Friend- a de-stresser

Lately I have been under a lot of stress. Not because of work… not because of business…not because of family…not because of friends…not because of relationships…but simply because I slipped into it. (not that none of the above exists. They all do in a state of exponentially increasing form.)

But the main reason was that I had somehow managed to slip into the mental frame of being under stress. With no particular factor to zero in on, I had conveniently slipped into a state of constant stress. This is a very similar to when people slip into state of depression for no valid reason.

People get depressed for various reasons and as I said sometimes for apparently no reason too. I read this one on the web and am sure that depression is a slight word here.

“Dave's wife thinks that he is pushing himself too hard, so she takes him to a local strip club for his birthday.

The doorman at the club greets them and says, "Hey, Dave! How are ya?" His wife is puzzled and asks if he's been to this club before. "Oh no," says Dave. "He's on my bowling team."

They sit and a waitress asks Dave if he'd like his usual. His wife is becoming uncomfortable and says, "You must come here a lot for that woman to know what you drink."

"No, honey, she's in the Ladies Bowling League. We share lanes with them."

A stripper comes over to their table and throws her arms around Dave. "Hi, Davey," she says, "Want your usual lap dance?"

Dave's wife, now furious, grabs her purse and storms out of the club. Dave follows and spots her getting into a cab. Before she can slam the door, he jumps in beside her. His wife starts screaming at him.

The cabbie turns his head and says, "Looks like you picked up a real doozy this time, Dave!”

The one good thing about falling in such a state of depression or stress is that all of your friends who really care for you make it their life’s mission to snap you out of it. They try…oh my god..how they try.

That’s the good thing about friends. Even though they might not be in a position to help you out of your funk, you feel comfortable knowing that they are there. I may have rebuked any help but not the fact that if I needed they would always come through in the end.