I get depressed too, my personal experience

[tiernich]

Observation: i'm from Brazil, sorry for possible mistakes with the write.

i watch Avatar... when the movie ends, i cant get up from the chair of cinema.

oh my good, i cant describe that felling. was the best movie i ever watched.

i come back more two times to watch on cinema, and many others in dvd.

almost every day i listen the soundtrack...

yes, i get depressed for just few days, but one felling remains, sadness.

some expertitians say: this is because of 3D technology, you think is real, but when you see is not, you get depressed...

that is a lie. I feel the same and dont watch in 3D.

is something more profound. And i now what it is, at least, im my case.

i watch to the window and see a sea of concrete. everything seens to be gray.

i start walk on the street and imagine if the streets was made of earth, and people walk in horses.

what left for me is the contact with nature. I bet the earth have places like pandora, but we have time for search? for enjoy?

the pursuit for money take most of our time.

i'm still sad, and have afraid that this felling never go away. i dream one day, cant forget about the money, about the hours and walk for the surface of earth as a free man.

but an advice: what make me keep going was the few hours that i reserve to "touch" the nature, always searching for green quiet places, without the presence of humans, but you dont need do this alone. sometimes is better do this with a person you love. trust me

dont try see the beauty of pandora in our world, try see the beauty of our world.

[prowler]

First off your English is fine, Nothing wrong with it :)

I did have and still do have the depression, But i don't really think about it much.. But some days can be really depressing for me.. You should have a look in this thread http://www.avatar-forums.com/general-avatar-discussions/3480-ways-cope-depression-dream-pandora-being-intangible-part-4-a/

[electrosphere11]

Where in Brazil do you live? I know what you mean. There are quite a few places on earth where its difficult to escape the constraints of modern society. I would of thought Brazil still had lots of wilderness that remains but I guess it all depends on where you are and your ability to get out and see more. I'd really like to go to Brazil someday, not only to visit some of the cities, but places like the Pantanal and Amazon.

[tiernich]

Thanks. Yes, is a helpfull post, it's funny think about that sentence "every situation have two faces" the bad one is that i get sad by the coruption of man with our planet and the other good side is that i find what i want to do for the rest of my life, pursuit the dream of be a great filmmaker, after see what a movie can do with me, i see a powerfull weapon.

i am thinking now, James Cameron was not affected by this? man, he made that! i wish see his opinion in some forum, explaining what he feel after finish the film...

[tiernich]

I live in Fortaleza, Ceará.

yes, most of people think like you, a lot of wilderness, and is true for places like you talk, Amazon for example.

in my case, Fortaleza is a big city and it's... i dont now how you call, capital city i think. and it's very urbanized.

i wish some day visit canada, that have a lot of wilderness too, am i right? at least a lot of parks with bears i think. correct me if i am wrong.

yes, is very hard find places untouched by man and his heavy hands, this hurts me soo much, because my favorite sport is surf, what mean that my contact
with nature always was strong.

but i have faith in mankind, i have faith that in future, our cities will be green, and the barriers of discrimination will fall, we will recognize our origins
and respect the world and his beauty.

while this does not happen, lets wait for Avatar 2!

[Pandora Alive]

I can really relate - I felt so strange after the movie that I couldn't describe it, not to anyone. The depression didn't crash down on me but came as each day passed with me seeing things so terrible around me. But I'm glad that you found hope in the future and hope in humanity because that's also what keeps me going. We need to be the change we want to see!