Posted by Ruuudy on April 27, 2019, at 20:16:38
I got drunk --- that's what set the wheel in motion for this wild ride of "mental illness".
I was a sophomore in high school (1982) and I caved into peer pressure by going out with some of the other guys for a night of drinking out in "The Pits" (phosphate pits in Central Florida).
Don't know what in the world happened to me & my brain chemistry, but I had a hangover from hell, or what I referred to as the "year-long hangover".
It was extremely strange & scary 'cause I had never experienced anything like it. I know part of my symptoms would be labeled as derealization and depersonalization.
I didn't feel well enough to go to school the following Monday or Tuesday, and when I did go back, it was very surreal. I recall asking those guys if they had spiked my beer.
My mom took me to the doctor - he put it down as something I was going through as part of adolescence.
Those were so tough & strange days.I sure would like to know exactly what was goin on in my noggin!
What kind of actions & reactions were happening.Wanna know whats really ironic?
I got really drunk at my sisters wedding two & a half years later, and thats what seemed to lift me out of depression.
I remember riding home the day after the wedding reception with a sense that the fog had lifted and I had a renewed sense of positive emotions a much needed positive outlook on life.
Rudy
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