Tomb Raiders Fall Victim to the Curse of the Three Dentists

[dr_pretentious]

I wish I could claim credit for that beautiful headline, but no, it's straight from this article in the Guardian. Many thanks to vgnwtch for pointing out all the coolest stuff in the British newspapers.

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why is everything so difficult?

[leapfaith.livejournal.com]

I apologize if this isn't the sort of response you expected from this headline..., but you feel like the right person to bounce this off of, having dealt with grad school and a bunch of other stuff over the years.

I don't understand why it is so difficult, lately, to care about myself. I can help others, if they need it, which many of my friends seem to, lately, but on the one hand, the idea of getting back into grad school is... not as appealing as it ought to be, and the idea of doing anything else is distinctly unappealing. I want a vacation from... everything. I don't want out permanently, but I don't feel up to dealing with much of anything serious, lately. I don't know why. Fest was great, Ynyr is wonderful, but as wonderful as she is, I don't know if she can handle a relationship with a Christian. But Fest didn't put a bounce back in my step, and since Fest, I just don't seem to care. If this is depression, it doesn't feel like my usual Black funks, although there may be external reasons for that... I'm tired, and confused about the whole concept of direction, and not sure why. Is this just because I'm getting old? That's a disturbing thought...

Any less disturbing thoughts?

Re: why is everything so difficult?

[dr-pretentious.livejournal.com]

Sounds like garden variety depression to me. Depression is worth taking seriously, but there are things you can do about it, daunting as some of those can be. Getting old does not have to entail depression. (One of my writing students right now is a sociology major who's studying gerontology, so I have now read up on gerontology to the point where I can say that with total confidence.)

Oh, and grad school is widely known to exacerbate or cause depression, so you've got a double whammy going there.

I've got various Samhain obligations this weekend, and I'm doing writer stuff with David and Rachel tomorrow (And thank you again for the gift of their friendship!), so we might need to play a round or two of phone tag, but if you'd like to pick my brain about ways to beat back the depression, please do. I've had to fight the noonday demon a time or several, and there are things that work.