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  Topic: Miserable and immune to therapy
LookTwice

Replies: 8
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PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 5:13 am   Subject: Miserable and immune to therapy

Experience. I've been there too many times (and I'm sure I'll be there again some day.) Nothing is static. The times when you want to kill yourself pass. You have to get through it without damag ...
  Topic: Miserable and immune to therapy
LookTwice

Replies: 8
Views: 258

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 5:05 am   Subject: Miserable and immune to therapy
What would you say would've been the ideal response to your post?

The idea of being immune to therapy isn't too helpful. There are things you can do, some of them may help, some may not. The only t ...
  Topic: Elitist Rant About Egocentrism
LookTwice

Replies: 6
Views: 210

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:59 am   Subject: Elitist Rant About Egocentrism
On a more serious note, it sounds like the people you're talking to might be academics. They might just be used to having to inflate their accomplishments to stand out (win research grants, third-part ...
  Topic: Elitist Rant About Egocentrism
LookTwice

Replies: 6
Views: 210

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:54 am   Subject: Elitist Rant About Egocentrism
You should talk to me! I'm very smart and I never brag!

Hey - wait, where are you going??? Sad
  Topic: I might be losing a good friend!!
LookTwice

Replies: 8
Views: 246

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:08 am   Subject: I might be losing a good friend!!
Not sure I really get what happened, but if I did understand it right, you probably seemed very "clingy", emotionally attached, making demands, and that often puts people off if they're not feeling as ...
  Topic: Miserable and immune to therapy
LookTwice

Replies: 8
Views: 258

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:00 am   Subject: Miserable and immune to therapy
Zoloft I could just take all at once. Or I could overdose on melatonin....

It's pretty much impossible to kill yourself with those two substances. If you try that, you have a very high chance of su ...
  Topic: When life doesn't come out like you hoped...
LookTwice

Replies: 32
Views: 4011

PostForum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion   Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 4:50 am   Subject: When life doesn't come out like you hoped...
As I read the responses in this thread, I am prompted again to ask ... "why would you go for life advice to the very people who have the same problem you do?"

Perhaps this is one characteristic of ...
  Topic: How many hours per week do you spend with games?
LookTwice

Replies: 18
Views: 567

PostForum: Games and Video Games   Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:50 am   Subject: How many hours per week do you spend with games?
I'm especially interested in how well people are able to manage how much time they spend gaming.
Personally, I have a hard time controlling it; especially if I feel depressed, I tend to play in order ...
  Topic: What age were you when chronic depression started?
LookTwice

Replies: 43
Views: 3333

PostForum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions   Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 5:07 pm   Subject: What age were you when chronic depression started?
Similar like others, I had a lot of issues with anxiety and sadness early on in my childhood.
The first time I had something that I would classify as actual depression was when I was about 13. Sudden ...
  Topic: Recurring Dream
LookTwice

Replies: 2
Views: 222

PostForum: The Haven   Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:36 pm   Subject: Recurring Dream
I think this may be pretty common.
It may be linked to feelings of failure and general anxiety about the future (since you don't know where you'll end up, you can easily feel lost). This makes you vu ...
  Topic: CBT
LookTwice

Replies: 4
Views: 291

PostForum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions   Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 12:18 pm   Subject: CBT
Meditation isn't supposed to be easy. Just as in weight training, you work against a resistance and gradually learn to detach from the way your brain tries to jerk you around.

Maybe my knowledge is ...
  Topic: What do you think about the new Windows 8
LookTwice

Replies: 20
Views: 1311

PostForum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology   Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:43 am   Subject: What do you think about the new Windows 8

they removed a load of things that are in windows 7 from it as well and put them in a special extra that you have to buy to get them.


Which features are you talking about?
  Topic: Identity : From WP admire thread
LookTwice

Replies: 8
Views: 312

PostForum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion   Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:30 pm   Subject: Identity : From WP admire thread
objectively immoral

Oxymoron alert
  Topic: Constantly angry over grammatical errors by others
LookTwice

Replies: 40
Views: 5130

PostForum: Social Skills and Making Friends   Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:11 am   Subject: Constantly angry over grammatical errors by others

I saw it argued that doing away with spelling rules is part of the evolution of language. I didn't agree with that argument either.

These arguments are fundamentally different and should not be ...
  Topic: Should underemployment be considered as a lifestyle choice?
LookTwice

Replies: 92
Views: 4725

PostForum: General Autism Discussion   Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:03 am   Subject: Should underemployment be considered as a lifestyle choice?

It's all about tax money. Our taxes go into welfare and that is where the money comes from when it is given to them. So to hear someone say they want to go on it so they wouldn't have to work full t ...
 
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