ketteringram

Lots of games have patches that are massively bigger than the game download size. GTA for example has added tons of content since release. Destiny is another that has large patches due to all the expansions.

3 years old but it looks like you are downloading what was on the retail disc
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/927750-playstation-3/65462952
Patches for big games have always been huge files sizes, only way you could really avoid it is if you disconnect from the internet before opening the game, unless it's a multiplayer game then you have no choice

Just on the off chance, that anyone has had a look at this thread, and wondered what on earth we're talking about! Well if you don't know, you are very fortunate. 
Don't ever be fooled though, into thinking that it only happens to other people. If everything in your life, relationship, work, self esteem, and so on, are ticking along nicely, then that's great. During times like those, you tend not to think that one day it won't be like that, and rightly so! I'm not saying it won't always be like that. Hopefully it will.............. But...... If anyone had told me ten years ago, where I would be living, and HOW I would be living now, I'd have thought them nuts. 
Same five years ago. If someone had shown me a glimpse of myself now...... I would have just said no way. That can't be right. That is not me. I'd never be like that. I'd never behave like that. Etc etc..... 
Also, never underestimate how events can change you. Bereavement especially. I lost both parents, unexpectedly. We were not even close. And the effects are often not felt for a long time after the event. I didn't even know about that! So just be wary. 
Watch how that can destroy other precious relationships. When offered help, by those more clever and knowledgeable than you, take it. Don't turn it away like I did. 
And as for that time machine....... Sadly not happening is it. I'd borrow it when you have finished with it!! 
Re the looking forward stuff. Yes of course. Sounds easy. Makes sense. However it doesn't always work like that for a while. You have to get to the right place first. The railway embankment, at three in the morning, in the pouring rain, is not the right place. 
So if everything is rosy, then great. I'm not saying, just you wait and see, one day or won't be. But 'new York minutes'  are not confined to new York. 
Hope you all have a good Christmas time. If it's a time you are not keen on. It'll be over soon enough. Jan the first is my favourite day of the year! Take care. 
 
 

Just on the off chance, that anyone has had a look at this thread, and wondered what on earth we're talking about! Well if you don't know, you are very fortunate. 
Don't ever be fooled though, into thinking that it only happens to other people. If everything in your life, relationship, work, self esteem, and so on, are ticking along nicely, then that's great. During times like those, you tend not to think that one day it won't be like that, and rightly so! I'm not saying it won't always be like that. Hopefully it will.............. But...... If anyone had told me ten years ago, where I would be living, and HOW I would be living now, I'd have thought them nuts. 
Same five years ago. If someone had shown me a glimpse of myself now...... I would have just said no way. That can't be right. That is not me. I'd never be like that. I'd never behave like that. Etc etc..... 
Also, never underestimate how events can change you. Bereavement especially. I lost both parents, unexpectedly. We were not even close. And the effects are often not felt for a long time after the event. I didn't even know about that! So just be wary. 
Watch how that can destroy other precious relationships. When offered help, by those more clever and knowledgeable than you, take it. Don't turn it away like I did. 
And as for that time machine....... Sadly not happening is it. I'd borrow it when you have finished with it!! 
Re the looking forward stuff. Yes of course. Sounds easy. Makes sense. However it doesn't always work like that for a while. You have to get to the right place first. The railway embankment, at three in the morning, in the pouring rain, is not the right place. 
So if everything is rosy, then great. I'm not saying, just you wait and see, one day or won't be. But 'new York minutes'  are not confined to new York. 
Hope you all have a good Christmas time. If it's a time you are not keen on. It'll be over soon enough. Jan the first is my favourite day of the year! Take care. 
 
 

Just on the off chance, that anyone has had a look at this thread, and wondered what on earth we're talking about! Well if you don't know, you are very fortunate. 
Don't ever be fooled though, into thinking that it only happens to other people. If everything in your life, relationship, work, self esteem, and so on, are ticking along nicely, then that's great. During times like those, you tend not to think that one day it won't be like that, and rightly so! I'm not saying it won't always be like that. Hopefully it will.............. But...... If anyone had told me ten years ago, where I would be living, and HOW I would be living now, I'd have thought them nuts. 
Same five years ago. If someone had shown me a glimpse of myself now...... I would have just said no way. That can't be right. That is not me. I'd never be like that. I'd never behave like that. Etc etc..... 
Also, never underestimate how events can change you. Bereavement especially. I lost both parents, unexpectedly. We were not even close. And the effects are often not felt for a long time after the event. I didn't even know about that! So just be wary. 
Watch how that can destroy other precious relationships. When offered help, by those more clever and knowledgeable than you, take it. Don't turn it away like I did. 
And as for that time machine....... Sadly not happening is it. I'd borrow it when you have finished with it!! 
Re the looking forward stuff. Yes of course. Sounds easy. Makes sense. However it doesn't always work like that for a while. You have to get to the right place first. The railway embankment, at three in the morning, in the pouring rain, is not the right place. 
So if everything is rosy, then great. I'm not saying, just you wait and see, one day or won't be. But 'new York minutes'  are not confined to new York. 
Hope you all have a good Christmas time. If it's a time you are not keen on. It'll be over soon enough. Jan the first is my favourite day of the year! Take care. 
 
