➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

My cooler finally got here! Now I can start on the new incubator.

Yes!
Colorful quailie test batch.

 

[BantyChooks]

Yes!
Colorful quailie test batch.

Noooo. Then they'll be in my house for all of next winter.

 

[Molpet]

I'm not a very social person. The trick I use is essentially acting. I change my personality while I'm at work. I had an extremely shy barista when i managed a Starbucks. I told her that trick and she just blossomed.

Yes I have a public face I put on....

 

[FortCluck]

Yes I have a public face I put on....

I have a RBF I put on

 

[Tesumph]

I'm not a very social person. The trick I use is essentially acting. I change my personality while I'm at work. I had an extremely shy barista when i managed a Starbucks. I told her that trick and she just blossomed.

Exactly what I do. It’s gotten me through many interviews and meetings with department heads without puking in the school/company toilet. Lol.

 

[Tesumph]

O m g you nutters stayed up too late last night.

I know. My sleep cycle is all out of whack.

 

[FortCluck]

Exactly what I do. It’s gotten me through many interviews and meetings with department heads without puking in the school/company toilet. Lol.

I used to get that way with speeches

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would definitely make an appointment with a doctor to get some type of depression medication or something that can help you.

Sometimes even if you push yourself with depression you still are defeated by it.

I say this because I have first-hand experience with depression. When I got diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension and graves disease, my world completely fell apart. I had a heart attack at 22 and I was told I wasn't going to live very long, it completely wrecked my life. When I moved to Virginia things started to get a lot better, but we were trying out different medications and one of them was very painful it was an IV that you do subq (remodulin). Some days I couldn't even walk. I have my doctors cell phone number and he was the person who talked me off a ledge so to speak. Now I'm on medication and I'm not embarrassed to say that.

Depression or any type of mental illness is hard to deal with on your own. Some people don't understand them and think they're just silly made up illnesses.

Thank you, I really appreciate this. And I’m sorry you experienced all that.

My thing is I don’t really think I want to go on medication. I don’t want to be dependent on it. And also usually I’m much better when I actually remember to take care of myself but of course it’s sometimes hard remembering to do that.

And I go back and forth with myself often on whether I even actually have it or not.

Cause sometimes I’m completely fine.

And usually better when I manage to put the phone down and eat/sleep right.

So I constantly tell myself I don’t really have it or it’s an excuse or whatever.

BUT.

Then I remember when I was still in school and had it really bad even though I was not on technology very much then (didn’t even have a smartphone), was away from home, and I was glued to my best friend/roommate’s side practically 24/7. We were almost always together lol so even though I was hanging out with real people the majority of the time, I still had it pretty bad. But then again, I was also going through a lot at the time, but still.

But then I was doing great for a while, years, but idk why but for some reason this year I’ve been pretty bad again. Especially since like May. And then again now the last like month or so.

I wish I knew why so I could fix it.

But I’ve been trying to. Applying is a start at least I think.

 

[FortCluck]

Thank you, I really appreciate this. And I’m sorry you experienced all that.

My thing is I don’t really think I want to go on medication. I don’t want to be dependent on it. And also usually I’m much better when I actually remember to take care of myself but of course it’s sometimes hard remembering to do that.

And I go back and forth with myself often on whether I even actually have it or not.

Cause sometimes I’m completely fine.

And usually better when I manage to put the phone down and eat/sleep right.

So I constantly tell myself I don’t really have it or it’s an excuse or whatever.

BUT.

Then I remember when I was still in school and had it really bad even though I was not on technology very much then (didn’t even have a smartphone), was away from home, and I was glued to my best friend/roommate’s side practically 24/7. We were almost always together lol so even though I was hanging out with real people the majority of the time, I still had it pretty bad. But then again, I was also going through a lot at the time, but still.

But then I was doing great for a while, years, but idk why but for some reason this year I’ve been pretty bad again. Especially since like May. And then again now the last like month or so.

I wish I knew why so I could fix it.

But I’ve been trying to. Applying is a start at least I think.

Depression doesn't stay constantly I've learned. One day you may be fine and the next you aren't.

I take meds and they aren't like an opioid where you become addicted, I can stop it any time I want and my Dr would let me. I just have to taper down on it because there can be severe side effects from stopping cold turkey.

I know I'm depressed when I start eating a lot of junk food. I never start craving it until I'm down.

Some days I feel like I'm on an emotional rollercoaster because I can be extremely happy and the next second I'm crying. I have a very close friend I met who has pulmonary hypertension too and she's pretty much my rock even if we don't talk constantly every day.

My Dr is also my rock even though that sounds odd. He's more than a Dr. He has really pushed me the past 6 years and I wouldn't be where I am (I probably wouldnt even be alive) without him.

 

[Molpet]

Thank you, I really appreciate this. And I’m sorry you experienced all that.

My thing is I don’t really think I want to go on medication. I don’t want to be dependent on it. And also usually I’m much better when I actually remember to take care of myself but of course it’s sometimes hard remembering to do that.

And I go back and forth with myself often on whether I even actually have it or not.

Cause sometimes I’m completely fine.

And usually better when I manage to put the phone down and eat/sleep right.

So I constantly tell myself I don’t really have it or it’s an excuse or whatever.

BUT.

Then I remember when I was still in school and had it really bad even though I was not on technology very much then (didn’t even have a smartphone), was away from home, and I was glued to my best friend/roommate’s side practically 24/7. We were almost always together lol so even though I was hanging out with real people the majority of the time, I still had it pretty bad. But then again, I was also going through a lot at the time, but still.

But then I was doing great for a while, years, but idk why but for some reason this year I’ve been pretty bad again. Especially since like May. And then again now the last like month or so.

I wish I knew why so I could fix it.

But I’ve been trying to. Applying is a start at least I think.

Not all depression therapy involves drugs.


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