<p>well I participated in this quiz bowl yesterday that will be televised in the upcoming months.</p>
<p>my team lost
i was the team captain. the team was made up of three other people. i come from an avid district and it was the first time my school has EVER participated in something like this. we had a VERY smart team–we just didn’t know how to use the buzzer correctly-i had no idea before that day that the buzzer rules would be so hostile.</p>
<p>well anyway, we lost after dominating the first half.
i basically did my job by answering history questions…i was the main one answering questions first round :/</p>
<p>**But this is what makes me depressed. **when i look back—when the other team got a question wrong, it came back to me and only I was allowed to answer. i threw out guesses–most were just wrong. I am just afraid that I looked dumb—but I was so good the first half!</p>
<p>I just dont want the adviser of my team to feel ashamed either–although, yesterday he told me I did awesome and that it was a good experience. And I am also worried about people seeing it when it airs later. I felt good about some of it though.</p>
<p>What what also ****es me off is that, we really should have won if we were more used to the buzzer system. the only reason why the rest of my team isn’t depressed is be/c they feel that the reason we lost was NOT be/c we didnt know the answers.</p>
<p>But anyway…anyone go through similar experiences? I feel so sad/worried/anxious right now!</p>
<p>I’m sorry lol. Just shrug it off though, there are so many other things you could be depressed about right now that might actually matter. That probably sounded really mean.</p>
<p>futurexec-- <em>sigh</em> I think I have a problem o_O
This happens often…I get myself worked up over very small things. But I really just want to get rid of this sad/anxious/worried feeling. </p>
<p>As bad as you think you have it, millions of people are worse off than you right now. Millions of North Koreans are starving to death in concentration camps. Never lose sight of that.</p>
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<li>Do you think anyone actually watches that?</li>
<li>I don’t think anybody cares. My school’s team is the best in our area and we just laugh at people who take it too seriously. Nobody likes sticklers. </li>
<li>Guessing is smart. Quite often, I’ve seen people throw out the first thing that pops into their head and get it right.</li>
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<p>I didn’t actually read your problem, I’m just going to tell you my philosophy in life.
You control your own happiness. It takes effort, but you stop your own sadness.
(I’m assuming you don’t have a chemical imbalance that causes your depression or something like that. You probably don’t).</p>
<p>It elaborates on common symptoms and cures. </p>
<p>^As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Your own mind is a sacred enclosure in which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.” That’s not to say that it’s simplistic to completely alternate one’s mentality though.</p>
<p>Do something constructive. Write down the lessons from this year’s competition and leave it with the advisor so that the team next year and has your experience to build on. Especially explain the impact of the buzzer rules.</p>
<p>Do the best you can now. You are blessed with many opportunities in your life. If you live the best way you can, you will look back in 10 years and smile.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the person b/c when I was in middle school I was on heavy duty pain meds for a week or so for an accident I got into and some broken bones… When I went off the pain meds I was SUPER depressed and I read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, which is a really good book btw but her husband dies of a heart attack and then her 20-something-yr-old daughter is in and out of hospitals with a serious medical issue and eventually dies… I was like, wow, my life SOOO does not suck as much as it could. Depressing stuff actually makes me feel better when I’m sad b/c I’m like, ok, my life isn’t actually as bad as it seems, and it could be MUCH worse. Gives you some perspective and can help you get out of your funk.</p>
