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Don't Give Up

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CleverToad10/07/2018 12:23:09 pm PDT

re: #455 ObserverArt

Please don’t go away. There are many here that think like you. If too many get bummed by the negativity this whole blog will suffer.

Overall, it is a good community. I know I already miss a whole hell of a lot of former members and others have joined in less and less.

Yeah, it can get frustrating, but it can also be rewarding.

Echo this — we need the voices of resolve to be here and loud and active! I appreciate everyone who’s committed to staying in the fight, and to staying in the light.

re: #334 Citizen K

I have precious little faith in any sort of grand breakthrough anymore. I’m voting and speaking out because it needs to be said, but I’ve just been resigned to fatalism that this is what we are now, this is what we will be for the near- and long-term future.

Serious question here, I’m honestly not trying to be snarky, Citizen K: You say you’re voting and speaking out ‘because it needs to be said’, but what are you saying and where? All I’ve seen here for months is repetitive despair. I struggle with depression too, I try to be sympathetic, but I lose patience with the steady stream of sodden gloom. From one depressive to another, does posting this running threnody give you some relief? Are you asking for help or seeking company in misery? Does it lighten your mood or your load temporarily? If you voice the despair and get an answer does it reassure you that someone is listening?

As a reader, I’m at the point where I roll my eyes and skim past your posts, having heard it all before. As a fellow lizard, I still worry and wonder whether you have resources IRL to help keep your fingers on the rope.