You need to get yourself to the doctor where you can have a very honest discussion about how your feeling. Don’t worry about fixing everything right now. Just focus on this one thing. Different anti-depressants affect different people differently. They also take time, sometimes up to a couple weeks, to get dialed in. My psych put me in Vilozodone this past summer and it was a good three weeks before things started evening out. I’ve felt pretty good since then.

After you get on a good med regimen, focus on self care. What do/did you like to do for fun? I’ve spent a lot of time playing golf and fishing whenever I need a break but that’s what I like to do.

Depression is rough, man. It can drag you down like an anchor and make it feel like you can’t keep your head above the surface. It sucks the joy out of every part of you life. Start fighting and winning this battle and you’ll find that the other ones become easier.

Gravette, Arkansas, 20 minutes from my house, is a Hezbollah stronghold. Amazing. Who knew.

Makes total sense to me.

My wife and I always get a kick out of it when sports commentators say things that are just stupidly obvious. I think the best one so far was “if you want to win you gotta win.”

I think that was Joe Buck during a Jets game but I’m not positive.

I remember when Emma Watson turned 18, and there were websites that counted down to it. Same for Lindsay Lohan. It was so creepy, and also weirdly presented as ‘normal dude behavior’ back in the aughts. I’m glad that’s no longer acceptable. It always gave me the ick.

I’m with you there. Anyone who looks at a person and thinks “I can’t wait until they’re 18 and legally fuckable” needs to go spend some time seriously re-examining their life choices.

Younglings, if you’re reading this, rest assured, you look great, and I’m just an old twisted weirdo with specific tastes.

This is great btw. There are some awesome things that come with getting older. Maybe not hair loss or joint pain. Or the decline of your metabolism that happens in your early 20’s when you’ve finished growing.

You’re gonna lose the “cool” factor. You will. It’s inevitable. But you won’t care. I’m 35. I like myself now. I don’t give a shit what other people think of me and 99.9% of the time they’re not thinking about me at all. My 30’s have been my favorite decade so far. I would have thought you were crazy if you told 16 year old me that was gonna happen.

The man is literally a walking national security threat who has no problem blabbing state secrets for free because in his mind, it’s a way of showing how important he is.

It’s important to keep a sustained elevated heart rate. So just take your stimulants with a couple of energy drinks.

I know a few couples like that. I also have a 16 year old daughter with plenty of 16(ish) year old friends. For the life of me, I cannot fathom what a 30+ year old man could see in a 16/17 year old girl, other than maybe being easily manipulated. That may be enough. Cause it’s definitely not their personal hygiene, conversation abilities, or depth of experience in any given area.

Them: “Wow. I can’t believe jubilationtcornpone would do something like that.”

Me: “Yeah, well that makes two of us. And are you seriously trying to tell me you’re JUST NOW hearing about that? You actually missed my compete and total public humiliation? That was like ten years ago.”

We know. Even if some of us don’t want to admit it.

Alcohol. Before getting formally diagnosed and medicated, drinking was the only thing that would quiet the inner restlessness. It worked but it’s not a healthy lifestyle at all.

This is something I like to bring up to people who are hesitant to medicate their kids. Yeah, I know you think Timmy is fine because he’s not completely failing in school, but you should at least show Timmy that he has options and that it’s OK to talk to a doctor and take medication if he needs it. He doesn’t have to rely on Jack Daniels and Folgers to eek his way through life.