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I am alive because I was born and I haven't died

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Have spoken to a therapist or doctor? That’s where you should start.

People post to the internet everyday seeking validation for what they’ve decided is “the problem” because everything you read online is easy to dismiss. You can easily either get validation or ignore advice and suggestions.

If you genuinely want to change—to address these feelings and change perspective—you should seek help from a professional.

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My flight read tonight - Piers Anthony Steppe

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I picked up one of his books in middle school and couldn’t get into it.

A couple weeks later I noticed my dad was reading it. After he got about a third of the way through he asks me “uh, are reading this stuff?” I told him I didn’t like it and had put it down and he was just like “ok, good.”

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I am alive because I was born and I haven't died

You’re depressed. Your assumptions are wrong and perseverating on them keeps you depressed. It’s self-preservation mode that’s out of control.

You have to decide to change your perspective and take the steps to claw your way out of the hole you’re in. This includes getting help if you can because it’s hard to do it on your own.

Every thought of “but I can’t” is the depression trying to keep you in the seemingly safe depression (because trying is scary).

The depression lies to you and hugs you like a warm blanket. It tells you everything is bullshit, that people don’t understand, that there’s no use in bothering to try to get up. It lets you believe you have no control. It creates a cocoon for you to isolate in, to filter out anything positive.

The way out is to defy it, angrily if that helps or calmly if that’s more your style. Name the depression, talk to it. Tell it to “fuck off” then go for a walk. Or, tell it to “I don’t need you right now” and wash some dishes. Take small steps and slip out of its grasp if even for a moment.

Gradually, it will weaken and you’ll see it for what it was.

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‘You say genocide, I say war’: Boy George releases pro-Israel song, We Will Dance Again

Last month, Boy George launched a new company called Artist Included, which will use AI to allow artists to create new versions of earlier songs which resemble the originals, as a way of wresting back control of master recordings. It launched with a new version of Karma Chameleon, which Boy George recorded then de-aged. “When I heard it, I was absolutely gobsmacked,” he told the Hollywood Reporter. “It sounds like another take from that original session.”

He’s just going all-in on the shit-takes. Probably, just desperate for people to talk about him again.