following the reaper wrote:
Kathaarian wrote:
My signature is a saying of Epicurus, the famous Greek philosopher. I found him through Nietzsche, which is another one of my favorite philsosophers who was a fan of Epicurus too.
Usually I wonder about what my purpose in life is and how I should live my life. And your question "what is good?". I don't know but I'm hoping to find out and philosophy has actually for the first time helped me about this, mainly my anxiety attacks, when I saw this old paragraph. Fear of an early death without achieving my goals and not having a direction in life are the 2 main reasons of my severe depression. This is how this line helped me, we have to cherish the moment and live it to the fullest, we should do our best in every way possible, share our happiness with friends and family and knowing that we've had a good life we can go peacefully when our time comes. This is my motto now and I'll try living by this code, hoping to enjoy life better.
I know I'm sounding like a hippy but I've had it with this fucking depression and its killing me. I just want to live a good full life. Epicurus himself died a very slow and painful death but he was cheerful even in his last moments, knowing that he did his deeds. That's just all I want, nothing more, I want to be able to go smiling.
Your depression is so different to mine. Yours actually has a decent reason, i just got it because i think no one could ever like me, and chicks DEFINITELY could never ever like me. what a stupid reason to be so sick. I actually considered drowning myself in my pool today.
Im gonna remember that sentence though, thats really quite fucking brilliant.
Hi FTR,
I understand what you’re going through, as I've had the same deep depression myself a year ago. Believe it or not, part of the problem is the attitude of the women in our countries (I'm going to assume that the women of our two countries think and behave relatively similar). It took me a while to figure that out and realize that there is someone better out there whom I can respect and who can respect me.
I've meet women outside of Canada and they are sweeter, less superficial, way more intelligent, loyal, and basically everything else a guy can ask for. I realize that not all "Americanized" women, as I'll call 'em, fit my description, but there is a lot of truth to what I'm saying. Actually, I'm going to Jamaica for a vacation and I've been speaking with a beautiful, amazing girl online for over a year who lives down there that is turning into something serious.
I'm going to be made fun of for saying this and what is going to follow, but fuck whatever. I've met someone who I can share my life with and I can honestly say that I'm a happy and better person for it. FTR, try doing what I did and go on an online dating site and meet women who have a more traditional way of thinking such as those who live in countries like Russia or China, for example (I used lavalife.com). It's a big world out there, and even more importantly; it's an accessible world. You seem like a really intelligent, caring guy, and women over there have a very difficult time finding a good guy like yourself. They will appreciate the person you are. Yeah, it will be hard to make it work, but it's worth it if you can meet someone you can fall in love with, and if it's really important to you, you can do it!