Maybe this will be a little too personal, but going to say it anyway. I’ve been feeling quite down and dissociated from life the last few weeks. I’m 36, which I think is a hard age for a lot of people no matter what stage of life you’re at, but I’ve just been struggling with things like still being single, job not being overly satisfying, major isolation as a result of constant remote working these days, even though all your colleagues with families and kids think it’s absolutely wonderful, etc etc…
Anyway, I happened to be at a house party on Saturday where a lot of drugs were being taken. I indulged a bit, but even as I did so, I knew it wasn’t the best idea, considering I was already feeling mentally fragile. Ended up having a good talk with a friend there, but life is just tough sometimes and sometimes you just feel really sad. Around 4:30am, people started getting the notifications of Matthew Perry’s death. Like others here, it really floored me and I felt so, so sad for him.
I feel like I’ve just had a taster recently of what it feels like to no longer be very excited about life or the future, and it breaks my heart that I think that’s how he probably felt every day of his adult life. Just numb. It’s also so hard on friends and family to be consistently around that energy. People gravitate towards positive people. I want to get back into therapy, go on lots of nature-filled walks, and just be around people I love.
I can completely understand how having tonnes of money doesn’t make you feel any less dead inside. I’m just sad he was so sad for so long. I don’t want to feel like this and I still believe I can get back to my old self. I do think it’s important that people really try to put themselves in the shoes of someone with depression and addiction issues though. Empathy is wonderful.
I hope he’s at peace now. Loved Chandler Bing and hope he took some comfort in all of the joy he brought to millions of people- how many of us can say we affected so many people so positively? Comedy is a wonderful thing. And the work he did to help other people with addiction issues. May he rest in peace.
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Maybe this will be a little too personal, but going to say it anyway. I’ve been feeling quite down and dissociated from life the last few weeks. I’m 36, which I think is a hard age for a lot of people no matter what stage of life you’re at, but I’ve just been struggling with things like still being single, job not being overly satisfying, major isolation as a result of constant remote working these days, even though all your colleagues with families and kids think it’s absolutely wonderful, etc etc…
Anyway, I happened to be at a house party on Saturday where a lot of drugs were being taken. I indulged a bit, but even as I did so, I knew it wasn’t the best idea, considering I was already feeling mentally fragile. Ended up having a good talk with a friend there, but life is just tough sometimes and sometimes you just feel really sad. Around 4:30am, people started getting the notifications of Matthew Perry’s death. Like others here, it really floored me and I felt so, so sad for him.
I feel like I’ve just had a taster recently of what it feels like to no longer be very excited about life or the future, and it breaks my heart that I think that’s how he probably felt every day of his adult life. Just numb. It’s also so hard on friends and family to be consistently around that energy. People gravitate towards positive people. I want to get back into therapy, go on lots of nature-filled walks, and just be around people I love.
I can completely understand how having tonnes of money doesn’t make you feel any less dead inside. I’m just sad he was so sad for so long. I don’t want to feel like this and I still believe I can get back to my old self. I do think it’s important that people really try to put themselves in the shoes of someone with depression and addiction issues though. Empathy is wonderful.
I hope he’s at peace now. Loved Chandler Bing and hope he took some comfort in all of the joy he brought to millions of people- how many of us can say we affected so many people so positively? Comedy is a wonderful thing. And the work he did to help other people with addiction issues. May he rest in peace.