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When you're depressed, fame, money, opportunities can be all the more depressing because they don't help you feel better. Unless you've been well-off, famous,
by ahoyhere 15y ago
When you're depressed, fame, money, opportunities can be all the more depressing because they don't help you feel better.
Unless you've been well-off, famous, respected, you can't understand just how big a gulf there can be between what people see when they look at you, and what you feel inside.
The bigger the gulf, the worse it feels.
- thomasgerbe 15y agoCouldn't have put it better myself. You could even cut it to "you can't understand just how big a gulf there can be between what people see when they look at you, and what you feel inside."
- fennecfoxen 15y agoSo, I made a fair amount of money off my last job (the company's stock plummeted, they repriced all the options, the price recovered), and I ended up with a six-figure retirement account at age 26. I'm certainly fortunate and it makes my life a bit less stressful, but it doesn't keep me warm at night. It doesn't care about whether or not I had a good day at work. I can't have an intellectually stimulating conversation with it. And that's just a little bit of money. Fame would be even worse.