https://archive.nickperkins.au/tags/friendship/Recent content in Friendship on Nick Perkins ArchiveHugoenFri, 26 Nov 2010 16:50:44 +1000https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholosophy/the-idea-of-being-sociable-seems-so-foreign-to-me/Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:50:44 +1000https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholosophy/the-idea-of-being-sociable-seems-so-foreign-to-me/<p>I’ve never been big on making friends. It’s not that I don’t want to, I’m just really inept at it. When I’m in a social situation it is quite normal for me to sit quietly in a corner somewhere as everything else revolves around me. Occasionally I will pluck up the courage to talk, but quite often I will peer into my phone and pretend I’m doing something important. This implies that I’m not available and you don’t have to worry about me. Yet I’d love you to worry about me.</p>https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholosophy/depression-sucks-for-friends/Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:29:12 +1000https://archive.nickperkins.au/nicholosophy/depression-sucks-for-friends/<p>Depression sucks. I think I can say that most people know this. Recently I’ve been struggling with a massive bout of depression that I’ve been trying my best to work through. It hasn’t been easy and I haven’t always been successful, but I do the best I can. That’s all most people can do in this situation.</p> <p>Depression affects everything that I do. I have depression coloured glasses, so to speak, so that everything I see is tinted differently because of my depression. My interactions with people are tainted by my depression. My inter monologue is shifted off centre by my depression.</p>