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Post by AvistheCrow on Feb 23, 2005 14:47:49 GMT -5
*laughs softly* To be honest...I no longer use 'normal', because I've found out how different everyone is. I'm just the same now as I've always been; we headcases are just like other people, really. I'm just as human as anyone else. You learn to cope. (Although it still hurts when people actually get up and leave at a party because they found out I'm on medication. >>) A friend just named her rubber-band-ball after me. "Because, like Avis, it bounces back every time! *cheesy grin*" quoth she. Funny to mention the schizophrenia---I had an incident with banging in my closet that was sending me up a wall. That went away after I watched Monsters Inc. So if anyone wonders why the movie's so special to me, there's your reason. It was a good grounder for me.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Feb 23, 2005 15:13:34 GMT -5
Wow thats deep.... What? Just putting my two cents in ^_^
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Post by Zelda on Feb 23, 2005 16:10:15 GMT -5
Wow.... I think what deadly_nightshade meant is you seem normal as opposed to 'complete nuts and crazy'. Which you do.
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Post by AvistheCrow on Feb 23, 2005 16:14:49 GMT -5
A lot of us are. More than 80% of all poets have been or will be on medication, and a smaller amount have sought out therapy. (That's official fact.) The more confused your mind is, the more fun you have, sometimes. XD
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Post by Mirage on Feb 23, 2005 16:50:46 GMT -5
I would agree with that last statement. Having had psychology class two years in a row and studied mental disorders, I've come to think that I may have several. I know I'm a very stressful, emotionally unstable person...& while I've had people call me crazy and suggest help, I figure I should just keep helping myself...aren't we /all/ a little nuts, really?
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Post by AvistheCrow on Feb 23, 2005 16:57:03 GMT -5
...aren't we /all/ a little nuts, really? Absolutely.
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Post by Mirage on Feb 23, 2005 17:03:31 GMT -5
And it's great! Usually. ;D
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Post by AvistheCrow on Feb 23, 2005 17:12:09 GMT -5
Well, it depends on how firm a grip the person has on reality. The more that slips, the more dangerous the game becomes. I ought to know. >>
But yes, typically 'tis great fun. ^_^
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Post by pitbulllady on Feb 23, 2005 17:14:20 GMT -5
I can tell you, from the perspective of both a teacher and an artist, as well as someone with a higher-than-average IQ(not a brag, just a statement whose relevance you'll see), that MOST, if not all, creative individuals suffer from some degree of some sort of mental/emotional disorder. I'm ADD and I have suffered periodically from Panic/Anxiety Disorder and Clinical depression. I have noticed that nearly all of my best Art students are also on medication to control behavior. Most of history's past literary and artistic geniuses were either Depressive, Bi-Polar, or had some other unnamed disorder. I'm convinced that there are brain chemicals which are responsible for the creative urges and abilities, those so-called 'creative juices', if you will, but that large amounts of these tend to throw other brain chemicals out-of-balance. Also, the more intelligent a person is, the more likely they are to experience some form of emotional/mental disorder. We learn to cope, most of us, anyway. I personally have no more problems with someone taking medications for this than for high blood pressure, low thyroid, diabetes, etc.-an illness is an illness, whether mental or physical, and if treatment is available than makes life easier, it would be foolish to not use it.
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Feb 23, 2005 17:41:34 GMT -5
Personally....I don't think losing grip on reality is a bad thing.....
Heck I do it. Its a way to get away from this world and just......find a happy place.
I know SOMEBODY has done this at some point in their lives.....me, Ran....anybody else?
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Post by Mirage on Feb 23, 2005 17:56:56 GMT -5
Personally....I don't think losing grip on reality is a bad thing..... Heck I do it. Its a way to get away from this world and just......find a happy place. I know SOMEBODY has done this at some point in their lives.....me, Ran....anybody else? Ernie & Bernie: "Find a happy place, boss!" Sykes: "There is no happy place with him around!" ;D Oh, yes, I have....
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Post by RandallBoggs on Feb 23, 2005 18:00:04 GMT -5
OH jeez! I've seen that one! ^_^
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Post by Mirage on Feb 23, 2005 18:03:40 GMT -5
xD *is further losing touch with reality*
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Post by RandallBoggs on Feb 23, 2005 18:29:07 GMT -5
........... Ok....Ran's giving that confused look that wasn't seen in the movie and....
Once again....
OOOOHHHHH KAAAYYYY
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Post by AvistheCrow on Feb 24, 2005 1:00:21 GMT -5
Somebody? Heck, Sean, at least half of the population does it. But I'm not sure I agree with the thought that losing touch with reality is all good. It's all about how much control you have: it's great until you can't turn it off.
That's when you go see a man with special questions to ask you, like me.
EDIT: You may stop with the looks now.
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