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Posted by rculater on July 12, 2010, at 4:41:55
If one more person calls me a weirdo again I think Ill just ......... I dunno, it makes me feel like giving up. It affects me deeply when I hear this.
Even Wife labelled me a weirdo at the weekend while we were having a argument..So now, after months of putting this off I've cracked open the Celexa packet. Maybe this will make me "normal" yet fat, tired and sexually dysfunctional. Wow I cant wait.
Wish me luck.
Posted by Phillipa on July 12, 2010, at 11:02:03
In reply to WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird....., posted by rculater on July 12, 2010, at 4:41:55
Words hurt but why in the heat of an argument does that mean you need a med? You give no history? Phillipa
Posted by former poster on July 12, 2010, at 14:04:51
In reply to WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird....., posted by rculater on July 12, 2010, at 4:41:55
I hear ya. I've been called that name all my life..
Posted by Questionmark on July 13, 2010, at 0:46:06
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird..... » rculater, posted by former poster on July 12, 2010, at 14:04:51
AH! I want to say to you-- both of you-- " **** them. So what if you are not the same old typical conformist clone of everyone else! Thank GOODNESS for people who are unique." And maybe some things about being yourself and all that. But,.. I know how difficult it is to be in a society that... well it's like the famous e.e. cummings quote:
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."
Great quote. But it IS hard. As hard as he describes. So hard that my guess as to the percentage of people who win or even continue to fully fight that battle is considerably less than one percent-- depending on how you define "being yourself." Everyone succumbs. I've succumbed. I stayed on Nardil for years because it made me a happier, more sociable, less ruminative over-analytical sensitive & emotional person-- i.e. it made me more normal. I chose to become and stay... a different person. Of course a lot of it was because the overall mental suffering was less and many qualities of happiness were greater. But still i was a willing accomplice to being "normalized." OK i still wasn't normal on Nardil but more so. Shoot! I don't wanna talk about myself. Forgive me i'm bad at explaining myself concisely. ...
My point is that, well I'd like to encourage you to not let yourselves be normalized. But i understand how exceedingly difficult-- for so many reasons-- that is, and that the rewards are not even clear. So do not feel guilty if you must succumb. Just remember what you knew.
But good luck and God freaking bless if you try to keep fighting the battle.
Posted by former poster on July 13, 2010, at 10:56:42
In reply to e e cummings quote, posted by Questionmark on July 13, 2010, at 0:46:06
Thanks for that incredibly well versed insight and awesome quote! I will copy and save your post so I can pass it on to my kids someday. God bless you!
Posted by Conundrum on July 13, 2010, at 20:45:32
In reply to WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird....., posted by rculater on July 12, 2010, at 4:41:55
Celexa will not change any personality quirks it just brings people of of the blues. So what you are looking for may not be in the pill.
I urge anyone reading this to take a look at the following web comic about weirdness. It should be amusing and uplifting
http://www.viruscomix.com/page500.html
"I never set out to be weird. It was always other people who called me weird. "
Frank Zappa - composer, film maker, genius (made a lot of money too. ;-) )
Posted by Phillipa on July 13, 2010, at 20:54:00
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird..... » rculater, posted by Conundrum on July 13, 2010, at 20:45:32
That was cute as I'm wierd also. Phillipa
Posted by jade k on July 13, 2010, at 21:35:03
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird..... » rculater, posted by Conundrum on July 13, 2010, at 20:45:32
That was great.
Check out the google ad at the bottom of the page, (they're watching you...)
~Jade
Posted by jade k on July 13, 2010, at 21:38:58
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird..... » rculater, posted by Conundrum on July 13, 2010, at 20:45:32
The bottom of YOUR post. Oops :-)
Posted by Questionmark on July 13, 2010, at 23:20:06
In reply to Re: e e cummings quote » Questionmark, posted by former poster on July 13, 2010, at 10:56:42
Oh, AWesome. I'm so glad it was meaningful to you.
Seriously, this made me feel very good. So thank You. That is so great.> Thanks for that incredibly well versed insight and awesome quote! I will copy and save your post so I can pass it on to my kids someday. God bless you!
Posted by rculater on July 14, 2010, at 8:11:50
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird..... » rculater, posted by Conundrum on July 13, 2010, at 20:45:32
Thanks that brightened up my day.
Conundrum, Phillipa. My diag is Dysthemia/Atypical whatever they are, not just starting Celexa because of the name calling but Im suffering from a stressful marriage and negative thoughts with no motivation at all to do much except fly off the handle at tiny things. Just trying a low dose to try and chill out, sleep, think straight.
Thanks
Posted by Phillipa on July 14, 2010, at 19:43:59
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird....., posted by rculater on July 14, 2010, at 8:11:50
Dysthymia is usually low grade depression. Celexa is fairly mild in my experience only. Do hope it helps you. Have you thought of marriage couseling also? Phillipa
Posted by Conundrum on July 14, 2010, at 22:44:47
In reply to Re: WEIRDO - If 1 more person calls me weird....., posted by rculater on July 14, 2010, at 8:11:50
I hope it helps you out.
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