**Sigh**

[DiscoDriving]

I apologize in advance as I tried to post this in the Depression section and could you believe the mods closed the thread?

I thought I beat it. I told myself...."you know what, this is the day you face Planet Earth! This is the day you get over Pandora!" I wasn't even outside for 15 minutes and I had a Panic Attack. Something just grabbed my legs and pulled me in..the house. It doesn't make sense to me that our world, which carries so much weight, can't be like Pandora. I mean, dragons you can fly on? Seriously? Who doesn't want that? 2 words....Atreu. Yup, The Never-ending Story. And that was a mere book. Now you are going to throw a movie at me? Not fair at all.....at all. Do I want to sit in a tanning bed to fulfill my fantasies? Not really, and it takes a lot for me to admit that; but, I will. I don't care that every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes. I'll take that risk. But in the end, I better to get to fly on one of dem dragons if indeed Pandora is real. I don't care. I'll fight it I'll bond with it. I'll become 1 with it! More to come.....as my withdrawals from being an independant on Pandora become more prevelant, I will provide you with where my mind is veering me. Please...Please....feedback is welcome and I would appeciate how my fellow Pandorians have dealt with this issue.

[Wameyn]

Sounds like a major case of PAD...have you tried reading through this?

http://www.avatar-forums.com/general-avatar-discussions/ways-cope-depression-dream-pandora-being-intangible-43/

[DiscoDriving]

I have never heard of "PAD". What exactly do you mean reading through this?

[stubydub]

"PAD" or post avatar depression, the thread has plenty of good ways to deal with it.

[smallwienerguy]

Why is god so cruel? To give us the capacity to imagine worlds that aren't filled with pain and destruction, but to keep us from it is just plain wrong. I cried for three days after seeing avatar. My wife went to visit her mom and my daughter stopped asking asking about my front tail. Sometimes, I wonder why I subject myself to the abuse of fantasy, but I can't help it. Am I alone?

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

^ your username is giving me an unintentional fit of lolz and spilled Dr. Pepper. :embarrassed: lol

[Eternal Enigma]

The bioluminescence is what draws me in as I'm a sucker for things that glow-in-the-dark. As awesome as Pandora is and as many people who suffer from PAD because Pandora isn't real this is something I haven't suffered from. I've always been cynical when it comes to humanity and what we've become so Avatar wasn't a movie that suddenly woke me up from a bubble. A lot of blog/hate sites make fun of us because they believe Avatar shook us into reality and now we're suddenly panicked about everything that goes on in the world. It's upsetting for me to see that we are so willing to destroy ourselves and nature and we've removed ourselves from having a natural life by selling ourselves out and although technology helps us live I believe we would have been better off living with less stress.

I've always felt this way and I've always been different, but now I can be part of a group of like-minded people and feel like I'm a part of something outside of the cage that we call life. As humans we work day in and day out so we can scrape up enough money to share our income with the government while we barely get by and are forced to give-up on our dreams? That doesn't sound like much of a life to me and in fact robots could do that much. The reality is we're born into bondage. We are born and are expected to live in the modern world. You have no choice in the matter and the last time I checked when you force generation after generation into perpetual labor against their will that's slavery and oppression. When you're born the government automatically expects to get a certain percentage off of what you earn and somehow everyone is okay with this. In the grand scheme of things we are nothing more than dollar signs on a politicians desk. No wonder the idea of living on another planet is so appealing. Even in this virtual place we must worry about the government oppressing us with things like SOPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act), PIPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act), and ACTA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement).

While I may not suffer from PAD Avatar did change me. The part of Avatar that grabs me is the love story and of course Neytiri plays a big part in it. She's unlike any woman I have ever known and when it comes to love I never could define or spell-out what I am looking for until I saw her and now I know what I want. I need a girl who can be mature, serious, strong, and loyal, while being able to be loving, adventurous, fun, and playful. Neytiri is everything I've always wanted and she's all I'd ever need.


I don't see my imagination as a curse... I see it as a blessing and as the only means of escaping the seemingly inescapable nightmare we're forced into.

[Wameyn]

"PAD" or post avatar depression, the thread has plenty of good ways to deal with it.

what he said ;) hopefully it helps you out

[DeMouse]

I apologize in advance as I tried to post this in the Depression section and could you believe the mods closed the thread?

I thought I beat it. I told myself...."you know what, this is the day you face Planet Earth! This is the day you get over Pandora!" I wasn't even outside for 15 minutes and I had a Panic Attack. Something just grabbed my legs and pulled me in..the house. It doesn't make sense to me that our world, which carries so much weight, can't be like Pandora. I mean, dragons you can fly on? Seriously? Who doesn't want that? 2 words....Atreu. Yup, The Never-ending Story. And that was a mere book. Now you are going to throw a movie at me? Not fair at all.....at all. Do I want to sit in a tanning bed to fulfill my fantasies? Not really, and it takes a lot for me to admit that; but, I will. I don't care that every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes. I'll take that risk. But in the end, I better to get to fly on one of dem dragons if indeed Pandora is real. I don't care. I'll fight it I'll bond with it. I'll become 1 with it! More to come.....as my withdrawals from being an independant on Pandora become more prevelant, I will provide you with where my mind is veering me. Please...Please....feedback is welcome and I would appeciate how my fellow Pandorians have dealt with this issue.


Easy way around it.

Read/watch a bunch more sci-fi to help you distinguish between real and fantasy (W40k is always good. Just go through the lore Tau Empire - Lexicanum (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tau_Empire#.TyiTI_nhte0) is a good place to start).
Watch the redlettermedia review of Avatar (Plinkett reviews).
Spend a few hours on TvTropes.


