Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible.

[okoi]

First time I too woke up and got that strange depressed feeling. That forced me to go to the cinema the next day. Again I got that feeling, even got it after the 3rd time. Now i think I'm an addict of this depression, and i like it, it kinda makes me a better person, or something like that. That's why I'm here, writing.

Yes depression drives me to go to here

[Elequin]

The first time after I woke up the next day after watching it I "had" to see it again. I have seen it four times now, and soon to be a fifth. I think watching it takes away that depression, because when I am watching it, i dont know how to describe how I feel, but it feels good. I want to just forget about it all sometimes, take down my avatar wallpaper, stop reading about it and what not, but I just cant.
I have to use a quote from the movie sometimes I guess "Sooner or later though, you always have to wake up."
I heard writing a sequel helps, but I just cant compete with what has been laid out.

I dont know if theres any WoW addicts out there, but after seeign Avatar I have lost all desire to play (and trust me thats like being addicted to any drug)
I'm just hoping it will pass over time, but if anybody has any recommendations how to cope I would love to hear them.

[KalaKuival]

-- I have seen it four times now, and soon to be a fifth. --

Woah, and i thought that maybe watching it for the 4th time would be too much:D Thank you, now i'll definitely go:D

[Mikash]

Right, totally right! I absolutely agree with Neytiri!
Falling into deep depressions doesn't help anyone. And if you feeling like sitting at the ground of a deep deep dark/black hole the only way of helping yourself out there is climbing! There'll always be persons who might help you somehow. Your family, friends.. or others.

Everyone of them could reach out his / her hand for you to help you coming out of that damn hole. But that's just a little piece of it- and to completely going out of those depressions is helping yourself. You will stuck on it if your mind thinks about how cruel this world may is. It's all a will-thing, isn't it?

Everyone of us lives in his own 'world' somehow. Right? You have to work on it- start sharing your world with others. Not only with family- no! Again: I can't explain what I mean but.. yeah, as Elequin already said: avatar's addicting. It's like a drug- worse than WoW ( and I played WoW for 4 years now! )

The real world is out there- and somewhere we might be like the Na'Vi! because there's one thing we have in common: A soul!

[Elequin]

Thats the problem, even if you wanted to strive to be more like the Na'vi you would be eaten alive in this world. It really hurts thinking that... you know. It really would take a complete new fresh start somewhere un-corrupted.

[Mikash]

I know!
But there's no chance of moving somewhere else - to a 'fresh place'!

Shall we just live with the fact that we can't begin somehow..? Do we really have to deal with that?

[Elequin]

Yes. Maybe when we colonize Mars... but I have a feeling an RDA type company will be taking over that.

[Nicodem]

Make something positive out of it or see the film again!
Preferably both :D

Personally I am going to try and apply those emotions that James Cameron has given us a taste of in my future photography/work.

[Mikash]

And I'll try to treat everything more special!

[Neytiri]

Thats the problem, even if you wanted to strive to be more like the Na'vi you would be eaten alive in this world. It really hurts thinking that... you know. It really would take a complete new fresh start somewhere un-corrupted.

Yes, Elequin. It is very difficult to simply be good in this world, and just hope for the best. The only reason it is so easy to be that way on Pandora is because of the tsahaylu that Eywa provides to all creatures. (And even there you still have to watch out for the viperwolves. Even there jealousy and anger and death exists). Here on Earth we are not so lucky. "Tsahaylu" represents what we all dream of, when we truly dream. It is easy to be derided and ridiculed for being a dreamer in our world, when we look at how bad things are around us. But in the end, I feel that the reality of this world is alot simply how you look at it. If this world was 100% horrible, and without hope, if we ever stopped trying to live out our dreams, think about how much drearier this world would be. All parents would abandon their children, nobody would have any friends, people would stop painting, composing and writing, everyone would be cynical and hateful to each other to a degree even worse than what it is in reality. No alliances, no matter how self-serving, would even be possible. No we do not live in a world where tsahaylu is granted to us as a birthright by Eywa. Instead we live in a world that is in a precarious balance between conflict and harmony, and it is up to each and everyone of us to seek out tsahaylu, by how we act and where we devote our energies, each day, day in and day out. But it is not enough to be good, you must also be smart. You can be the most loving parent in the world to your child, but if you don't educate yourself on nutrition, you could be killing your child from an early age by feeding them Twinkies everyday. Or you can seek to feed the homeless, and if you don't provide a way for them to give back, you create a cycle of dependence and freeriding. The examples could be endless.