Comments on: Ranty-Depressants (2008) http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/ The spiritual home of Australian musician, comedian and writer Justin Heazlewood. (@beddyphil) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:39:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Bella http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249992 Bella Tue, 31 May 2011 11:35:42 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249992 hi justin i'd just like to say thanks for this, i'm 14 and was 13 when they said i had "generalised anxiety disorder and depression. Not many people think you people actually get depression, and it's nice to know i'm not alone. thankyou hi justin
i’d just like to say thanks for this, i’m 14 and was 13 when they said i had “generalised anxiety disorder and depression. Not many people think you people actually get depression, and it’s nice to know i’m not alone. thankyou

]]> By: Justin http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249588 Justin Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:57:04 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249588 Thanks everyone. It does get easier. Exercise, write, get counselling. That's a nice start. You're so not alone - most of us feel woefully, pathetically corrupt and flawed a lot of the time. Humans are emotionally vulnerable by design, and today's hyped up society doesn't help. Godspeed. Thanks everyone. It does get easier. Exercise, write, get counselling. That’s a nice start. You’re so not alone – most of us feel woefully, pathetically corrupt and flawed a lot of the time. Humans are emotionally vulnerable by design, and today’s hyped up society doesn’t help. Godspeed.

]]> By: Jack, a small town Tassie Girl http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249306 Jack, a small town Tassie Girl Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:42:42 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249306 I've been watching some of your clips & reading your story over the last few weeks and I want to thank you for your bare honesty. I've often felt so alone in all the crap I've been wading through over the years. I put my creativity on hold, stopped writing songs and believeing they actually meant something. It sounds like its been a tough journey for you but you've managed to keep going and you're doing some gerat things. You've inspired me to pick up my instrument and just give it a go, I think I'm beginning to refind that passion for music I once had and maybe thats exactly the therapy I needed. You're not just entertainement, you're inspiration. Keep doing great things I’ve been watching some of your clips & reading your story over the last few weeks and I want to thank you for your bare honesty. I’ve often felt so alone in all the crap I’ve been wading through over the years. I put my creativity on hold, stopped writing songs and believeing they actually meant something. It sounds like its been a tough journey for you but you’ve managed to keep going and you’re doing some gerat things. You’ve inspired me to pick up my instrument and just give it a go, I think I’m beginning to refind that passion for music I once had and maybe thats exactly the therapy I needed. You’re not just entertainement, you’re inspiration. Keep doing great things

]]> By: jon http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249085 jon Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:12:05 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249085 I've just been reading through your story and I'd like to just say thankyou. I'm about to turn twenty one, am coming off medications that were prescribed for mental health at the start of this year and, like you, met with a counsellor during highschool who hung the heavy sign of 'DEPRESSION' around my neck. Its good to know that I'm not the only one who has had to wade through the shitty bog of mental illness. I’ve just been reading through your story and I’d like to just say thankyou.
I’m about to turn twenty one, am coming off medications that were prescribed for mental health at the start of this year and, like you, met with a counsellor during highschool who hung the heavy sign of ‘DEPRESSION’ around my neck.
Its good to know that I’m not the only one who has had to wade through the shitty bog of mental illness.

]]> By: Cam http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249029 Cam Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:00:16 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249029 I saw your show on Sunday night, and now I've spent about 3 hours reading your various pages on your website and watching a few of your songs on YouTube. You're a fucking inspiration. Being able to transmute whatever is potentially destroying you into a form of creative expression is such a powerful gift to give an audience - it makes me want to do the same. I saw your show on Sunday night, and now I’ve spent about 3 hours reading your various pages on your website and watching a few of your songs on YouTube. You’re a fucking inspiration. Being able to transmute whatever is potentially destroying you into a form of creative expression is such a powerful gift to give an audience – it makes me want to do the same.

]]> By: Katherine http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-249028 Katherine Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:10:49 +0000 http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com/2008/12/27/ranty-depressants-2008/#comment-249028 Our culture does a terrible job of teaching people how to deal with their feelings. Many people behave as if only neutral and extreme happy are normal. Anger, grief, sorrow, these are also a part of the human emotional landscape. By treating them as exceptional people end up feeling isolated and the grief becomes magnified and potentially destructive. After many years of dealing with depression I have learned a few tricks to pull myself out, like telling myself, "I feel sad now, but I know this is only temporary." Or (I know this sounds extreme), "I can kill myself any time, but I would like to see what happens in the next episode of Dr Who." Or I take a walk, or I cry and scream and take a nap, or I find a friendly shopkeeper and talk about the price of chips. Anything to transition myself into another mind state. Mostly I acknowledge that I have a right to how I'm feeling and it's okay to feel sad or angry, other people feel that way too. Take care. Our culture does a terrible job of teaching people how to deal with their feelings. Many people behave as if only neutral and extreme happy are normal. Anger, grief, sorrow, these are also a part of the human emotional landscape. By treating them as exceptional people end up feeling isolated and the grief becomes magnified and potentially destructive.

After many years of dealing with depression I have learned a few tricks to pull myself out, like telling myself, “I feel sad now, but I know this is only temporary.” Or (I know this sounds extreme), “I can kill myself any time, but I would like to see what happens in the next episode of Dr Who.” Or I take a walk, or I cry and scream and take a nap, or I find a friendly shopkeeper and talk about the price of chips. Anything to transition myself into another mind state. Mostly I acknowledge that I have a right to how I’m feeling and it’s okay to feel sad or angry, other people feel that way too.

Take care.

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