A Depressing Tale

I lock the door behind me. Shut of all appliances, including the lights. I sit on the ground and fold my legs; it's cold down here, exactly what I needed. I close my eyes, and after a minute or two the world goes blank. Blank: that's a good word.

Hunger comes knocking... I don't have an appetite to answer. My legs cramp up... I sprawl over onto the ground. I begin to doze off. I fall asleep.

They locked my favourite forum thread away.

It's a lie. A little white lie plastered over the empty. However it's a sense of something, of direction. That is until it sinks away like all things eventually do.

That's an entertaining way of writing, did you write it?

Yes I did. Thank you.

That is beautifully written, @WSama. Are you an author? (I'm not even being sarcastic, I'm for real just in awe) What was your favorite forum thread? Also, why did they lock it? 

Thanks a lot. Luckily, sarcasm caught the corona and is self isolating for now. And no, I'm not quite an author. I tried my hand at it a while back and quickly realized the pains of inexperience.

As for the thread, it was a coronavirus variant. There were death threats, poetry, news updates and the whole shebang. Then came along a ring muscle and put a squeeze on the entire thing with politics and -- well, I'm sure you get the gist.

As for my short little tale (😒), I was feeling a little down and the story suited the mood.

Lol I hijacked that thread to get it locked.

@Asparagusic_acids, I was referring to a different ring muscle. It accosted me for no apparent reason, slandering my educational background and what have you.

cool

I made go of topic with a chess meme.

I'd like to say thanks to everybody who appreciated my post. Having had people close to me battle with depression, the words came easy. It wasn't really about some thread, but about confronting a sickness.

Not to sound snobbish, but I like to put people in other people's shoes for a brief experience. I think we can all change the world this way.

Welcome. I will now share a song with you. It is also dedicated to the many cat avatarions we lost these past few years:

When you're in the forums, there's a big orange button labelled 'new topic' - you just click on it and the fun begins.

😟 did you try the song?

Not quite yet. But I'll remember this compliment next time I feel like giving up.

When I get low I get high🍺🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍹🍹

Right. Four warm beers - local brew and economic. Next thing you know pockets fly wide open and you have yourself five glasses of chateauneuf du pape. Then next thing you're Sylvester Stallone yelling Margarita! Margarita! all over the place. At last a woman named Margarita buys you one of those fruity blue devil mercy cocktails and you're stumbling all the way to your room barley managing to keep the straw in your mouth.

1. Swallow the bitter truth and come to terms with the fact that only you can help yourself.

2. Never forget that there are good things out there, and help will come your way in some form or another.

3. It sounds contradictory, but welcome to planet earth.

4. You can't start climbing if all your energy is spent at the bottom of the pit.

5. Welcome to the thread. A lot of members have closed their accounts since then, but a lot others are still with us.