[badwolf76]

Ugh, I'm sure I am not the only one going through this. But, I am finding it near impossible to find anyone where I live to discuss... well, life with. I'm in St. John's, NL and it just seems impossible to find like-minded people here. I have ADHD and depression. So, I can be quite moody sometimes. But, I am a good person and I think if I had at least some people in my life similar to myself; things could be a lot easier. I'm an introvert and am quite good on my own. But, I don't enjoy being alone all of the time. This is the best site I've come across yet. However, I find myself each day needing more of a human, in-person interaction.

Anyhow, any communication is welcome of course. But, if there happens to be anyone even remotely near my location, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'm a decent person and I'm exhausted with having to hide my true colours due to the bloody stigma placed on mental illness.

I'll end on a positive note however. It is Friday afterall! I'll be heading out for some fantastic live music tonight. The music/arts community here is consistently amazing.

Cheers!

[Travelinglady]

Hi, badwolf, and welcome to Psych Central! Alas, I live in North Carolina. I can understand what you mean. It is nice to have people in real life to interact with. I think you are at least on the right track by getting out and having fun!

[Aiuto]

I know the feeling and I am feeling it a lot lately. I am trying to manage my depression on my own now since the antidepressants do not go with my chemistry.

It is 80 degree's here and I am sitting on my porch my by myself. I have nobody in my community that I would even share my mental problems with. It is a small community. I had went and stayed at a girl friends house Friday night to Saturday eve. She is my only friend these days. Or any kind of escape from my lonely walls. We do not get to go out and have fun because she is pregnant and has 2 little kids. She is alone for now, no kids father around.

She accepts me how I am....I greatly appreciate her! But I am dying inside from loneliness. I can only spend so much time at her place because I cannot take the loud noise from the kids to long.

I am thinking that maybe I need to go to support groups in different communities to see if I can connect with any people my age (30s). I cannot sit here every season and be confined to myself. Hope you had a good time out

Hi Badwolf: I have never really had any close friends. I also haven't had any friends at all for many years now. (I do have acquaintances... people I know just casually.) I've gotten to the point now where I seldom even think about it & really don't care anymore. I am married though & so I do have my wife for companionship. So that makes a big difference. My interests have always been so different from most anyone I ever knew that I just couldn't relate to anyone else, & no one else was able to relate to me. At this point, I wouldn't know what to do with a friend if I unexpectedly found one. I'd probably run the other way!

[badwolf76]

Thanks for the replies! I really appreciate it! Still with the local subject. I just saw a commercial that is being released in my province to bring awareness and acceptance in regards to mental illness. I really feel the commercials are far too vague to make any difference. But, what really irked me was a commercial about addiction. The way they mingled addiction with mental health really bothered me. I know addiction affects mental health. But, to end such a commercial with, and I quote "mental illness and addictions, understanding changes everything." Does this bother anyone else? I mean, they wouldn't do a commercial about cancer and discuss addictions.

I quote "mental illness and addictions, understanding changes everything." Does this bother anyone else? I mean, they wouldn't do a commercial about cancer and discuss addictions.[/quote]

This is interesting. I guess we could all agree that, in all spheres of human life, understanding changes everything. So why single out mental illness & addiction & then lump them together? I'm surprised they didn't also include mass murder & serial killing. These also typically get thrown into the mental illness basket. It seems like the tendency nowadays is to chalk any behavior society abhors up to mental illness. I guess now that the devil is sort-of out of favor, society needs some other agent to which it can ascribe aberrant behavior. And mental illness is it...

[badwolf76]

Originally Posted by The Skeezyks

I quote "mental illness and addictions, understanding changes everything." Does this bother anyone else? I mean, they wouldn't do a commercial about cancer and discuss addictions.

This is interesting. I guess we could all agree that, in all spheres of human life, understanding changes everything. So why single out mental illness & addiction & then lump them together? I'm surprised they didn't also include mass murder & serial killing. These also typically get thrown into the mental illness basket. It seems like the tendency nowadays is to chalk any behavior society abhors up to mental illness. I guess now that the devil is sort-of out of favor, society needs some other agent to which it can ascribe aberrant behavior. And mental illness is it... [/QUOTE]

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