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[quote='Crystal' pid='560' dateline='1412128848']
I have been thinking about the answer to these question for a couple of days, because, as I previously said, I've been there as well. I believe the answer to this question is an individual matter.
​For example, when I'm 'happy', I start thinking about the fact that this feeling is just temporary and it'll soon disappear, due to the fact that 'happiness' is more like an ilusion. It'll never be there for the rest of your life...[/quote]

Yes that's differant. I tend to go into dark moods prior to the event and on the day itself (lets say birthday) my mood is so black - I'm so low & depressed !

[quote='Crystal' pid='553' dateline='1412047015']
[size=3]Does anyone else feel this?[/size] [size=3]I do too! [/size][size=3]But I sincerely don't know why this happens. [/size][/quote]

Thank goodness it isn't just me, we need to try and work this one through I think.

Thank you both for your replies.

Crystal last year was stressful to say the least, my Auntie passed away, my boss (and company owner) passed away (the fate of the company is still 'unknown' as is the fate of my job). One of my dog's passed away, and then I quit smoking. I don't think I should have!

Emotion, as I think I mentioned elseware my Dr put me on anti-depressents and this has helped a lot - I feel I have gone from a feeling of well being of 2/10 to 6/10, hey that's progress...
Will give the green tea a go for sure.

Oh I meant to say earlier my avatar or rather the 'Umbrella Corperation' is a fictiional company from Resident Evil & not a company I work for or anything like that lol.

[quote='Crystal' pid='356' dateline='1384316754']
Yeah, it can be true...
Also cigarettes help a lot, actually...[/quote]
 
[quote='Crystal' pid='434' dateline='1406603759']
One of the advantages of these forums is the fact that you're never going to find someone that you know here (it would be a strange coincidence), so the anonimity and the fact that there are people willing to help is one of the good things about these forums.
On the other hand, I don't think this applies to social neworking, such as facebook, twitter, myspace and etc., obviously because the people there are not willing to help and they're just there to be completely narcissistic and fake. For example, I've had my FB account deactivated for a few days and I've noticed my stress and anxiety are lower now.[/quote]

Just really wanted to make the point that [b]quitting cigarettes[/b] was (I think) what pushed me over the cliff from a depession & anxiety point of view. I was smoking almost 40 a day when I quit. Perhaps I went the wrong way about it by just stopping outright  and I certainly wouldn't recommend quitting this way if your depressed to start with.

As for Facebook I won't go near the place any longer. The whole Facebook experience just served to compound my problems what with people telling me how good lfe is and bragging about what they have and where they have been!

I very much believe internet forums can help those in distress - I also know users should proceed with caution.

I have no idea why but my post above seems to be displaing the source as well as the text. 1.8 bug ?

A confusing title for sure - '<b>Unhappy @ Happy Times</b>'.<br />
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Happy times, ok, birthday's, Christmas - you get the idea, my question is why do these times which should be full of joy make me sad?<br />
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<b>Does anyone else feel this ?</b><br />
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Hey come on let's be posative - Just wondederd if it affected anyone else, I'm not too bad now.....

Glad that's what we ended up with.

Ha ha !

The smiley face that has replaced the square alongside the board's logo is so cool, makes me smile and sometimes laugh.

[quote='Crystal' pid='540' dateline='1411781517']
Why'd you worry so much about your health??? I know we're all afraid of becoming unhealthy, but it's not a constant thought. What type of thoughts do you have when you think about it???[/quote]

[b]I don't know Crystal - honestly I don't.[/b]

Combine this with my 'Social Anxiety' & 'Depression' and well... what we have is a mess.

:s

Here is an extract I just found which kind of explains:
[quote]What is it? Health anxiety is an anxiety disorder that is often housed within the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) spectrum of disorders. Those affected by health anxiety have an obsessional preoccupation with the idea or the thought that they are currently (or will be) experiencing a physical illness. The most common health anxieties tend to centre on conditions such as cancer, HIV, AIDs, etc. However,the person experiencing health anxiety or illness phobia may fixate on any type of illness. This condition is known as health anxiety, illness phobia/illness anxiety or hypochondriasis.[/quote]

You can read the full [b]'What is it'[/b] here: [url]http://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/about-anxiety/anxiety-disorder-and-stress/health-anxiety[/url]

To sum it up quicky a person suffering health anxiety might worry to the point wher the illness becomes real..... Don't know if that makes any sense at all.

It's fair to say I suffer social anxiety but a bigger problem for me now is health anxiety.

Does anyone else here suffer this ?

[quote='Emotion' pid='536' dateline='1411715148']
[quote='Mike-B' pid='531' dateline='1411667584']
Thankyou for the warm welcome Emotion & Crystal.

Emotion the technical reason at the time was your security questions - I mentioned it to you at the Forum Promotion site... Also I PM'd you a couple of days ago, also at the Forum Promotion site regarding email verification, basicaly it's taking hours (or did for me) to recieve the email.

My depression has, for the most part been better since being diagnosed. Though it isn't that easy to say as I was put on anti depressants at the same time!

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Oh, I just noticed you PM'd me there. I can't reply to PM's there for whatever reason. I'm not sure why it took hours for you to receive the e-mail. I made a test account and got an activation email within 5 mintues. I used a gmail account. What email provider are you using?
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I think it was a Yahoo account I used in this instance.

Jikes, been there !!

Thanks guys.

Thankyou for the warm welcome Emotion & Crystal.

Emotion the technical reason at the time was your security questions - I mentioned it to you at the Forum Promotion site... Also I PM'd you a couple of days ago, also at the Forum Promotion site regarding email verification, basicaly it's taking hours (or did for me) to recieve the email.

My depression has, for the most part been better since being diagnosed. Though it isn't that easy to say as I was put on anti depressants at the same time!

The fans on my (rather loud) pc while a lone dog barks in the distance.....

Spooooky !!

[quote='Mike-B' pid='519' dateline='1411578965']
The file size is quite small given the avatar size is 150px x 150px - Any chance this could be raised to say 30kb as I'm struggling with the 10kb limit.

Thanks.
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It's ok I uploaded my avatar to a site (now defunct that I was using to test MyBB 1.8) for hotlinking.

Does it look too big?

[size=medium]Chilled (which for me is unusual)[/size]