Posted by cubic_me on October 6, 2004, at 7:37:42
In reply to subconsciously seeking them out, posted by octopusprime on October 5, 2004, at 21:20:39
You seem to have had just as many friends and aquaintances with psychological problems as I have! Perhaps it's not us seeking them out, but more them seeking us out (maybe it's because we are special!).
Both my long term boyfriends had been on antidepressants before I met them, and I didn't know until I was well into the relationship. Of my best friends, one has killed herself, one frequently attempts and another is a self-injurer with a drink problem. I didn't find this out about their problems until I had been friends with them for several years, so its not as if I conciously 'chose' them as my friends. But thinking back on it, my group of friends at school were all the misfits that didn't fit into any other category (brainboxes, fashion victims, townies, scaters etc)
I do volunteer work on a telephone helpline (like the samaritans), and when I went on a training weekend with the volunteers it emerged that over half of us had been on psychological drugs - maybe not a good way to meet balenced, well rounded people then!
I can happily say that I have some good friends who have no psychological problems (that I know of, ofcourse)
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