...I see depression as a pause to take
an assessment of my goals ; I must
keep them reasonable/attainable---
when I attack windmills(wrong not
happening).
Keeping interpersonal contact
broad benefits all. win/win
Who am I to know tommorow,
I prepare and do the best I can...
Haters will hate::cew the TROLLS

Since I've been an atheist since age 13, it feels normal.

The only thing I miss about a church is singing alto in the choir. But I can sing with other people.

The mountains are my sanctuary. I feel deeply centered and happy high in the mountains.

In my experience, depression and anxiety are not more or less prevalent in the atheist/agnostic community than they are across the population. Belief or non-belief does not determine mental health. The difference is atheists and agnostics don't talk about it from a religious perspective.

I have no anxiety or depression over my disbelief. I find it liberating to not have to live under arbitrary asinine rules or to have to pretend imaginary entities created the universe just for me. Damn, that's pressure.

Chatting is fine ....chatting up is not, if you are a married man. There is a big difference between harmless banter in the open forum of this site, but private messaging with more serious sexual chat is not cool if you are married and the woman in question is unaware.

“If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.”

― Ludwig Wittgenstein

married men can't chat? chatting with an eye toward romance, yeah, that's a no-no, but chatting? i'm a straight woman and i am spoken for anyway, but i'll chat with anyone who doesn't get rude lol.

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Perhaps do some meet ups locally if you feel trapped and in a rut. I belong to a few, and its a good way meet people who enjoy similar activities.

I believe you may miss the the point of a agnostic. I think most of us(agnoatics) worry as much as atheists do. For many years I considered myself a atheist but realized that we need to keep a open mind to all possibilities. I believe that eternal happiness does not come from God or a religion but rather a manner of perception of the world around you. You can be a atheist and still find peace, it's just much more difficult because both agnostics and athiest find it hard to accept certain things that religion can answer, whether it be the wrong answer or not. I'm not saying I'm right, just wanted to give my two cents

Is it fear,a Woman will lose her husband to interactions,with another Woman in subject matters he's knowledgeable in? I suppose,if the couple have grown apart,or boredom has set in, the marriage is being taken for granted?

That there are more male agnostics and atheists than female really irritates me. Women have suffered so much more because of religion. It's infuriating.

You're married?