• TheGingerNut@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    1 hour ago

    I probably look like someone with scrooge mc duck dopamine, but I actually do a copious amount of gigwork (hobbies) to scrape together just enough dopamine to not spiral into a bottomless depression from which I will never escape.

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    2 hours ago

    You don’t know that those people aren’t super depressed at home when they’re alone. Maybe they’re only stoked every time you see them because they feel good getting out of the house and being around people.

  • devfuuu@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t have the energy to interact with those kinds. We can be friends if the depression level is close to mine.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I knew a few in my life, and I tried to keep them as near as possible. They’ve been my favourite people by far.

    Also, not sure if its coincidence or if theres something to it, they’ve all appeared to be beautifully daft. Like they seem stupid.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, there’s actually a lot of correlation between ignorance and bliss in my experience. Also between intelligence, reason, and anxiety/depression/both.

      I’m not asserting that there’s DEFINITELY a causative link, but I’m not saying there COULDN’T be something to it either 😉

      Then again, there’s also a shitload of correlation between ignorance and fear and interplay between curiosity, knowledge, and joy, so idunno 🤷🏻😁

  • NXVX@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Ever see one of them get angry?

    I’ve seen angry people my whole life.

    But when a calm person gets mad. I notice.

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      9 hours ago

      It’s funny when it’s you’re the calm person suddennly showing anger or saying something atypical.

      The looks on everyone else’s faces. EVERYONE freezes to try and figure out what just happened, looking around as if to ask, “Did that really just happen?”

  • danekrae@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    “Fake it till you make it” is my motto.

    And people mirror each other, so mood is contagious.