LDSGator

Effort and desire.

I totally agree with you.

It’s never easy. 😞

Just heard. Sorry about BYU

I can easily see that happening. Sorry for distracting the thread. On me 100%.

Have you thought about swimming or taking walks? Usually easier on the body.

Back to depression and GC-I gave Elder Hollands “Broken Vessel” GC talk to friends outside the church. They loved it. Anyone struggling with mental illness should memorize that talk.

And if you go the “third world” you’ll see that things are astronomically better than they were 25 years ago. Which the links I provided clearly state. Here’s some other good examples. This isn’t 1985 anymore. You rejecting what I say is fine, but that doesn’t mean that the links I provided are wrong or inaccurate.

Actually-I’d ask them if they want help, or if they want to be depressed. Btw, I suffer from it too-but instead of whining and embracing it, I fight back and refuse to let it win. Like the saying goes, “I have depression, depression doesn’t have me”

That’s where we fundamentally disagree. I believe that there solutions that can help the individual, or at least make it easier.

I absolutely agree social isolation is a problem. It’s so serious that I’m the one listing solutions! In fact, I think the loneliness epidemic is so serious it unquestionably leads to depression, suicide, etc. It’s horrible. I wouldn’t wish it on an enemy.

And you are wrong about comics too. Our local comic stores are booming now.

Okay. You seem to be looking for reasons to remain socially isolated instead of looking for solutions. If you look for reasons and excuses to do so, you’ll find them. But, if you look for reasons to go meet people and start relationships, you’ll find those too. Once again, it all depends on you.

Agree there, but this problem is easily fixable. Join a free reading group at the library. Go to a church. Join the Masons. Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Play Dungeons and Dragons at the local comic store. That’s five options without even thinking hard.

I have no issue with that. You are known by the company you keep, and to no surprise, you develop traits that are the same as theirs. If you hang around with athletes who work out daily, you’ll probably get in better shape. If you hang around with people who use drugs, you’ll start using drugs. Agree-but it’s complicated. Many people want to be angry/sad/moody because they are lazy and it gives them an excuse to be rude, abrasive. It’s the same with snotty teenagers who think being sad all day and reading Sylvia Plath makes them “deep”. I totally agree. As a naive younger man, I genuinely thought people could change when presented with reasonable arguments and evidence. I was wrong and stupid. We can change our behavior though. Ask the guy who stops drinking and remains sober for 35 years.

No one is denying bad things happen. But no, he isn’t right. I strongly reject that things are getting worse. It shows a jarring ignorance of what is going on in the world. Why people don’t see it is confusing-but I think it’s a combination of laziness, wanting to believe life is miserable, being set in their ways, cognitive dissonance…the usual suspects. https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/04/50-ways-the-world-is-getting-better-2/ https://www.cato.org/commentary/things-are-getting-better-really-they-are https://time.com/6550576/13-ways-the-world-got-better-in-2023/ https://www.biospheresustainable.com/en/blog/40/the-world-is-getting-better-and-better-believe-it-or-not https://goodness-exchange.com/remarkable-stats-about-our-world-getting-better/ I was also exactly right that how you view the world is a reflection of who you are. If you are miserable, angry and bitter-surprise!-that’s how you’ll see the world.

Maybe for you. Bluntly put, if you are cold, complicated and unhappy, you’ll see that in others and in the world. If you are happy, pleasant and friendly you’ll see that in many other people. It all depends on you. 99% of the time how you see the world is a direct reflection of who you are.

UConn showed the heart of a champion.

Wisconsin looks overmatched. It’s only 42-31 at this time-but Wisconsin doesn’t look good.

https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/sports/george-foreman-american-boxing-legend-and-entrepreneur-dead-at-76/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app RIP champ. @Vort

We’re going there this weekend. Already in North Carolina

Great game guys. Good luck this March!

Fred Rogers is legit awesome.