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CycleLady 
carpe diem
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Posted on: May 27 2002,03:14 |
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| Quote (damien_s_lucifer @ 26 May 2002,18:56) | Compassion, tolerance, patience, and understanding would go a long way towards improving our general mood. And remember, Society is not Everyone Else. It's you as well.
Instead of screaming "more personal responsibility!" at someone - or beating yourself up because you think everything is your fault - try this. Next time you're out, hold the door open for somebody. Smile and say "hi!" why you're at it. Some people will sneer at you if you do this for them, but a lot more will be pleasantly surprised and will thank you.
It sounds asinine, but something that small can easily make someone's entire day. |
I totally agree. Spreading kindness is a very good thing. I love it when someone opens the door for me these days, considering I'm on crutches due to a broken foot. A simple and genuine "thank you" is all the gift folks seem to want. I imagine I don't have to mention how many folks have let the door slame on me. DOH! I hate when that happens. But I take care of myself regardless.
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Vigilante
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Posted on: May 27 2002,21:10 |
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Hearing people say "Just change the things in your life that suck and you'll feel better," sends me into a bloody red rage (yes folks, I can manage to feel rage through the wellbutrin and celexa). When you're incapable of mustering the motivation, energy, and hope to make said changes, all the "buck-up-kiddos", and "you-can-do-its" are utterly useless.
Of course, I've yet to find medication that will help provide that (and life keeps giving me new and improved reasons to hate it), so I'm fucked either way.
Time for another dose.
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He says turn the other cheek, but that seems kind of weak
I just want to beat up, beat up the meek
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CycleLady
carpe diem
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Posted on: May 27 2002,21:57 |
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| Quote (Vigilante @ 27 May 2002,15:10) | Hearing people say "Just change the things in your life that suck and you'll feel better," sends me into a bloody red rage (yes folks, I can manage to feel rage through the wellbutrin and celexa). When you're incapable of mustering the motivation, energy, and hope to make said changes, all the "buck-up-kiddos", and "you-can-do-its" are utterly useless.
Of course, I've yet to find medication that will help provide that (and life keeps giving me new and improved reasons to hate it), so I'm fucked either way.
Time for another dose. |
The people who say those things to you have never been in your situation. Yeah, they think they're being helpful. Quite honestly, they're just annoying.
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damien_s_lucifer
Emperor of Detnet
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Posted on: May 27 2002,22:18 |
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buck up, kiddo. you can do it!
(couldn't resist)
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ic0n0
I have become Death, Destroyer of Worlds
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Posted on: May 27 2002,22:37 |
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Quote (Necromancer @ 26 May 2002,07<!--emo& ) | | the problem is getting doctors to recognise when someone has a proper chemical deficiency and actually DO need the drugs to balance their brain chemistry back out. |
From what we know of my brain chemistry it is out of balance, I have always been down since I was a little kid. It is more than just a personality attribute for me, my parents now think that I had a weird syndrome http://www.asperger.org/index_asc.html when I was a kid because I had all of the characteristics of it. But I was never diagnosed with it but they weren’t looking for something like that ether. One of the main things in the syndrome is remembering facts and and figures which i do very well. When i was 10 i memorized the capitols of the worlds nations and still remember them all.
Edited by ic0n0 on Jan. 01 1970,01:00
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DuSTman
70% water in a flexible container.
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Posted on: May 27 2002,23:14 |
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It suprises me to hear people complaining about feeling numbed down by antidepressants, because I feel they have had quite the opposite effect on me..
Some of you may remember my complaining about poor concentration ability in the "concentration aids" thread ages ago. I went to the doctor about it and was diagnosed with everyone's favourite mental health problem and prescribed Citalopram (aka celexa, celebrex).
The primary thing I was concerned about, of course was barely having the concentration to read two lines of a slide in a lecture without my mind wandering and ending up staring at a lightswitch for 10 minutes. I think that's improved a fair bit with medication, but also have an increase in general energy.
However, one thing this has pointed out to me was that I was very much numb emotionally before, and now I feel an odd kind of contentment, very nice.
Also after the first few days of taking it I could have sworn my hearing became significantly more acute.
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desolate
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Posted on: May 27 2002,23:17 |
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Eh well I'm pretty apathetic. I'm not even the change I want to see in society anymore. =>
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Wiley
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Posted on: May 28 2002,06:31 |
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I want to spend the day with some depressed people ...see if they make me sad or I make them happy ...or they kill me.
Should be interesting at any rate.
I'm always interested in how life affects your emotional state or how your emotional state effects your life ...like anatomy vs. enviroment.
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TheTaxMan
Controversial Thug
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Posted on: May 28 2002,15:18 |
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Choose Apathy
(that's my new slogan  )
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a2n3d7y
The Jerry Springer of Detnet
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Posted on: May 29 2002,20:21 |
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Taking PAXIL is one of the best decisions I made in my life. It halped me see thru all the bull-shit baggage I had built up from day 1 of my life.
My problems are a joke to me now. I LIVE!!!
But now that I'm hooked on the shit, and I keep finding more lame info about it, I WANNA STOP!
I say, go for it (take an SSRI) if your at the point of suicide. Or if your totally jaded like I was. But pay attention to your-self while your on the shit. Make the changes.
So hopefully I'll commit to stopping now, because I don't think I need it anymore. My life rules.
Thanks Paxil!!!! lolol
Goodbye
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