 

Alpha mentioned wanting/needing a time machine to deal with some of his issues. Personally, I think depression/stress can be debilitating because of looking back - you do have to start looking forward. Paint a picture of what you want your future to look like, and then start making some decisions (however small) that start leading you to where or who you want to be. Some decisions will be difficult, and taking advice and counsel from impartial third parties is key.  
As some others on here have said, exercise is good for a healthy clear mind and in truth alcohol intake should be avoided/reduced during periods of depression. It rarely helps.
One thing I created many years ago - not played it for a long time in truth - was a "happy tape". It was a tape with music on that made me smile, laugh, dance. It wasn't a tape of my favourite songs per se, and in fact I can't recall it having any of my favourite groups on it (but Radiohead aren't great for depression either), more simply music and songs that just gave me a lift, an adrenalin hit. I know nothing else about them, but still The New Radicals "you get what you give" (or something like that) makes me just want to bounce all over the place.

I don't know if this is any help at all, and I wouldn't say I've ever suffered in the way others here have - but I've been unhappy in my life in the past and was on a crappy management course. Most of it was standard BS but one bit was of use to me.
If you want to change something about your life, change something about your life. Small changes can be a catalyst to bigger change. If you are feeling lost in life, do something, however small, and it may start a domino effect. 
Probably not helpful but it was for me. 

This is great by the way, thanks!
 
So onto my experience. I have people close to me that have suffered depression but I know that at least one of them reads this forum and I'm not sure it's my story to tell so I won't.
What I can tell you is my own experience about a year ago. I don't think I was depressed, but I felt kind of 'frozen'. I'm a history student at the University of Derby and when work piled up on me I just stopped. I didn't do anything for about two weeks. When I say didn't do anything, I mean really didn't do anything. I sat at my laptop, posted on dcfcfans, metaphorically phoned in a few dates with my girlfriend, and listened to music. I ate ready meals or pretty much just skipped evening meals entirely. Didn't go out, just couldn't be bothered. It was my first year at Uni and I was terrified of all the pressure on my shoulders and terrified of failing.
My girlfriend of the time, who I will always give credit for on this even though she's my ex, convinced me to see a counsellor. I really did not want to, because I felt like that's admitting that there's a problem. "I'm not stressed or depressed, I'm just lazy". Wrong. I needed to admit the problem. And the other one was "Come on, I'm just a student. There's people in this country breaking their backs working 12 hour shifts for crap pay". Wrong. We've all got our problems and comparing them to other people's problems just makes you feel guilty. Never feel guilty for how you feel, you didn't choose to feel that way so don't blame yourself.
I thought about it a bit and thought maybe my problem was that I had no real friends. I was quite well liked by people at Uni and by my flatmates, but nobody I could call a friend. So that's what I decided I needed help with. I was going to go to the counsellor and tell them about my poor social skills, and not at all mention this other crisis because that would be me just being mardy right?
As soon as I went there I just started to feel much better. Just talking to someone made me feel calmer and more secure. All of my problems came out there. The social anxiety, the "depressive behaviour", even the problems in my relationship with my girlfriend (which I believe gave us several more months together before it had to go tits up). Discussed everything and anything. It helped me an immense amount, I got back to doing my coursework and revision and met all my deadlines and remained on the course.
So I wasn't at rock bottom. I wasn't suffering depression. They don't come with a big stamp and mark you "DEPRESSED" when it happens. You just have to keep an eye out for the deterioration. I think I caught it early and managed to deal with it while it was still easy.
My advice is to see someone and talk to them. First things first about counsellors, they're not shrinks. They're not going to diagnose you and whack you on the happy pills. If that's what you need, they'll refer you to a proper shrink who will do that. In Continental Europe, seeing a counsellor is like getting a check-up. We should be emulating this attitude to mental illness. When I told people I saw a counsellor the reaction was "Why? Are you okay? What happened?" Which I understand. They just want to be there for me and that's reassuring. But what is implicit in that is that there had to be something seriously wrong. There wasn't, I just stopped myself as soon as I felt the decline.
If you found a physical problem - you found a lump right? You'd be straight down to your GP because you're not taking any chances, correct? Apply that same attitude to your mental wellbeing. Don't take any chances and assume it's going to get better. It might do, it might get better. But if it doesn't, you're playing a dangerous game. Take action.
 
Apparently, I'm a good listener. So I'm told. So I'll offer what many others have offered on here. If anyone - ANYONE - wants to talk, day or night, I'm here. No matter how well or not we know each other. No matter how well or not we've agreed on certain things on this forum. I realise it's a fairly empty offer because if you don't know someone why would you talk to them about your problems? But desperation works in mysterious ways and you can find people when you didn't even know you were looking. So for what it is worth, I'd like to listen if you want me to.

This is the one i have for work
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attachment-Theory-Social-Work-Practice/dp/0333625625/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1450377780&sr=8-10&keywords=attachment+theory
This one may be more useful fir adults looking to help themselves, but may be heavy going
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Secure-Base-Attachment-Psychotherapy/dp/1583911529/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1450377780&sr=8-9&keywords=attachment+theory
This one is an easier read (but not much)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attachment-Theory-Adult-Mental-Health/dp/0415687411/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1450377985&sr=8-4&keywords=attachment+theory+secure+base
I'm happy to chat with anyone about it (in layman's terms) if anyone wants to PM me.
 

As promised.
Spent the entire first day staring at it, spent the entire second day at work wishing I could be wearing it, got home and put it on and eventually prised the thing off my wrist at just gone 1am after staring at it. Proceeded to stare at it before putting it in its box and staring at it. I then fell asleep and dreamt of it. Woke up this morning, stared at it and now I'm staring at pictures of it...
No need to say I'm in love.

Well this morning I finally bit the bullet. Just under a months salary for something that tells me something that I can get by looking at my phone or asking a stranger, but God I am excited! 
Got a very good deal, 20% lower than the retail value and they had to order to watch in specially for me as they don't stock it! Picture below, but I'll take some real pictures when it arrives (Hopefully next week)!
Love the single-push chronograph on it - a very rare feature on a watch in this price range.