At one point in my life I was starving (not by choice or psychological causes... I was just poor and couldn't feed myself). Went from 230lbs to 165lbs over the summer, and I was hungry every moment of every single day.

The issue isn't that your stomache stops telling you you're hungry (that never goes away), it's what your brain does when you're habitually short on freely burnable glucose to keep higher brain functions working properly. In a nutshell, when you starve, it fucks with your head. A LOT.

I'd look in a mirror and run my finger along my ribs, feeling the pain in my belly, smelling the sicky sweet smell on my breath of my body converting my muscle mass into ketones as a glucose substitute, and think "Good, the thinner I get, the less I'll need. The longer I go the longer I know I CAN go."

Eventually I got out of that pit, starting earning and getting food again, and started recovering from the nastiness that comes with an extended period of suboptimal nutrition... like severe muscle degredation, acid reflux so bad that it eroded away my molars, badly depressed immune system, et al.

... but I guarantee you this, if you stop eating, the only time you'll stop feeling hungry is the same moment you'd stop wanting air if you stop breathing: That moment when they put a white sheet over your face.

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ALL classic symptoms of depression. Zoloft helped me.

Yea I've been doing the same thing this past week & 1/2! :( It can't be that great, atleast I don't think so!

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I actually went to go see a doctor, had bloodwork done and all. Says I don't look like I'm depressed, lol. While he was looking at me he said I just don't look like the typical depressed person.

i just drove by your place 15mins ago with pizza and doughnuts i should have drop some off for yah :(

Reminds me of the old joke...
"What do they call they guy that graduates last in his med school class?"

"Doctor"

Your doctor is a fucking idiot. You are running down those syptoms for him and he tells you that you "don't LOOK depressed." WTF does depressed "LOOK" like? That statement is so fucking stupid he should have his license revoked. Find another physician.

Me, too.

WORD. You responded almost exactly as I would have. LOOK? WTF? Send me the doc's address so I can go bitch-slap him. That just steams me.

Masked Man:

When's the last real vacation you took? I know I work 7 days a week, from my home office .. All the while telling myself "well shit 8 hours from home isn't a real job ..."

My point is I know a lot of us in this business, work too much. It's not healthy.

Don't be afraid to get away somewhere quiet. And no, I don't mean a show. Take it easy.

Hmm.. I don't remember having ever taken a vacation. But I have gone to a couple of conventions this year.

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