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Stannis
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20 Feb 2014, 6:15 am

I've heard friendship defined as someone who likes your company, who puts your interests on an even keel with their own. I like this definition. The former might waiver, but the latter always needs to be present. Observing supposedly normal people interact with their supposed friends, I sometimes wonder if friendship between NT's is something that is going extinct. I don't see a lot of evidence for it.



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20 Feb 2014, 7:48 am

JacobV wrote:
Maybe antidepressants aren't the answer.... maybe all we need is a friend.


For me that best solution has been: both.

When I am in an episode of depression, I (almost by definition) am unable to summon the motivation to invest in friendship. Antidepressants help to lift my depressive symptoms enough that I can marshal the desire and energy to seek and sustain friendships.


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20 Feb 2014, 3:36 pm

No friends = depression for me as well.

Being pressured to have friends = depression and anxiety.


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