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2020-08-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Michelle Obama: Former US first lady says she has 'low-grade depression'
[BBC] Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has said she is suffering from "low-grade depression" because of the pandemic, racial injustice and the "hypocrisy" of the Trump administration.

She said managing "emotional highs and lows" required "knowing yourself" and "the things that do bring you joy".

Mrs Obama said she has had difficulties with her exercise routine and sleep.

"I'm waking up in the middle of the night because I'm worrying about something or there's a heaviness."
"Even scratching my balls has lost all pleasure"
She made the comments during the second episode of her eponymous podcast, for which she was interviewing US journalist Michele Norris.

"These are not, they are not fulfilling times, spiritually," Mrs Obama said. "I know that I am dealing with some form of low-grade depression.

"Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting." # id) ?>
Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-06 07:23|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1818 views ]  Top

1 "I'm waking up in the middle of the night because.....

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-06 07:39||   2020-08-06 07:39|| Front Page Top

2 Is she mildly depressed in the $8 million dollar place in DC or the $12 million dollar place in Martha's Vineyard?
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-08-06 07:46||   2020-08-06 07:46|| Front Page Top

3 Have they eliminated distemper as a possibility?
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-08-06 08:06||   2020-08-06 08:06|| Front Page Top

4 Getting a little worried there, Michael Michelle?
Posted by Clem 2020-08-06 08:35||   2020-08-06 08:35|| Front Page Top

5 "A heaviness, almost a mass
[cue comic glissando from brass]
Has followed me round
For four years! [Jesus drowned]
It's dat damned Donald Trump... or my ass."
Posted by Glutch Glusoth4729 2020-08-06 08:49||   2020-08-06 08:49|| Front Page Top

6 "I've been waiting by phone, and waiting by the phone, but Joe doesn't call."?
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-08-06 09:05||   2020-08-06 09:05|| Front Page Top

7 Netflix need to put Michelle to work...to take her mind off things. Maybe.
Posted by Clem 2020-08-06 09:12||   2020-08-06 09:12|| Front Page Top

8 only fair, she's depressed me for years....
Posted by Tyranysaurus Omomotle9030 2020-08-06 09:34||   2020-08-06 09:34|| Front Page Top

9 However, not a Alexandra Feodorovna type of depression.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-06 09:41||   2020-08-06 09:41|| Front Page Top

10 Maybe she should stop being such a depressing, hateful and vile bitch for a while.
Posted by DarthVader 2020-08-06 09:41||   2020-08-06 09:41|| Front Page Top

11 I'd say "Lighten up, Francis", but that would be raciss.
Posted by Spot 2020-08-06 10:05||   2020-08-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

12 ^ SOOO many Snark O'The Day candidates!
Posted by Frank G 2020-08-06 10:08||   2020-08-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

13 Forever the perpetual victim; this shit gets old really fast.
Posted by Raj 2020-08-06 10:39||   2020-08-06 10:39|| Front Page Top

14 Sounds like the testosterone shipment got delayed. Working out with weights helps.
Posted by Hupinens Juling5588 2020-08-06 11:33||   2020-08-06 11:33|| Front Page Top

15 ^--- Don't you mean Estergin?
All kidding aside I'm sure she misses her weekly wagu beef dinners served up by the white house chef. And Beyonce probably doesn't call anymore...
Posted by CrazyFool 2020-08-06 13:05||   2020-08-06 13:05|| Front Page Top

16 No longer a candidate to replace Joe, she is now a candidate for shock therapy.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-08-06 13:10||   2020-08-06 13:10|| Front Page Top

17 Paging Dr. Pol. Dr. Pol to the red emergency phone. Dr. Pol.....
Posted by AlanC 2020-08-06 15:47||   2020-08-06 15:47|| Front Page Top

18 Depressed that her husbands legacy has been erased and exposed and that he might end up in prison?
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-08-06 15:50||   2020-08-06 15:50|| Front Page Top

19 Self-diagnosed attention ...needy ... person.
Posted by Bobby 2020-08-06 15:56||   2020-08-06 15:56|| Front Page Top

20 Lots of things about 'her' are "low grade."
Snark among many snarks
Posted by Iblis 2020-08-06 16:46||   2020-08-06 16:46|| Front Page Top

21 LOL all. If she's depressed now just wait until she reads this thread.

And here she is with a moustache.
Posted by Matt 2020-08-06 16:55||   2020-08-06 16:55|| Front Page Top

22 So that's why Isaias veered off towards New York.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-08-06 17:04||   2020-08-06 17:04|| Front Page Top

23 And here she is with a moustache.

"She's so mean, she tried to grow a mustache."
Posted by SteveS 2020-08-06 17:07||   2020-08-06 17:07|| Front Page Top

24 The most depressing thing about Mochelle is that she's STILL AROUND! Maybe she needs to take another vacation. I hear Venezuela is beautiful this time of year.
Posted by Old Patriot 2020-08-06 18:51||   2020-08-06 18:51|| Front Page Top

25 As a rule, transsexuals suffer many emotional/mental maladies.
Posted by charger 2020-08-06 20:41||   2020-08-06 20:41|| Front Page Top

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