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Re:I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea. by ramblerman on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @09:54AM (#3102927)
A risk taker doesn't sit around feeling sorry for himself. Specially at 20 years old!

Not saying it to bring OP down but get a job, any job. Get out of that house.

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Re:I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea. by adbge on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @11:23AM (#3103244) 

    > A risk taker doesn't sit around feeling sorry for himself. 
    > Specially at 20 years old!
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but basically everyone has the emotional capacity for major depressive episodes. It's healthy.
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Re:I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea. by DanBC on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @01:49PM (#3103733)
Not sure about "healthy", but "totally normal" or "completely acceptable" instead fit. Also, responds really well to self-guided treatment like cognitive behaviour therapy.
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Re:I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea. by pnathan on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @12:29PM (#3103487)
Winston Churchill had fairly brutal depressive bouts, even through his tenure as Prime Minister through WW2
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Re:I quit my job last March and it was a bad idea. by cdavoren on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @07:45PM (#3105234)
He was also an alcoholic, and high alcohol intake can cause depression all by itself, so there is a confounding factor there.
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