hey Sup Forums if you want to take a break from the degenerate porn threats i got this issue going on and could really use some advice
>pic related but not to me >i shit you not is for a friend >lets call him joe
you see i first encounter this image browsing the wonderful world of the internet and even though i can find some of this somewhat relateble, all i could see while looking at this picture was joe, someone i know from when we were kids, someone i smoked my first joint with, my best friend,
well inevitably joe came across this image and immediately sent it to me, laughing because how relatable it was.
i felt so fucking bad, i tried to tell him is not so bad and that he has real friends an a nice GF and some other bullshit, that of course didn't help and turned what was supposed to be a funny meme into a cringe fest. the thing is Sup Forums i see joe suffering and hiding his pain with humor
he has everything one can wish for, a good wealthy family, a well paid job, awesome car, a beautiful girlfriend, and a group of close friends yet he feels empty and depressed, and he knows he has no reason whatsoever to feel this way but he can't help to feel like this, so he gets mad at himself which only makes it worse
and the worst part is that i am aware of all this but i have no idea how to help, talking and reaching out ends in avoidance and a "don't worry about me bro, i'm fine"
>picture uses "frens" non-sarcastically I guess I don't really give a shit about you or your shitty problems
Joseph Parker
OPhere had to google the meaning because im a dumb fuck but i guess you're right
Asher Hill
These are all lyrics from a song, mate
Brody Lewis
thanks :)
Angel King
I say this OP because both mushrooms and prozac helped me a lot. But the prozac keeps me steady, while mushrooms make me feel great for 2 weeks after the trip is over, I have heard of microdosing which I haven't tried cause I'm on prozac now.
Ayden Garcia
Maybe he should look for an expert, receive therapy, it doesnt always work but he should try anyways...he's wealthy after all so I guess that money isnt a problem...anyways, I think that this kind of stuff happens to people that dont think about what they really want in life, people that dont take some time to think about what they are truly achieving with their actions and if those actions are meaningless or not etc
OPhere i myself have tried mushrooms myself but purely recreational, but i have recommended mushrooms to my friend but he is afraid he'll have a bad trip and dosen't want to risk it
Samuel Martin
lol
Cameron Hughes
OPhere i did say i'm a dumb fuck didn't i
Adam Murphy
Like I said, prozac helped me, and I think it would work even better if your life is already together, but I'm no doctor of course.
Jaxon Scott
Shit didnt read this while writing my answer, pills are the easy "solution" to a patient's troubles...maybe you should make an effort to help that friend of yours user, talking could do, its not the end of his life he just needs to find what he really wants, being a succesful guy is not the same as being happy
Chase Morales
OPhere damn i see how that could be it, he has told me he dreams with making it big as a comedian or starting a youtube channel but never really does anything about it
Elijah Taylor
prozac/shroom guy, I have to say i agree with this.
OPhere yeah, i guess i could try and talk to him in person, the problem is even after a deep felt talk things around his life don't really change, and at some point there is a limit to what i can do you know?
ngl the shrooms idea is not that bad, i could convince him to take some with me as a tripsitter seeing as how i how i have tried them before i can maybe guide the ride
Owen Gonzalez
Maybe he should see a...frontier psychiatrist
Easton Mitchell
Tell him to try a journal. Make at least one entry a day for a few months.
Ethan Hall
does that help?
Ayden Cook
My guess is the pressure of expectation he needs to keep up for the people around him. So in return he leaves himself behind. He is not fulfilled in his own seflish desire.
Jaxson Diaz
Yep there's a limit OP, you cant do everything for him, because he has to be strong enough to change a lot of things in his life, his battle...btw I dont know a lot about shrooms and drugs but isnt there a risk of adiction? You dont mix drugs with depression
Gavin Flores
shrooms aren't addictive, in fact the more frequent you use shrooms the less it has an effect on you and is basically eating shit for nothing
dang id kill for a friend like you. i have good friends but they def wouldn't care if they noticed any of this shit
Hudson Evans
Fuck that image almost made me cry. Too close to home my dude. Honestly I wish I had half of what Joe's got. You should ask him to share why hes feeling so down
Dominic Cooper
how knows user, maybe you think that and your friends are just in the same position as OP
Cooper Bell
tbh OP I am like your friend and he does not view you as a friend he secretly despises you, because he hates himself
Oliver Adams
OPhere sorry if i made you feel bad, the image was just part of the story. to answer your question i have asked him, and he says he dosen't know why, he knows he shouldn't feel that way because he has no reason to, so he gets mad that he does
Jackson Jones
OPhere i sometimes fear this ngl
Adam Turner
I just learned this lesson recently, so I can't offer a clear solution. The problem is instead to solve his issues he distracted himself. Money, a relation ship is a good tool for distraction. What I find interesting is his dream to be a youtuber or a comedian. So in a way he is looking for appreciation from others. I have more thoughts but it's hard to put into words because I don't speak English very often. Anyways, your a great friend to him.
Cameron Powell
some of us are just to damaged OP I don't know what your friend went through to get him this way, but most likely it was trauma inflected as a toddler age range 1-3 at least that's what happened to me.
best advice I can give is to give into his sarcastic dark humor and share in his hatred that will earn his trust, then take it from there?
It's hard to help when I don't know him. He has a gf friends and everything? I don't get what he is bitching about that tbh I would kill for that
Samuel Wright
OPhere thanks, the only other language i speak is spanish if that helps
Aiden Cook
OPhere i think i've mention the fact that he knows he has no reason to feel like this is part of the problem, and well i think i have hes trust as much as he's got mine, the issue is how i can express my concern and willingness to help without him backing off or me pushing too much where i shouldn't and become annoying for lack of a better word
Jacob Jackson
to be honest the best i've got out of this is the shrooms idea
Logan Gonzalez
No need to apologize, it is what it is. Maybe is right. Maybe you just gotta tell him that you're proud of him or that you appreciate him or something. Dont mean to sound like a little bitch, but one time while drinking with a friend, I remember my friend just saying 'well, I'm proud of you bro' after I had gone through a really rough time in my life. Made me tear up hearing that. You see, I went through a really rough period of my life and once I fixed my situation through hard work, I still didnt feel good. Maybe hearing that he was proud of me made me feel like my efforts werent in vain. I dont know. Then again, I also feel I'd kill for close friends, a gf, some extra money, and all that. It's really hard for me to sympathize with people who have it all but are still sad.
Xavier Wood
tbh i feel it is like a life lesson seeing people like that, because is human nature to be unhappy no matter how much of our desires we fulfill it will never be enough
Ethan Wood
Maybe. I had all those things once though and remember being pretty fucking happy. So I dont know.
Kayden Campbell
OPhere thanks, i think i'll try that, most men now a days don't get enough possitive comments, a simple "im proud of you" or a "you're doing a great job" could make a difference
Colton Nguyen
that and the shrooms idea
Robert Brooks
he has a lack of respect for you his world is suffering and you haven't showed yourself capable of it is it lame? yeah... just keep that in mind with him, he is a tester and people always fail
Jace Mitchell
I think the first step is to embrace him with his problem. He needs to be AWARE or his own selfish desires. Why didn't he create a YouTube channel or get into comedy? Because he was lazy? No time? No money? My guess, he is afraid of failure. Kinda obvious. He is looking for appreciation and a way to proof him self to be worth something. Because he himself feels worthless. And many people feel like this. The key is to find worth in yourself, without any tools to proof your worth.
Lincoln Hughes
thank you all for your answers, im wringing this in case the thread dies and i don't get a chance
