tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post3825584629052345717..comments2012-01-28T04:41:36.810ZJuniper Shoemakernoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-21328964322549567872010-02-14T20:41:25.826Z2010-02-14T20:41:25.826Z

I know this comment is very late because I&#39;m just now finding your blog. <br /><br />There are a lot of very successful people out there with depression; they just hide it well. All six of my siblings have, or have had, depression. So do I. I am the least successful of the seven of us, and I do sometimes feel like a sideshow. <br /><br />One thing I&#39;ve learned over the years is that

unlikelygradhttp://unlikelygrad.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-84218986420569662752010-02-10T14:07:33.347Z2010-02-10T14:07:33.347Z

Very awesom whit and how witty and well one will write without vincula/fetters of television. But you are both fair or attractive and ugly? I said the same of myself... Sometimes it&#39;s a matter of angle or lihting, or expression. However, beauty is in the shapes and sizes first, a&#39;resting on good food and checks of growth and inhibitor hormones which one has some main over. Listen to

alysdexiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11185848590491282552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-67793259153018014792010-01-16T04:28:47.594Z2010-01-16T04:28:47.594Z

My email address is grotearae@gmail.com if you need someone to trade information and experiences with.

Amanda R. Devereaux-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08179329260517141667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-59856604861863285592010-01-16T04:25:41.124Z2010-01-16T04:25:41.124Z

My experiences mirrored your own for years and years. I found out last summer I&#39;m severely ADHD-PI.<br /><br />...maybe you could check into that as a potential why?

Amanda R. Devereaux-http://www.blogger.com/profile/08179329260517141667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-4185933531993627562009-10-09T19:59:01.534+01:002009-10-09T19:59:01.534+01:00

Juniper - I identify, and thanks. You *are* successful.

butterflywingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873407072604417252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-4607637201348067762009-09-26T20:59:52.990+01:002009-09-26T20:59:52.990+01:00

I&#39;m sorry that my own self-involvement has kept me away from the blogosphere and that I missed this. You know where to find me.

Isis the Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13330006497489235490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-14628924751396666452009-09-08T00:13:17.180+01:002009-09-08T00:13:17.180+01:00

we all cope with things differently. Juniper, i want you to know that i refuse to let on what a total fucking wreck i am on the inside sometimes...<br />... because i&#39;m also a total fucking chickenshit. i don&#39;t want people to know.<br /><br />i write about the turmoil inside, knowing that it would help others like me. others who fight through troubles of their own. and i just can&#39;t

lalaleighahttp://lalaleigha.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-41623100105142685442009-08-30T20:35:22.998+01:002009-08-30T20:35:22.998+01:00

Oh, honey. *hugs* I know how major depression feels. Maybe not how <b>your</b> depression feels, but I&#39;m here to tell you it is NOT a character flaw or moral failing. And a lot of &quot;successful&quot; people have it. You&#39;re braver than I to address these issues on your blog. I&#39;ve wanted to broach it on mine for so long, but I just can&#39;t bring myself to reveal some details.

Samiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11434039760505116696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-78784158791320715192009-08-28T19:04:56.877+01:002009-08-28T19:04:56.877+01:00

If you let slip this Jonathan character&#39;s address I would do him the kind favor of rearranging his kidneys on your behalf.<br /><br />There&#39;s a lot in this post to digest, and I may be back over a couple days, but the reality of it is that you are neither a loser nor a failure. The mere fact that you&#39;re self-aware enough to acknowledge and synthesize the crap you&#39;ve had to slog

Toaster Sunshinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388782618295656406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-25249093479818353292009-08-28T18:03:08.331+01:002009-08-28T18:03:08.331+01:00

I&#39;m just yet another voice saying you&#39;re not alone. In fact, you&#39;re one of the most eloquent bloggers out there. I&#39;m saying that because I&#39;ve been trying to find my own style, and I&#39;ve been observing the blogs of everyone in this circle of e-friends to find people to emulate -- and you&#39;re definitely one I should be emulating. If you post more, so I see more of your

Jason Thibeaulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01595673310069068735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-80250497419755257332009-08-27T23:49:29.557+01:002009-08-27T23:49:29.557+01:00

You are not a sideshow, you are our fabulous, considerably more eloquent <i> friend </i> who says the shit we&#39;re too scared to say. You boo boo butthead.

Hermitagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526192542331220475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-19035221495373033142009-08-27T12:28:13.769+01:002009-08-27T12:28:13.769+01:00

Being successful on the &quot;outside&quot; sometimes seems impossible when it&#39;s a grueling struggle just to keep the thoughts and emotions in your own mind under control. I don&#39;t have time now to go into details, but I&#39;ve certainly had some experience with emotional problems - not so much depression for me but rather a combination of obsessive-compulsive disorder, general anxiety,

RPS77http://www.blogger.com/profile/14698390366612218268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-27290494034528881972009-08-27T02:47:19.154+01:002009-08-27T02:47:19.154+01:00

Juniper - you are not a sideshow. At least, you&#39;re not a circus sideshow. If you include in the definition of &quot;sideshow&quot; the opening act that knocks the socks off of the marquee band, then yeah, you might be a sideshow. <br /><br />I&#39;m sorry that you&#39;re going through this. That&#39;s not pity, it&#39;s just that I don&#39;t like it when other people are in pain. Everybody

Ambivalent Academichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908454781195782927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-16693909618020794712009-08-26T21:25:23.309+01:002009-08-26T21:25:23.309+01:00

Dude, there is more than one (waaaay more than one) definition of success.<br /><br />And the fact that you thought of your friends, at such a bleak time, shows that you are an awesome human being (as if there were any doubt).

Cath@VWXYNot?http://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-67235739592942739282009-08-26T13:16:50.502+01:002009-08-26T13:16:50.502+01:00

Darling, it&#39;s good to see you back here. <br /><br /><i>I haven’t blogged because I got sick of feeling like a sideshow for successful people. </i><br /><br />You are a beautiful writer and you touch upon emotions in ways many others don&#39;t have the balls to do- THAT is why I read you, not because you are a sideshow. Not all successful people have always been successful. You are on a

Candid Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01722793931639972423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-87393134297509549392009-08-26T10:17:46.687+01:002009-08-26T10:17:46.687+01:00

Hugs.<br /><br />Am I successful? Yes and no - yes in that I have a faculty job, a growing publication list, I get asked by other people to collaborate on research projects (and spend hours arguing with myself that it&#39;s NOT decieving them, that I&#39;m NOT about to be found to be a fake), I have a research group. No in that I&#39;ve failed to achieve a romantic relationship, struggle to

JaneBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-27617050459268151732009-08-26T05:24:20.355+01:002009-08-26T05:24:20.355+01:00

I don&#39;t know. It seems to me like you&#39;re already successful as an incredibly brave and passionate person. And as a damn fine writer.<br /><br />It&#39;s nice to be financially successful. And I personally think I&#39;m with you in failing to understand people without a strong drive to be independent (financially and otherwise)... but some successes are not just about what you <b>do</b>

Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15356974556397009124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-87572076287661511202009-08-26T03:46:21.044+01:002009-08-26T03:46:21.044+01:00

*hugs* This post resonated with me. I&#39;m not currently depressed, but I am constantly committing &quot;the mortal sin of lacking self-esteem&quot; (I just blogged about this, but you phrased it much better). When I have been depressed, medication did nothing, so while calling depression a disease does something to reduce stigma, I still get annoyed that people then seem to think everyone

Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09150532491859766021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-40157543818778209592009-08-26T00:58:16.303+01:002009-08-26T00:58:16.303+01:00

Shit. It totally blows that you&#39;re enduring this. Just know that some of us that appear to be &quot;successful&quot; are crumbling wrecks on the inside.<br /><br />Hot Doc had his hands all over my leg during the pre-op exam and I can&#39;t say I was upset about it. I still have one knee and two ankles that will undoubtedly need attention before too long. And thanks for the awesomeness vote.

Professor in Traininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-68134542818297575252009-08-26T00:12:25.714+01:002009-08-26T00:12:25.714+01:00

<i>I have no idea how he applied the closures so well.</i><br /><br />BAAHH!!! It&#39;s really a lot easier, when one is putting them on someone else. It&#39;s harder putting them on yourself - especially if you are putting them on an arm, because one handed is a bitch...<br /><br />As for the rest, we will talk later. Just please, PLEASE try to remember - we are partners and you are not alone

DuWayne Braytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-78215459650292743382009-08-25T23:44:09.834+01:002009-08-25T23:44:09.834+01:00

Yeah, I think so, too. In fact he reminds me of a high school &quot;friend&quot; I had. Ugh. <br /><br />Everyone is different, and everyone&#39;s depression is different, but one thing that really helped me to work on my own depression and anxiety was to accept it and accept myself. I don&#39;t think anyone ever overcomes depression, I think serious depression is a lifelong illness that you

MGShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02140920879108426928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-54409822064144813372009-08-25T23:37:26.088+01:002009-08-25T23:37:26.088+01:00

Hah! Juniper, &quot;successful&quot; people don&#39;t usually write posts like this because they haven&#39;t got the courage to face up to their weaknesses. They&#39;re afraid they&#39;re starring in their own personal horror movies, and if they turn around, they&#39;ll discover the monsters are right behind them. Okay, there are a few people for whom that&#39;s not true, but you&#39;ve met them

Stephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252758155693114614.post-13664862642446983702009-08-25T22:47:55.404+01:002009-08-25T22:47:55.404+01:00

That Jonathan dude sounds like a despicable douchebag.

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