Why are things so difficult?

Responding to Missi… “Haemorrhoid, you twat…” … You have such a mature and sophisticated means of getting your point across, don’t you, old bean? “… the question is does wealth make life EASIER, not happier? It plainly does and to argue otherwise is silly.” … *the* question? Are we only asking one single question here, then? Sorry, my mistake, I thought that someone had mentioned that happiness has something to do with this debate. As to whether “it plainly does” (wealth making life easier, that is)… My point was that when one is unhappy – depressed, even – the otherwise most straightforward of things can be difficult. For example, when a few years back I lost a very good friend under horrible circumstances, for some time afterwards opening the front door should have been easy, but it wasn’t. Walking five minutes down the road to buy some milk should have been easy, but it wasn’t. Just being amongst people in everyday life should have been easy, but it was the most torturously difficult thing imaginable. Whether something is easy or difficult, and whether someone is happy or unhappy, can have very little to do with external circumstances – it is about how one deals with, responds to, reacts to those circumstances. “Oh, and I wouldn’t bother to disect the problems of depression with CC, cos she knows more about it than you ever could, as usual you’re out of your depth.” … Oh, I’m out of my depth, am I? You know this for certain, do you? You obviously know everything I have ever been through and every aspect of my life, so are fully equipped to tell me what conversations I should or shouldn’t get involved in. I have been through some shit, which for reasons of my own I choose not to go into here. Don’t presume to know me or to judge me, Missi, when you don’t know the facts, as I wouldn’t presume to judge you or CC or anyone else. ~PEPS~ “Underlay is overrated."

You tell 'em, Peps. No-one knows anyone to their depth and breadth, do they?

Haemorrhoid, I reply to you in terms I think you may understand, though I'm now beginning to have my doubts. I'm sure you've had some problems in your life, who hasn't? Your ability to cope with them may even be severely restricted, but you ain't exactly the sharpest tool in the box are you? You're almost ALWAYS out of your depth, mainly because you, like slimey, think you're a smart-arse. I hesitate to include arseygurl on account of her 1000 degrees.

Hellooo... Styx? Things still difficult? ~ www.fabulousmother.com

Aww, MIssi; give us a kiss.

Like I said, mature & sophisticated… “ain’t exactly the sharpest tool in the box”… “think you’re a smart-arse”… How can I battle against such perspicacity? So what, Missi, are the bases of these two statements? Am I a blunt tool because I come across as silly, childish and (!shock!horror!) like to have a bit of nonsensical fun on ABC? Or because I sometimes (probably even often) make mistakes, get things wrong and have my mind changed on things? I admit all this stuff. I admit I am no genius, know far less than everything there is to know about life and humanity, and that I am as fallible as the next man/woman. How exactly does this make me a smart-arse? I would think a more suitable definition of “smart-arsery” would relate to presuming to know a person’s character, life, intelligence or state of mind, based on the limited perspective one recieves from an online forum. I am Pepsoid-of-ABC-Tales, but I am many other things as well. I say once again, Missi… you don’t know me… and as far as even attempting to discern who I am, it is YOU who are out of your depth. ~PEPS~ “Underlay is overrated."

Missi, your exact words were: "Oh, and I wouldn't bother to disect the problems of depression with CC, cos she knows more about it than you ever could, as usual you're out of your depth." I don't see how this relates to: "You're almost ALWAYS out of your depth, mainly because you, like slimey, think you're a smart-arse." In the second post, you seem to be saying that Pepsoid ends up out of his depth because he doesn't take things seriously and prefers to be flippant. But in the first, you're clearly implying that he has no right to talk about depression and has never experienced it properly. That *is* presumptious, and his response isn't a misunderstanding. ~ I'll Show You Tyrants * Fuselit * The Prowl Log * Woe's Woe

Depression is an intensely personal world. Somewhere that you might want to talk about, but generally don't want to. So yes, life is difficult.