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Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 3:16 pm
I keep feeling it and don't know why. If I'm busy or distracted I don't notice it but it seems like it is my normal state of being.

It baffles me as to why. I'm not depressed, just a feeling of melancholy. What causes this?
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 3:34 pm
I usually get bouts of melancholy when I think about memories and things from my youth and tweens which aren't there anymore or are long gone and I wish I could go back to or hold on to.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 3:53 pm (This post was last modified: March 5, 2017 at 3:53 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I often feel very sad for no reason and then I masturbate and it goes away.

I'm not trolling by the way. I'm completely serious. I get emotional when I haven't had recent sexual activity.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 4:20 pm (This post was last modified: March 5, 2017 at 4:20 pm by J a c k.)
(March 5, 2017 at 3:53 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: I often feel very sad for no reason and then I masturbate and it goes away.

I'm not trolling by the way. I'm completely serious. I get emotional when I haven't had recent sexual activity.

Lol squirrel. You have an addiction.

I get melancholic all the time. I miss people, places, feelings, scents, moments, years, my younger self, eras, pets, oh gawd... so many things. I keep thinking how none of it will ever return and I feel it. I especially get like that when I'm driving.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 4:21 pm
(March 5, 2017 at 3:16 pm)KUSA Wrote: I keep feeling it and don't know why. If I'm busy or distracted I don't notice it but it seems like it is my normal state of being.

It baffles me as to why. I'm not depressed, just a feeling of melancholy. What causes this?

There could be a number of physiological causes beyond depression - thyroid, low testosterone, etc. Might want to have your doc check you out.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 4:29 pm
(March 5, 2017 at 4:20 pm)Mamacita Wrote: Lol squirrel. You have an addiction.

Oh definitely. No doubt about that.
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Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 4:42 pm
(March 5, 2017 at 4:21 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(March 5, 2017 at 3:16 pm)KUSA Wrote: I keep feeling it and don't know why. If I'm busy or distracted I don't notice it but it seems like it is my normal state of being.

It baffles me as to why. I'm not depressed, just a feeling of melancholy. What causes this?

There could be a number of physiological causes beyond depression - thyroid, low testosterone, etc. Might want to have your doc check you out.


I actually have been and I'm healthy for my age. I think it's just how I am.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 4:45 pm
That's what money's for Kusa...
Go buy yourself some distractions...

I'd say it's a midlife crisis...
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March 5, 2017 at 4:56 pm
(March 5, 2017 at 4:45 pm)ignoramus Wrote: That's what money's for Kusa...
Go buy yourself some distractions...

I'd say it's a midlife crisis...


Maybe you are right. Perhaps a sports car would help.
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RE: Melancholy
March 5, 2017 at 5:03 pm
Don't forget the sweet young thing, half your age. Oh, and drugs and booze. (Important to keep self-medicated.)



j/k obviously
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