Recent content by MoodyBlues

Merry Christmas, my AF family. I've only read the excellent OP in this thread, from @The_Chief but will read them all eventually. I hope you're all having a wonderful whatever-you-celebrate this season, and here's a little something for @nickdalzell :

I don't want to make this a sob story, a 'whoa is me' story, but I do want to let you know why I've been absent, and why it's even been hard to post since my return. I'm struggling, to the Nth degree, with depression, loneliness, pain and overwhelming feelings of uselessness. After a lifetime of...

Thanks for the info, @olbriar. I'm surprised and not surprised that you enjoyed your hospital stay. I can see it from both perspectives, you know? For someone who's new to being hospitalized, it certainly can be interesting, fascinating, informative, even kind of enjoyable, getting waited on...

Yes, it keeps my brain cranking away! Since every study/project is different, no two days are alike. I like the variety. Very well put, old man. And I agree 100%. I can't imagine a world without....this place.....but with billions of sites out there now, it must be quite the challenge to...

I'm sorry, Joe. :) I think it's just going to take a little time to get back into the swing of things. I can't find the words to adequately express how humbled I am by the amazing, kind and caring sentiments you guys have posted. It's kind of reassuring to know I've been missed. Frankly, I...

Hi there, AF buddies. (Give me time...I'll get used to its new name eventually.) I've been thinking about AF a lot lately, and how much I loved it because of its members, so I thought I'd pop in and say hi. I hope you're all doing well and life's been treating you nicely. I don't know who's...

Did I miss something? :confused:

I just want you to know that I really, truly understand what you're saying. Non-human animals have never let me down. They haven't pulled away when the going got tough. They haven't said hurtful words or turned their back on me because we disagreed on something. Preferring the company of...

Then you were doing it wrong. As I said, you didn't hit on the right medication or combination of medications. At various times since my teens, I've required as little as one med to a 3-4 med cocktail to keep my depression under control. At no point did they make me feel 'fake happy' at all...

We'll have to agree to disagree on this, because I can state, unequivocally, that medication plus therapy saved my life. And two people I loved, and tried to get the psychiatric help they needed--but were instead relying on massive amounts of narcotics and/or alcohol--probably wouldn't have...

Sorry, my friend, but I totally disagree. I'm still here BECAUSE of medicine and therapy. I won't go into it much, but suffice to say that depression runs in my family, and I've had clinical depression since childhood, though it wasn't diagnosed until after I'd left home at 16, because my...

It's really touching how closely you and Daisy bonded, and how much you love and miss her. I still have dreams and think about--and miss and long for--several of my pets, and time really hasn't made it that much better. I'm reduced to tears when I see pictures of my big, fat, beautiful Willie...

You saved me a lot of typing. Thank you. :D

I hear you, @nickdalzell, but after years of slinging angry, critical, mean comments at omnivores, I burned myself out. I recalled how my Hindu Indian friend in college spoke so softly and without judgment about why they can't eat meat, how non-offensive she was, how she got her point across...

If you don't mind my saying so, @nickdalzell, you're doing it wrong. :o For one thing, NO HUMAN is a carnivore. To be a carnivore means eating a diet that consists 100% of animal parts. Show me a human who eats a steak without a baked potato or other starch! And vegetables. And salad. :D The...