Basically get your mind to understand the difference between reality and fantasy better.




I think the reason I wasn't as affected by Avatar as msot people on this forum is because I have been a big Sci-Fi buff for a while beforehand.

[Ximphron]

Now, I never had PAD, and might live someplace completely different than you, so i'm not sure how relevant I will be, but i'll try to help out anyway.
I get a lot of happiness and get rid of sadness by focusing on and enjoying simple feelings and daily happenings, and enjoying my surroundings. Theres some sort of a happiness that just comes from feeling the dirt on my feet and the sun on my skin. Everyday I watch the sunrise and sunset, it is a happy thing that never fails to bring my spirits up. And if things ever go really badly, the solution is to climb a mountain or go down to the shore, or just to walk in the fields or the woods. Beyond natural things, being with friends and family always helps, and even music and architecture can be good. I find that the solution to sadness is finding peace and beauty.
Yes, Pandora has Ikran dragons, but Pandora is only something you can watch, not truly experience. I find happiness through experiencing Earth in all it's glory, perhaps you might be able to do the same?

[Ja'k Dawsiin]

The bioluminescence is what draws me in as I'm a sucker for things that glow-in-the-dark. As awesome as Pandora is and as many people who suffer from PAD because Pandora isn't real this is something I haven't suffered from. I've always been cynical when it comes to humanity and what we've become so Avatar wasn't a movie that suddenly woke me up from a bubble. A lot of blog/hate sites make fun of us because they believe Avatar shook us into reality and now we're suddenly panicked about everything that goes on in the world. It's upsetting for me to see that we are so willing to destroy ourselves and nature and we've removed ourselves from having a natural life by selling ourselves out and although technology helps us live I believe we would have been better off living with less stress.

I've always felt this way and I've always been different, but now I can be part of a group of like-minded people and feel like I'm a part of something outside of the cage that we call life. As humans we work day in and day out so we can scrape up enough money to share our income with the government while we barely get by and are forced to give-up on our dreams? That doesn't sound like much of a life to me and in fact robots could do that much. The reality is we're born into bondage. We are born and are expected to live in the modern world. You have no choice in the matter and the last time I checked when you force generation after generation into perpetual labor against their will that's slavery and oppression. When you're born the government automatically expects to get a certain percentage off of what you earn and somehow everyone is okay with this. In the grand scheme of things we are nothing more than dollar signs on a politicians desk. No wonder the idea of living on another planet is so appealing. Even in this virtual place we must worry about the government oppressing us with things like SOPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act), PIPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act), and ACTA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement).

While I may not suffer from PAD Avatar did change me. The part of Avatar that grabs me is the love story and of course Neytiri plays a big part in it. She's unlike any woman I have ever known and when it comes to love I never could define or spell-out what I am looking for until I saw her and now I know what I want. I need a girl who can be mature, serious, strong, and loyal, while being able to be loving, adventurous, fun, and playful. Neytiri is everything I've always wanted and she's all I'd ever need.


I don't see my imagination as a curse... I see it as a blessing and as the only means of escaping the seemingly inescapable nightmare we're forced into.




well said,sir,and believe me,i wish i could push the like button more than once. hell yeahhhh!!!! :)


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gif by AF's May'at :)

[_Omaticaya_]

Now, I never had PAD, and might live someplace completely different than you, so i'm not sure how relevant I will be, but i'll try to help out anyway.
I get a lot of happiness and get rid of sadness by focusing on and enjoying simple feelings and daily happenings, and enjoying my surroundings. Theres some sort of a happiness that just comes from feeling the dirt on my feet and the sun on my skin. Everyday I watch the sunrise and sunset, it is a happy thing that never fails to bring my spirits up. And if things ever go really badly, the solution is to climb a mountain or go down to the shore, or just to walk in the fields or the woods. Beyond natural things, being with friends and family always helps, and even music and architecture can be good. I find that the solution to sadness is finding peace and beauty.
Yes, Pandora has Ikran dragons, but Pandora is only something you can watch, not truly experience. I find happiness through experiencing Earth in all it's glory, perhaps you might be able to do the same?

I've had PAD, for quite a while... But Everything else you said, is exactly what I think too... "Pandora is in your backyard!", love that quote, You just have to find it and live it out!Set off and just Go for a lonely hike somewhere where It's only you and nature, discover your inner self and your body aswell, and all the beauties around you, from an immense cloud to the perfection of a tiny flower in a field, listen to the birds, the wind, the water... Let it all flow inside you, And when you come home all mudded up and tired, you will feel Replenished and Fulfilled inside and out, and happy :) Good luck

[prowler]

I did have PAD, still got Snds though...

[_Omaticaya_]

I did have PAD, still got Snds though...

:) :nlol: Yeah, Pad fades away slowly, but never really leaves my soul, it warms my heart daily with the lovely Dream of Pandora...

The other... :nlove: Is an Everlasting Magical Platonic Love for Neyney... <3

[Tsyal Makto]

Pandora doesn't depress me anymore, now I view it as a source of inspiration. As something that empowers me to achieve for myself, and the world, the best that I can. I know it has been stated a lot by many around here, but I view myself as a reverse-avatar, a Na'vi in a human body. Eywa and her world are forever engrained in my soul. If heaven is real, it is where I want to go when my time comes some day (what would be a better paradise than a pristine natural world, where all your dreams can be fulfilled, alongside our azure angel :inlove:). Pandora is my Shangi-La, and I hope someday I can come home to her.

Use these feelings for inspiration, don't let them drag you down. :nsmile: