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does anyone know anyone with a sort of psychological disorder?
 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 14:46 [#02069342]
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Can I get a sort of "their own version" of their disorder?
Their experience of it?


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 14:49 [#02069344]
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ME!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 14:50 [#02069346]
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how does that particular part of your existence feel. If
you're on suppressive drugs, how did it feel before these
drugs, and how does it feel on them?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-04-04 14:52 [#02069347]
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when does something become a disorder?

i know i have psychological problems but i don't know if
that is enough to call it a disorder..i mean, i know im not
normal but im aware of it which is odd..or not?


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 14:57 [#02069348]
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It's an arbitrary limit. Basically, a disorder is something
far outside of "normal" behaviour, but it could just as
easily be that "normal" behaviour today is abnormal
behaviour somewhere or sometime else.

I'm not sure your problems are psychological, though, they
may only be existential. Not that that makes them less
important, it just puts them in a different category. Also,
no-one is normal in that sense: If you're normal, you're
abnormal; you're both the normal and the abnormal, both the
individual and the society.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 14:58 [#02069349]
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In any case, can you describe your own experience of what
you feel is the abnormal part of you? If you don't feel
comfortable doing it in public, you can mail me.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2007-04-04 15:02 [#02069352]
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I'd rather not.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-04-04 15:03 [#02069353]
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i'd rather send it via email yeah..are you in a lot of
hurry?


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:04 [#02069354]
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Oh I know you've got something good! Mail me.

It's both for personal interest and for scientific interest
(often coinciding), but I won't use anything explicitly in
papers.


 

offline thatne from United States on 2007-04-04 15:06 [#02069355]
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ive been diagnosed paranoid schizo
phrenic while on lsd-25 but i dont think
i really am ill in that way however i do
take abilify and before i was on it my
thoughts were sort of given free reign
but now i do my best to administrate.
like if i have a bad idea i stop thinking
of it immediately rather than obsessing.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:07 [#02069356]
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Well, I've got a bit of time. It's mainly just for my own
thoughts for a master paper. I don't want to develop
something that doesn't apply to life, if you know what I
mean.. the best way is to look at peoples experiences,
including my own. I've got some experience with mild
depressions and stuff like that, but I'm kind of stubborn so
I always get out of it just on the "I won't let myself"
promise.


 

online big from lsg on 2007-04-04 15:07 [#02069357]
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he has a Face-avatar


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:10 [#02069359]
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abilify?


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:11 [#02069360]
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I know. It's kind of disturbing, I think I need a hug...


 

online big from lsg on 2007-04-04 15:15 [#02069362]
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biggiesmartypants hugs drunken mastah


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:16 [#02069363]
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Drunken Mastah hugs biggiesmartypants!!!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 15:20 [#02069367]
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It feels like I exist in a big complex system where every
constituent sub system is backfiring, polluting, snagged or
otherwise ill. And likewise for all the subsystem's
subsystems. No subsystem is completely broken; that would be
too painless. They all continue to cause actions, only in
complex fucked up ways, and they mutually interact with and
fuck eachother up. That is a description of the environment
and my own personal illness is a reflection of that.
Also I've been taught by humans to fear and hate them. That
conflicts with my genetic desire for female companionship
such as qrter. It's like everything wants to pull my two
brain hemispheres apart, most likely in a self destroying
slice like how an orange doesn't seperate into segments
properly when not ripe, and god knows what wants to come
out. Maybe more trick can springy snakes than our current
science could understand being able to fit in a small set
volume.
My mind wants to bend and destroy everything my eyes see or
inflict it on myself in a solid burst of endless energy like
the sun, or like I'm the lawnmower man beginning to implode
due to having a soul composed of the neverending story's
'nothing'.
When I look in the mirror I see gmork and I'm constantly
shaddering. I am broken shards.
But I'm in a good mood today and can't do much introspection
of my fucked up moods unless I'm currently in one. But
generally you can see my medical record by reading my
history of xltronic posts.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 15:24 [#02069370]
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Don't most people have some kind of psychological disorder?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-04-04 15:25 [#02069371]
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haha awesome!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:38 [#02069373]
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I actually want a proper description, but I'll take yours
into consideration, as you're IAN NOLL KING OF ROCKNROLL!!!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 15:39 [#02069376]
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Actually, Noll, just describe what you're experiencing right
now. What you're actually experiencing. No fancy words,
what's around you, how does it appear to you?


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 15:49 [#02069378]
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my chin is resting on a table and preventing me from
stumbling over and my laptop is on this table and I'm
kneeling on the ground. My legs are pretty uncomfortable
from the kneeling and I have to go pee a little bit. I'm
looking at the monitor and typing stuff. Right now I am
typing this sentence. Just now I started rocking back and
forth nervously mostly from having to pee which is causing
this flimsy table to shake since my chin is resting on it.
Also I only have one eye open; I only consiously realized
that now and am not really sure why. I just opened both eyes
and noticed how one eye (the open one) has a better view of
the monitor and the other had one of my typing hands
slightly in the way; their compined stereoscopic vision
resulted in one blurred hand in the foreground so maybe
having only one eye open was to eliminate that. I just
swallowed right now. My nose is whistling. I laughed out
loud when I wrote that last sentence but now realize its not
funny. Well, I'm gonna go take a pee; thank you for your
thorough investigation. Let me know if I can have a 'sane'
stamp on my hand.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-04-04 15:52 [#02069379]
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I do, I just wish I knew who, and what they suffer from, so
I could watch for it.


 

offline HmND from your mom (Israel) on 2007-04-04 16:22 [#02069386]
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I'm diagnosed with depression, mainly cause I can't be arsed
talking about everything else I have with my shrink. I sit
on anti-depressants. I don't have time to talk about it now
either. Hah.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 16:23 [#02069387]
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Merci.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 18:04 [#02069418]
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That depends. Normality can be a disorder.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 18:07 [#02069422]
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Clinical depression? How does that work out for you?


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:08 [#02069423]
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Some consider thought itself to be a psychological disorder.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:09 [#02069424]
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A cancerous fluctuation in the space-time continuum.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 18:10 [#02069426]
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Hahah, well in that case they're stupid and possibly in need
of therapy.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:10 [#02069427]
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I hate it when a psychological disorder is used by its
sufferer to get away with being a lazy, self-consumed bore.
Also, its cyclical nature can become tiresome, and lead to
an erosion of sympathy. That may sound harsh but, hey, so
what.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:13 [#02069428]
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i think technically, a psychological issue is described as a
disorder when it becomes an impairment on an individual's
functioning within society.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 18:14 [#02069429]
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Yeah. When you get a diagnosis, this is the same as having a
choice, the choice between attempting to rest in its arms
(which is irresponsible), and dealing with it, relating to
it actively.

"oh, I've got depression"
"so the fuck what? Get out and do something then!"

People with a depression don't like to hear it, but it's the
only cure.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2007-04-04 18:15 [#02069431]
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god damn my body demands sleep just when it's getting
interesting. I will continue this when sober and rested.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:15 [#02069432]
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but then again, that is just as vague.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-04-04 18:18 [#02069433]
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bad, harmful or unskilful thought as a disorder / curable
condition

loving and compassionate thought as a skilful means


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:19 [#02069434]
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i don't think it's quite that simple.

'depression' is now an awful, overused word which holds more
associations with rock music and women problems, than actual
mental disorders.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:19 [#02069435]
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Well, at the end of the day, isn't all thought worthless?
Maybe you adhere to the belief that the Universe was created
by its own thought. But then, aren't paradoxes a simple
indicator that thought and logic are mortally flawed? And
that, far from knowing all the things we think we know, our
most basic brainwashed conceptions are based on total
illusion? Isn't it true that, to become a true master at
something, thought must first be annihilated? I know this is
true regarding the two disciplines I am most adept at: Kung
Fu and Piano Playing (did I say two? Well, they're exactly
the same thing). And on the same wavelength, everything is
One, and thought creates duality, and duality is the essence
of Illusion. And Illusion is bad because Illusion is
Convenience & Dissent and therefore has no merit and no
worth.

Thought is the corrupt filter between Universal Energy and
Localised Energy, the distorted lens of perception which
hides us from Reality; it is the swaddle of cotton-wool
which provides false comfort and false security. Yes,
Thought truly is worthless.


 

offline B123 from The wicked underbelly (Australia) on 2007-04-04 18:20 [#02069437]
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2 of my childhood friends have developed bi-polar disorder.
I can't really describe what they're feeling though can I.
Sometimes it's very sad.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:24 [#02069439]
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existence is merely a series random actions, of which we try
to put an order to, blah blah...

i still struggle with this, as then existence too becomes
worthless.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:25 [#02069440]
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...AND, furthermore, Thought creates Time, and that is
something extremely tiresome. Thinking gets in the way of
action and spontaneity. When I truly play the piano, I
am the piano and I am the music; otherwise I'm
merely interacting with it, and my playing is tainted and
worthwhile only as a practical exercise in moving my fingers
along a white-and-black board of keys. It is reported that
Chopin never engaged in Piano Exercises, and his playing is
said to be the most exquisite ever.

Existence is a verb, and thought destroys verbs.

Verbs > Nouns.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:25 [#02069441]
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series of random events^


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:29 [#02069442]
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Random? Surely only Internet Teenagers use that word, and
it's as worthless as they are.

Words like Random, Noun, Matter, belong
in a museum, untouched & unwept & unsung.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:31 [#02069443]
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An Event is a noun; what you say there is the Antithesis of
Existence, which is a verb.


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-04 18:38 [#02069450]
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well, if a teenager only exists on the internet then he
surely is worthless.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2007-04-04 18:40 [#02069451]
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i agree that thought produces illusion, but i think we
stumble at the point where we try to discard it.

we need to acknowledge and make room for our thoughts, good
and bad, open our heart to them, in order to move beyond.

in the case of a person suffering from an imbalance of bad
thoughts, acknowledging their presence is only the first
step.

if we go about removing them one or two or three at a time,
the next time we take a 'lucky dip' into our mind it is
still likely that we will stumble across another bad
thought.

so what we need to do in addition is to outweigh the bad
thoughts, by actively cultivating loving and compassionate
thoughts.

this means going out into the world and getting involved
with other people, and helping them. helping others in
effect for the greater good of everyone involved.

you can see ive steered away from the notion of withdrawing
from the world in to pursuit of happiness. there is no you
or me in happiness, there is only all of us.


 

offline thatne from United States on 2007-04-04 18:40 [#02069452]
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what is the theory that thought creates
the universe called? is it just solipsism?
im trying to decide whether to believe
it but i want to know why other humans.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-04-04 18:43 [#02069453]
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haha, yes, that is very true. Still, I'd rather they existed
exclusively on the InterNet than burden themselves on our
streets and ruining the fabric of what's left of our
fractured and ironically-named Society.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-04-04 18:43 [#02069454]
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if it's just that i definitelly am ill. but thinking about
it, i prefer to be the way i am atm than to be like people
that function within society.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-04-04 18:44 [#02069455]
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this particular society that is.


 


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