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 Fighting depression.
Author: Morrigan 
Date:   2003-01-27 12:49

I suffered from depression most of last year. I got through it, although I still feel at a loss sometimes.

At times, 90% of the time when I'm not practising, I can feel quite down. The feeling is only tempoary, usually passes in an hour or so. I wonder about the future; 'will I make it or not', 'this person and that person is better than me', etc. etc. I've chatted to my teacher about this and he gave me some great advice, and we talked about these being 'irrational thoughts'.

A few months on, I still get this feeling every now and again. It really cripples my playing because it will actually stop me from practising days at a time. I'm really serious about having a career as a clarinetist and I work very hard at it, however, I'm not so sure I'm willing to take myself so seriously, and keeping positive is difficult at the best of times.

Anyone who actually knows me in person will know I can come across very confident on stage, but I'm really not, and I don't want to 'fake it' anymore; I hate to give a false impression of what's really going on in my mind.

Anything that anyone has to say would be great, thanks again guys =]
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Morrigan 2003-01-27 12:49 
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Mark Sloss 2003-01-27 13:29 
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Brian Peterson 2003-01-27 13:39 
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JMcAulay 2003-01-27 13:46 
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Ken Shaw 2003-01-27 15:35 
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d dow 2003-01-27 17:05 
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Bob 2003-01-27 18:36 
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Alex 2003-01-27 18:57 
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Eileen 2003-01-27 19:54 
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James 2003-01-27 21:17 
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Laura 2003-01-28 01:09 
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Morrigan 2003-01-28 02:21 
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ken 2003-01-28 02:49 
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Jim E. 2003-01-28 03:53 
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Mark Pinner 2003-01-28 11:03 
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Bob 2003-01-28 18:13 
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Mark Charette 2003-01-28 18:36 
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Bart Hendrix 2003-01-28 21:37 
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Synonymous Botch 2003-01-28 22:26 
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Morrigan 2003-01-28 23:58 
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Charles 2003-01-29 08:42 
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Mark Charette 2003-01-29 12:10 
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Sneakers 2003-01-30 04:55 
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Vikki 2003-02-01 19:01 


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