Not being depressed doesn't really give you the right to tell people how not depressed they should be. No one chooses to be depressed. I agree that you and I have the hindsight of saying, "Wow, being depressed and distant during the best year of your life is stupid," but usually things are the way they are for a reason. That being said, nostalgia is for stupids.
it was more of strong advice than a command. from my heart because im more than aware of what depression is and how it works. and i would never say that being depressed is stupid at all. my awareness of reasons for everything is very great. and when i use the word depressed i do not mean it in a purely clinical manner.
and actually i dont think high school is the best years of our lives, the best years of my life, at least haven't even come yet.
and nostalgia helps make us who we are. sometimes it sad but sometimes is grand.
I don't think what I said changes depending on if it was advice or a command. I was definitely generalizing about HS being the best time, I meant more or less its the time with most interconnectedness of friends, least responsibilities, etc etc: the time of your life you shouldnt squander on being depressed about petty things. My main point was that things change for a reason. People change and friendships evolve, its never really worth stressing over and trying to make things that don't work anymore... work.
I guess the other point was that you should know from experiance that you can't just snap out of a funk from some advice. Just wanted to throw it out there ;)
never ever did i mention any level of easiness. no no no. it was just something i wanted to throw out there. did you think about how many things on lj CAN be therapeutic for the poster?
As an entirely independent comment: nostalgia is a highly textured, worthwhile feeling. It makes me sit still and get caught up in a kind of strangeness or dreaming. And to agree with Chelsea, there is something huge, or grand, about it, as though space dilates and remembering opens up something through which blows air from your childhood, or, in this case perhaps, your high school years.
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from my heart because im more than aware of what depression is and how it works. and i would never say that being depressed is stupid at all. my awareness of reasons for everything is very great. and when i use the word depressed i do not mean it in a purely clinical manner.
and actually i dont think high school is the best years of our lives, the best years of my life, at least haven't even come yet.
and nostalgia helps make us who we are. sometimes it sad but sometimes is grand.
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I guess the other point was that you should know from experiance that you can't just snap out of a funk from some advice. Just wanted to throw it out there ;)
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