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"Been through bad time lately with suffering with this. Dark thoughts as well. I know some posters on here suffer with this. Anyone come through the other side of this shit?

"A number of posters have been yellow carded and told to stay off this thread unless they have anything constructive to add.This is a thread that has been very useful to so many, for any other posters with scores to settle, argue on another thread. This thread is sacrosant.Thank you"

"Gentlemen I hope we all got through Christmas and New Year relatively intact? If you are over 10 years old Christmas, for me anyway, just becomes a time for reflection and that can lead to melancholy, especially if you don't have good company to share it with. Then the credit card bills start rolling in and you realise how much you spent and overspent. Between now and the end of February are traditionally the hardest weeks of the year as Christmas started in October and adverts, shops and the media goaded you and me to spend more than we have and now we have to face the consequences. It's a lot of old bollocks for a few Brussels sprouts once a year, isn't it? Hold steady boys, one foot in front of the other, make it to the end of another day, do some exercise if you can like getting out and walking round the block and keep your chin guarded. I wish ALL of you the very best. Just PLEASE get through January and February."

"The Sacred History , by Johnathon Black award winning book. How Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World First Well worth a read if you want to get your head in order along with Carl Jung has the world got a soul Life is suffering, in one was or the other. In the days of Sanskrit things were being written the were being written in different parts of the world that were with a similar mantra everything including humans are connected to the cosmos. All one mass"

"The Sacred History , by Johnathon Black award winning book. How Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World First Well worth a read if you want to get your head in order along with Carl Jung has the world got a soul Life is suffering, in one was or the other. In the days of Sanskrit things were being written the were being written in different parts of the world that were with a similar mantra everything including humans are connected to the cosmos. All one mass"

Manuel - that's a very good post with some great advice

"Chevy - I'm with you to an extent, I do think there is still an argument for the old school ''man up and just get on with it'' attitude, as I suspect many just feel sorry for themselves and kind of accept their ''fate'' without fighting too much, as Ricky Gervais says we're all going to die soon anyway and none of this will even matter - but realistically it's not as easy as that for many, and obviously depends on the persons exact circumstances, are they responsible for others, do they have an illness or medical problems, and are they strong as a person or not, etc. As for going to Magaluf, well you can't if your problems are financial, and you only take your problems with you anyway, it's not as easy as sitting at the back of a cheap Ryan Air flight for a few hours get off at the other end and all is well in the world again. Anyway, I hope all people struggling turn a corner this year, if ever there's a time to at least try to be positive it's at the start of a new year. I've observed there are a few posters who have had documented problems in recent times that haven't been posting for a while, so hope they are all OK and staying strong."

I sort of know what you’re on about but fuck it. We’re only here once. Try to make the best of it. Or go Magaluf.

"Having read up on autism, I seem to tick quite a few boxes for it on the 'High functioning' end of the spectrum. It may be 'high functioning' but I just about get by but there's a fair bit of avoidance of things in day to day life."

"Birds help a lot its a fact, as dogs or any pets. You don't need to have a bird as a pet though you can go birdwatching which gets you outside fresh air walking, exercise in countryside or in the City local park/garden feeding Pidgeons bird seed. Short 3 minute clip will warm your heart. https://youtu.be/EhIDxioSomw?feature=shared"

"Agree with a lot of this on here: - Mike is right, to improve mental and physical health you don't have to absolutely cane any cardio exercising like you're a gym bunny or Mo Farah. Regular fast walking, medium pace cycling, anything that marginally increases pulse etc. - Talking therapy is really useful. It's good to talk to friends and family - do that if you can but in addition if your GP can speak to you once a week like mine did in early 2021 when I had some issues due to my job at the time. It doesn't have to be a therapist necessarily. - Re anti depressants, I had chronic headaches for about a month and was prescribed something to ""turn off"" the nerves in my brain causing the headaches/to deactivate them. Whilst I was on that drug I felt like I was on speed - felt amazing mentally. After a few days I read the instructions in the box about taking them - turned out they were also used as anti depressants. And I'd been prescribed 1/16th of the maximum dose. And I felt like I was flying on those. Probably because I wasn't depressed to start with but wow. I can understand people being prescribed them when chemical imbalance in brain isn't correct. I stopped taking them but I didn't really want to because I felt amazing."

