. Feel isolated and without friends.

    • IzyaKatzmann [he/him]
      ·
      1 year ago

      When I was in a bad place, time went real slow. I'm not perfect now but I am significantly better. There is a bit more colour and the music I listen to sounds all sped up. It's weird, I'll try to listen to sad stuff to make myself feel worse after something happens and the tempo feels like it's 10-20% faster than I remember.

      That's all to say that our perception is largely affected by our cognitive state. I'd have a touch point like a character in a book (Prince Myshkin in The Idiot) or a person I respect (my partner, mom) who I'd try to use as a reference to compare my thoughts to. It would sort of tell me how out of whack I was. Of course the feelings are completely valid, it's only I wanted to know what a non-sad perspective might be to help me out when the chance came (infrequently, but enough to be worthwhile)

      Wish you the best comrade. I'm struggling without friends as well. A quote from Aristotle:

      "Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."