Some Advice?

Doc · Love Freak

Some Advice?

darkside · Senior Member

wow...that sucks see i really do want to be apart of what your doing because i think you have a great idea on your hand its really awesome that you want to do something like this......and the meds part i know what you mean really though i dont think they worl that well either but if you put your heart and mind into somehing you believe in then you can be happy ......and now i am just rambling on and on so in all I just wish i knew what to say i guess........ugh i am no help.......

Doc · Love Freak

as I said in another spot my entire crew is gone...
I'm trying my best but I can't do it alone

darkside · Senior Member

really what happened
you know you dont have to do everything alone you know

Doc · Love Freak

Aki quit because she didn't have time. Kio is having trouble at home. Mal is hanging by a thread. I'm not sure how else to do this

darkside · Senior Member

well how about this you wait a couple of weeks you can busy your self with looking up ways to make the website better make up a solid crew think of ways to make the sound work..... thats all i can think of right now bud....but hey im here and im sure their are many more who are here for you so dont give up okay bud..dont lose hope

Doc · Love Freak

I'm not one to give up aki thought me better than that.
I'm going to keep searching even if it takes the rest of my pitiful life.
which if I don't get on the treadmil might be pretty short.

Sora · Senior Member

Well...hmm. What exactly are you going to be doing? Just talking about Yuri related things? =@

Doc · Love Freak

not by a long shot while shoujo-ai is a great topic and one we will cover semi regularly it's not what we're all about. we also cover video game news/ machinima releases/ anime / webcomics /other.

darkside · Senior Member

Im glad your not givin up just keep on fightin Doc
Remember Im your #1 fan lol

Doc · Love Freak

Well it's turning into a real battle with all the stuff I need to do.

1. Fix Podcast
2. Take Math Test
3. Talk to friend about finding girlfriend
4. Smooth things out with friend who I confessed to
5. Watch all those anime
6. Play thru my backlog of videogames
7. Fix Podcast website
8. Homework
9. Start Exersiseing
10. Read latest dave barry book
11. Find Job

and thats just the tip of the iceberg

darkside · Senior Member

wow dude thats alot i dont have that much at least not now anyway lol

Doc · Love Freak

eh my top priority is getting the podcast made
the rest of that list can rot as far as I'm concerned

darkside · Senior Member

lol we know what you top priorty is wow i hope i spelled that right if i didnt oh well lol

Doc · Love Freak

Well I'll find someone who'll join me on the podcast even if it's the last thing I do

Sora · Senior Member

Alright, alright. *Raises hand* But I do need information about this before I agree to anything.

1) If we are going to cover video games I don't possess, how will I join into this conversation?

and

2) What time and day every week do I need to be on skype?

Doc · Love Freak

If one of us has a game we're talkin about that the others don't have then that person(s) can ask questions and make jokes. it's never about who gets to talk more. It's about having fun and putting out a quality cast. and not letting the fun get too much in the way

as to your question about the scedule I can't say until we make one. I'm pretty open I'll ask mal tho

-- Edited by Doc at 21:57, 2008-02-07

Sora · Senior Member

Alright, cool. =]

Doc · Love Freak

Thanks Sora I'll need your IM and skype adresses then so we can keep in touch

Light_side · Lurker

OH SO YOUR THE ONE DOING THE PODCAST
darkside told me about it i cant wait to see it i wish you luck and hey look you have another fan

Sora · Senior Member

Lol, Lightside, I'm totally tempted to start calling you 'Hikari'.

Light_side · Lurker

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darkside · Senior Member

um spence you forget to put stuff in the reply box lol but i think what she is trying to say is why do you think of callin her that lol silly spenc

Doc · Love Freak

I'm back to square one
Unfortuantely,
I can't find people with the time or energy to do a podcast
so I'm left with two options
keep trying
or give up
I don't need to tell you how bad either option is

LadyTwilight · Senior Member

3rd option: postpone/hiatus it temporarily until you find willing co-...co...uhh, c-coworkers seems closest to the word I was thinking of. but I can't remember it. Anyways!, uhh, do you think that might be an workable option?

Also, as for the medications...I know it can't nearly speak for every case, but my family bloodline has a history of clinical depression, my mom and sister included. I got out of mine without medication (I refused to take it despite my mom's urging), and my mom and sister both needed to take anti-depressants.
Unintentionally long story short, depression can greatly stem from or be signifigantly worsened by a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Anti-depressants are generally to target this imbalance and correct it, at least slightly. (Other anti-depressants include anti-anxiety medication other categories)

So, even if they don't seem to help much, they may yet still help, so don't discount them right off the bat. 'barely normal' is better than depressed, methinks. (also, I wonder if there's a such thing as a 'reverse placebo effect' where you're actually getting treatment, but your lack of belief that it's doing anything reduces its effectiveness? Anyone know about this?)

If you're being told by psychiatrists and/or counselors that you have to help yourself first, and they're talking about helping yourself out of depression, you're talking to the wrong psychiatrists and/or counselors. Not all psych./couns. are the same, not all will believe the same things, not all will react the same way, and, finally, not all can help you with what you need. If you can, keep looking and try to find someone who can really help you.

My personal pull out of depression isn't really something easily repeatable (involves a Canadian pessimist, an online game, and a mutual breakup), so I really can't help you there...But if you ever wanna talk I suppose I could be an ear~

Serafer · Lurker

Wish I could do something to help... the only thing I can offer is to do a website but I see you guys already have one!

:) Please don't give up! You should do what you love, no matter what!

-- Edited by Serafer at 06:06, 2008-02-15

Doc · Love Freak

I wish I could get it done but I need to find someone who can work during the week with the dedication to do it every week... you can understand my frustration at trying to find someone like this

Serafer · Lurker

I really suggest you should take one step at a time. Due to the lack of a staff, maybe instead of doing one every week, why not just start by doing once a month? If later, you can get someone to help out, you can make it every 2 weeks and then prehaps one day, you can do it weekly.

Everything takes time. You just need to be a bit patient and work with what you have. :) What matters is that you stick to your goal. :D

-- Edited by Serafer at 15:04, 2008-02-15

Doc · Love Freak

The problem isn't getting the podcast done once a week it's that we need to work on it every week. and without a another person we can't even start

Serafer · Lurker

I heard some podcasts with only one person. If you are willing, maybe you can start on your own first unless you really want to make it as a more than one person podcast right off the bat.

=S Sorry for not being that helpful. >.

Doc · Love Freak

I did this podcast specifically because I thought I wouldn't have to go it alone...

I'm not sure what to do now I sacraficed so much for this...

Serafer · Lurker

There are like gazillions people out there... I'm sure you can find people to help you with your podcast. Keep up the spirit. :D

I suck at talking so I can't help you... I use vent and my mic a lot but that's only when I play MMORPG. =/ It doesn't require me to speak proper English. Lol.