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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @hooroo said in RIP 2018:

    I know it's not your term but I hate the term "the black dog' when talking about depression. No-one I know that has suffered from this talks about the black dog. All I hear about is a fear, a fear that can't easily be described.

    Not to negate your point but to discuss further.
    I'm pretty sure ome others do find the term quite a good description of how they feel.
    I don't know the origins of the term as linked to depression but I do remember people like Tim Finn trying to explain his feelings by describing them as a black dog following him around ready to pounce.
    I do know that Black Dog is an old folklore entity for evil or a portent of death, an apparition that creates fear.
    I know the term doesn't describe the way all sufferers feel but I do think it is a good visual term to try and describe to non sufferers and raise awareness. I guess it's a good entity for a campaign to work off.

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    A post on Social Media by SJK

    Reading the Sad news today about losing such a talented and popular man as Greg Boyed. My heart goes out to his friends and family. Depression is an illness. it’s not prejudice and it can strike anyone from any walk of life. It's the single hardest thing I’ve ever faced. Depression can take life like any illness and leaves behind sadness, guilt, blame, fear and anger. For those left behind don’t blame yourself, don’t feel guilty that you could have done more. When you are in that hell sometimes it’s very hard to see out , that is the illness. Don’t be angry as this emotion will hurt your impression of the lovely person who has left us.

    If your unwell get help today as there is a way through and we can beat this. I made it through with professional help love and understanding.

    If you do suffer from this illness please go to depression.org.nz and start your journey to wellness.

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    I'd always associated the black dog with Winston Churchill's description of his own battles with depression. I guess different terms resonate better for each of us.

    Supposedly it goes back as far as Samuel Johnson of writing, dictionary, (and importantly Blackadder), fame - posthumously diagnosed with Tourette syndrome alongside depression. And then goes back much further again, but intertwined with other meanings and symbolism.

    A hell of a thing regardless.

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    @Donsteppa yeah was going to mention Winston.

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @donsteppa said in RIP 2018:

    I'd always associated the black dog with Winston Churchill's description of his own battles with depression. I guess different terms resonate better for each of us.

    Knew I had heard of someone famous using the using the term but could only remember Tim Finn.

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    I thought it was old Winnie as well. Still wouldn't surprise me if it was Johnson - he was one seriously fucked up dude. Collected orange peel and counted every step he made from waking up until he got out onto the street and if it was an odd/even number (can't remember which) he turned around and went back to bed for the day.

    Whatever we call it, depression ruins way too many lives

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    Sad news.

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  • MN5M Offline
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    @paekakboyz said in RIP 2018:

    Sad news.

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    I remember him well from back in the days when I watched heaps more loigue. Typical hard running ranga. Really sad.

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  • canefanC Offline
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    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12113793

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    @crucial said in RIP 2018:

    @hooroo said in RIP 2018:

    I know it's not your term but I hate the term "the black dog' when talking about depression. No-one I know that has suffered from this talks about the black dog. All I hear about is a fear, a fear that can't easily be described.

    Not to negate your point but to discuss further.
    I'm pretty sure ome others do find the term quite a good description of how they feel.
    I don't know the origins of the term as linked to depression but I do remember people like Tim Finn trying to explain his feelings by describing them as a black dog following him around ready to pounce.
    I do know that Black Dog is an old folklore entity for evil or a portent of death, an apparition that creates fear.
    I know the term doesn't describe the way all sufferers feel but I do think it is a good visual term to try and describe to non sufferers and raise awareness. I guess it's a good entity for a campaign to work off.

    Pretty sure Tim Finn's Dirty Creature is about his battle with depression.

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  • JCJ Offline
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    @crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:

    @crucial said in RIP 2018:

    @hooroo said in RIP 2018:

    I know it's not your term but I hate the term "the black dog' when talking about depression. No-one I know that has suffered from this talks about the black dog. All I hear about is a fear, a fear that can't easily be described.

