well, our house looks nicer, though . . .

[xiphias]

There is something a little disturbing, and also embarrasing almost to the point of humiliating, about the fact that our downstairs tenant has done more to fix up the house in the past eight days than I have in the past two or three years.

I mean, I understand some of this. I understand that I've had crippling depression my entire life, and, even if I've gotten some of the depression somewhat under control, I've still got all the habits that come with lifelong crippling depression.

But still.

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[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Been there.

I mean, not about a house, but certainly about other things.

Hurts.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

Frankly, humiliation -- when self-imposed, and not forced on me from the outside -- is one of the healthiest and most effective ways I have found for *changing* the habits of a lifetime of crippling depression. So good for you for taking the first step of being ashamed. Maybe it can help you to do something to be more proud of -- just a little, at first; see what you can do.

[navrins]

Hm... Sloths Anonymous... 12-step program to getting stuff done...

Well, sounds like a good idea, but we'll never get around to starting it.

Forgive me, but...

[marquisedea.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehe. HEHEHE!!!

ah...*ahem*

Don't worry about. He's totally abnormal, a freak with superhuman power! And he has nothing else to do ^_^

Re: Forgive me, but...

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I have nothing else to do, either. That's why I cleaned up the foyer today -- a desperate sop to my ego. And I fixed our toilet. But I screwed that up, so I have to fix my fixing of the toilet.

I also grounded another outlet. So that's cool.

But Dave cleaned up THREE FUCKING YEARS WORTH OF GARBAGE from the side of the house that I'd never been able to deal with, and discovered that there is an actual PATH there that I didn't know about, and cleared off about four billion tons of dirt from that path to make it useable, and found our recycling bins, and all that shit.

Re: Forgive me, but...

[marquisedea.livejournal.com]

Like I said, he's a freak.

Trust me, it's tough for me too, and I don't have Depression. I do sport a lovely little elitist superiority complex which absolutely bristles when rivaled.