Howard the Duck

been saying that to my fiancee for ages

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Malaise is THE dominant human predilection.

Sansa Stark

That's cool but not relevant to absolutely anything when I'm actually concerned about someone on here. Sooooooooooooo

Frownland

I hate antidepressants, they make my mouth dry and happy.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Farfisa

Should I be worried if I feel ok, even after taking a pet to be euthanized and realizing that I live in a ****ty town where people run down old ladies and get away scott free?

I think I may have cracked.

Freebase Dali

Well, if you're having crazy, inappropriate emotional responses to things, maybe that could be explained by some sort of condition, but I don't think not being permanently devastated by the loss of a cat would really qualify. And everyone lives in a sh*t town where injustices occur. Sure, it angers you, but if humans weren't able to become somewhat acclimated to those sorts of things enough so they're able to live their own lives, we probably wouldn't be here.

Call it the more insensitive nature of our societal evolution, but it's not something I'd blame on myself to the point where I had to feel miserable every day because no one else does.

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Farfisa

Then again, I laid in bed a let out my emotions in private for a few hours. Maybe that helped?

Freebase Dali

If emotions were as simple as that, we'd all be awesome individuals.
Not saying it didn't help.. I'm just saying that letting emotions out isn't the same as processing them and dealing with them. I don't know if I'd feel all that well if the sum of an emotional event simply begged for me to express it one night and be done with it.
Maybe it's just me, so, for me, dealing with emotions is more of a process of understanding them and coming to terms with them, regardless of what type they are.
Sure, they have a tendency to get the better of you, but I don't think they're something that just pops up after an event that you expel and move on from.

In your case, I really wouldn't attribute a dead cat to anything majorly significant. But in regard to your more constant reactions to external (and mostly internal) perspectives of how other people view you and how you view the world, that's something you have to understand yourself and come to terms with, and that, for sure, isn't going to be something you can solve by simply crying into your pillow. No offense or anything, and sorry for sorta straying from the topic.

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Janszoon

My grandfather died yesterday. He was 97 and wasn't well so it wasn't necessarily a surprise but it still sucks. I lived with him for a while in my teens and was pretty close to him. He was a crusty, curmudgeonly kind of guy but he was also an incredibly kindhearted person who did a lot to help other people, and he was an excellent classical and ragtime pianist. He was also my last remaining grandparent on either side of the family so I feel this massive sense of loss, not just of him, but of his entire generation of my family. There were so many questions I still wanted to ask him.

People, seriously, if you have older relatives who are still alive, spend as much time with them as you can.

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Garrett

Sorry for your loss....You and your family have my heart felt condolences!

FRED HALE SR.

I lost my Grandmother at 90 years old in September of last year. It really does hit hard. I remember how classy and engaging she was along with my other grandparents. Their generation will surely be missed. People forget how important it is to spend time with family, rather then soak their brains in technology and entertainment. Sorry for your loss.