    Not to negate your point but to discuss further.
    I'm pretty sure ome others do find the term quite a good description of how they feel.
    I don't know the origins of the term as linked to depression but I do remember people like Tim Finn trying to explain his feelings by describing them as a black dog following him around ready to pounce.
    I do know that Black Dog is an old folklore entity for evil or a portent of death, an apparition that creates fear.
    I know the term doesn't describe the way all sufferers feel but I do think it is a good visual term to try and describe to non sufferers and raise awareness. I guess it's a good entity for a campaign to work off.

    Pretty sure Tim Finn's Dirty Creature is about his battle with depression.

    Several of the songs on Time and Tide that Tim Finn wrote or co-wrote touch on his battle with depression. Haul Away and Never Ceases To Amaze Me in particular.

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  • Crazy HorseC Offline
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    @jc never realised that about those two songs. I will have to listen to them again.

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    @crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:

    @crucial said in RIP 2018:

    @hooroo said in RIP 2018:

    I know it's not your term but I hate the term "the black dog' when talking about depression. No-one I know that has suffered from this talks about the black dog. All I hear about is a fear, a fear that can't easily be described.

    Not to negate your point but to discuss further.
    I'm pretty sure ome others do find the term quite a good description of how they feel.
    I don't know the origins of the term as linked to depression but I do remember people like Tim Finn trying to explain his feelings by describing them as a black dog following him around ready to pounce.
    I do know that Black Dog is an old folklore entity for evil or a portent of death, an apparition that creates fear.
    I know the term doesn't describe the way all sufferers feel but I do think it is a good visual term to try and describe to non sufferers and raise awareness. I guess it's a good entity for a campaign to work off.

    Pretty sure Tim Finn's Dirty Creature is about his battle with depression.

    I thought that too, but apparently its about his issues with anxiety which I guess is closely related . When I looked it up I had a read of the lyrics, he really is a great songwriter.

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  • Crazy HorseC Offline
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    replied to jegga on last edited by
    #273

    @jegga said in RIP 2018:

    @crazy-horse said in RIP 2018:

    @crucial said in RIP 2018:

    @hooroo said in RIP 2018:

    I know it's not your term but I hate the term "the black dog' when talking about depression. No-one I know that has suffered from this talks about the black dog. All I hear about is a fear, a fear that can't easily be described.

    Not to negate your point but to discuss further.
    I'm pretty sure ome others do find the term quite a good description of how they feel.
    I don't know the origins of the term as linked to depression but I do remember people like Tim Finn trying to explain his feelings by describing them as a black dog following him around ready to pounce.
    I do know that Black Dog is an old folklore entity for evil or a portent of death, an apparition that creates fear.
    I know the term doesn't describe the way all sufferers feel but I do think it is a good visual term to try and describe to non sufferers and raise awareness. I guess it's a good entity for a campaign to work off.

    Pretty sure Tim Finn's Dirty Creature is about his battle with depression.

    I thought that too, but apparently its about his issues with anxiety which I guess is closely related . When I looked it up I had a read of the lyrics, he really is a great songwriter.

    You may be right now I think about it. Doesn't Haul Away mention a nervous breakdown? It's been ages since I have listened to it.

    Apparently the costumes and make up in the early days helped Tim and Phil Judd cope with anxiety and stage fright.

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  • JCJ Offline
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    #274

    Burt Reynolds, dead at 82. Even the Bandit gets caught in the end.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12120852

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    @jc said in RIP 2018:

    Burt Reynolds, dead at 82. Even the Bandit gets caught in the end.

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12120852

    Legend . I was surprised his career didn’t pick up more after Boogie Nights .

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  • V Offline
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    Pisser, he did look pretty crapped out when he appeared on Fast n Loud a while back. They were doing a Bandit Trans Am

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    RIP Lewis.

    Thanks for safely guiding the boys down the river.

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    @mn5 said in RIP 2018:

    RIP Lewis.

    Thanks for safely guiding the boys down the river.

    Squeal like a pig boy!

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    @mn5 said in RIP 2018:

    RIP Lewis.

    Thanks for safely guiding the boys down the river.

    Yeah the Avon is no place for the faint hearted

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