Lack of thyroxine causes depression......take care if you have depression and can't figure out why. Get checked out ( blood test). I mean obvs this is a double edged sword as if you are depressed and are already on thyroxine the temptation to stop.taking them can be quite overwhelming.

"I've got an exercise bike that I use - but I don't go hell-for-leather on it for physical fitness, I use it more for the simple pleasure of the movement - I took to - and have loved ever since - cycling as soon as the stabilizers came off my first bike (about 6 days ago...). Given the fuckwits on the roads these days it seemed a better option - plus there's nowhere to ""come back from"". I haven't got around to sticking it in front of a TV and having a YouTube Tour de France POV in front of me, but I may get a fan for those ""Wind in your hair"" moments. However 30 minutes - 1 hour does rack up a few virtual kilometres and I seem to always feel better for it for the rest of the day. My contribution here, FWIW, is that you may not need to bust a gut to get benefit from exercising."

"I was watching an old clip of Tony Curtis who was an Alcoholic, he said he drank when he was stressed and that sums drinking up for me. STRESS it's a killer causes so many illnesses. I used to do weight from 14, squash, football then got Glandular fever. Started running 10 years ago for about 7 years which felt like i was getting less stressed, then got a bad viral chest infection which never recovered from fully. I did some research and I think I pushed my body exercised too much which caused mass inflammation. Listen to your body and slow down accordingly and to age."

BRANDED 2:22 Mon Oct 9 I had talking therapy that helped far more than anti depressants. For me I had so much going on in my head I couldn't see the trees for the woods but therapy broke it down to separate issues that I could manage myself and I assume running would be the same as it will clear your mind. I caned the gym when my dad died that helped

"Hope you're all doing well. Thanks also for that Branded, I've got out of the habit of running and must agree that it helped with my mental health."

Thanks for posting that wilko.

Thanks Wilko for putting this up and chim don't forget we also really appreciate your comments on this thread they are very uplifting for a lot of people take care mate

https://twitter.com/NorwichCityFC/status/1711630140227064183 Just came across this Tweet from Norwich City. I hope it's okay to post it on this thread. If not could somebody please delete it. Thanks.

"someone told me about this study yesterday. The conclusion doesn't surprise me and lots of people cant run but I'll share it anyway. Conclusions: While the interventions had comparable effects on mental health, running therapy outperformed antidepressants on physical health, due to both larger improvements in the running therapy group as well as larger deterioration in the antidepressant group. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36828150/"

"Pents, for some shitty reason I can't reply to Whomails but I meant sincerely the post below. You're an absolute inspiration."

Wow. You old leftie punk :-) Thank you very much. I echo the words of yours about this site and all its users üëç

"Pentonville, I'd like to give you a shout out too. When I first became aware of you you were, with the greatest respect, someone who anyone with a shred of empathy worried about. You had times I don't want to drag up and trigger you again when I genuinely thought we were going to lose you. Shit in Spain, shit with your mum - a situation we'd all crumble from, no matter how robust we think we are. Look at you now pal, a shining light, an empathic, sensitive man it would be an honour to call a friend. I hope it shows that any of us (including me) can turn our lives around, thanks in part to this idiotic and dysfunctional site. When the chips are down, some people on here roll their sleeves up, circle the wagons and protect our own. There has been the odd poster who has taken the piss a bit with the WHO fund but they are VERY few and far between. and shame on them. Keep up the good fight lads and stay alive - if only to piss the powers that be off. We've got the tools and I couldn't imagine two more upright creatures running the fund than Charley and Moncs. My love to you who are suffering and if you ever find yourselves in Camden I'd gladly provide a shoulder and buy you a beer."

I spoke to Block about 6 ot 7 weeks ago and he was very into family life and commitment to that and busy with work. All seemed positive but I hadn't spoke to him for a time.before that either. All seemed good to me üëç

"Just saw this. Thanks Charley. Its good to give back, the circle as it were. As chim says, we are west ham and we fight together!"

"Just saw this. Thanks Charley. Its good to give back, the circle as it were. As chim says, we are west ham and we fight together!"

"Well said Chim...fight as best as you can, get support from around you...WHO mail on here, post on here don't be afraid to ask for help and I'm sure between us we can help in some way. Also a quick reminder of the work in the background that Pentonville does, he has been an absolute prop for so many posters, that he has helped due to his own experiences he has been a rock. So on behalf of WHO Pents, thanks for all your help. Finally can somebody who knows Block well, check in to see if he is ok, haven't heard from in a while.."