I am depressed

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This is a first for me, so I dont know how to react......

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@the prince,

What's wrong, honey?

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@the prince,

Prince G! What's wrong? Can we help?

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talk it through, that always seems to help at least a little....

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of course you're depressed, you're a stranger in a strange land. Buck up bucko.

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@dyslexia,

Papperlapapp, I am a stranger in a strange land too and I am not depressed.

Prince is depressed because he's a *whispers* banker.
He had to sell his German car with a star, and probably is buying ordinary
liverwurst instead of patè.

Or course I could be wrong and he's approaching a round numbered birthday
which always can trigger depression and/or hyperventilation, depending how
high the round number is.

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When I'm depressed, Prince G. I listen to this kind of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yua3bdXQjzU

I had to explain to G.J. Patel about Sabu. He wrote down the name on a lily pad.

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Sometimes it is a medical condition, sometimes emotional. Can you give us a clue?

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@the prince,

Did it sneak up on you? did it happen suddenly?

(((((((( Sparky )))))))

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@the prince,

You don't know how to react because it's most often a chemical imbalance and can come up on someone pretty quickly. There doesn't even have to be an apparent reason because it's so often a physical illness. Don't have any qualms about going to the doc and getting a prescription for an anti-depressant.

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All this is just getting too much isnt it? Most of the time I tend to keep my chin up, but we just announced more job losses (I am safe) but I will have to cut my team - do you know how hard it is to tell someone that they no longer have a job??? Especially in this market? For no fault of their own ???

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@the prince,

Yeah, I know, let me pat you on the back:

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gismonda/patback.jpg

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@Francis,

Well, well - that's the kind of therapy he needs! Wink

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@Walter Hinteler,

Walter, stop sneering!

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@the prince,

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All this is just getting too much isnt it? Most of the time I tend to keep my chin up, but we just announced more job losses (I am safe) but I will have to cut my team - do you know how hard it is to tell someone that they no longer have a job??? Especially in this market? For no fault of their own ???

Aw sorry you'll have to go through this, honey bunch. I imagine, given the incredible hours you've been working with your team, over the past few years, that you'd know all members of your team extremely well. So to tell someone (who has probably been a good worker & is perhaps a friend by now) that they are to lose there job, & will no longer be around, would be a terribly difficult thing to do.

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@the prince,

the prince wrote:

All this is just getting too much isnt it? Most of the time I tend to keep my chin up, but we just announced more job losses (I am safe) but I will have to cut my team - do you know how hard it is to tell someone that they no longer have a job??? Especially in this market? For no fault of their own ???

Hoping to find a way to offer the following without sounding mean...or...heartless to the ones that are losing their positions.

It must be terribly difficult to let people go. I know when my program was closed down several years back it was hard to *get* the news, but thinking of you, and not the others, I hope you'll find a way to grow from the experience. It's part of the job. You'll need to find a way to accept it without tearing your guts out. Not sure how one goes about that without compartmentalizing. You’re a good man. Steady as she goes.

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@Joeblow,

"Compartmentalizing" is a great word, here.

I hated firing people too. I recently read somewhere that "through no fault of their own" actually cushions the blow somewhat... losing one's job in a bad economy, which everyone knows about, is somewhat (and all these "somewhats" are the rub) less traumatic than losing one's job due to negligence.

But yeah, it's not going to be pleasant -- for you or the firee -- at all.

Sorry Sparky.

Makes sense that you'd find it depressing.

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I know - the thing is that I have been doing this for a year now - it tends to get a bit draining.

The news abt Diva hasnt helped

I am depressed

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