Mine are mostly internal as well, and have not had much of a negative impact on my life. What lead to my diagnosis was a visit to my GP whilst discussing sleep problems (chronic insomnia/hyposomnia, which has affected me since puberty). Among the things keeping me awake was an increase in the frequency of hearing jumbled and direct statements of varying intonation/gender/content, voices separate from the normal chorus - which I could not initially determine the source, and especially at night. From time to time I can't tell if it's coming from some sort of device or radio which I'd left on, and it worried me a bit.
My GP directed me to a specialist who confirmed it was independent from the side effects of sleep deprivation, but mentioned it was not severe enough to warrant medication. I do see a counseler every now and then to make sure it's not getting worse.
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As one who hears voices, I agree on the point that you don't have to do what they tell you to. Even the tiniest bit of self-control takes precedent, and one would not jump off of a bridge if someone told them to unless they were very seriously mentally compromised.
From what I've been told, it's only diagnosed as 'schizophrenia' if the voices uncontrollably causes one to harm himself or others. I assume that some people do what the voices are obsessing over just to get them to shut up.
I believe that certain people who are in pain, who feel they have been wronged, or are vengeful for past events, angry at the unfairness of their lives or are otherwise suffering from clinical depression, feel inclined to inflict this pain outwards as a coping mechanism. By far it's not the right direction, and I think that those neurotransmitters which give us our various moods and emotions are partially involved in the way that the voices interact with and direct you.
I'm not a violence-prone person, so they never tell me to hurt people, but they do cheer me on when I'm successful in a project, collaborate on the best course of action when I am worried or someone I care about is troubled, berate me (...and endlessly, at that) when I make mistakes or when I'm depressed, and such.
This is something that I've done for a long time - I've acknowledged that each voice has its own personality and ways of interpreting the world, and as long as they are working together or making efforts to find common ground on a lot of issues, then you as a whole can function productively. I function well enough - I've even seen a psychiatrist and other mental health counselors, who have gone on to say that although having 'delusions'/hearing voices is unusual, the schizophrenia may be a misdiagnosis since it's usually disabling.
It's only a mental disease if it causes harm to you or others.
If your club is boring (read: uninteresting) then and lacking in discussion, demonstrations, games / fun, workshops, group projects/studies and even problem solving for your peers and staff, then don't be surprised if your membership falls short of your expectations.
Perhaps telomere shortening in the cells of the hypothalamus mediates the control of the aging process?
Then again, all the genetic research studies could have had it wrong!
you made a good point - i don't see men as nuturing because i have not seen many men being nuturing. i think that if there were more men like you who demonstrate their desires to be caring fathers, then there wouldn't be so many people like me who were only raised by a single mom and grow up with such a negative perspective of male parents, who go on to share their opinion that women are better parents than men. it's an issue that will change very slowly.
though, i don't really understand how men 'have to appear less nurturing for the safety of their children' - could you explain this?
and i apologize if i insulted you with my comments.
oh it's more like... i don't doubt that there are good, caring fathers out there who want to spend time with their children. it's just that in my experiences, they are so rare that it casts doubt on the male motive for wanting 'equality' - remember, less than a century ago, men had been oppressing women for years and years.
anyways, my own father was never present, and my mother ended up filling both parental roles. i think that men underestimate the experience of pregnancy because they don't have to go through it themselves, and a part of me thinks that men wanting the same amount of time off as women does not necessarily equate to wanting to use that time towards bonding with their child. but there's always the exception, and my viewpoint will likely change when i meet and see more fathers being motherly/nurturing to their kids.
don't get me wrong, i'm no bigot or feminist, and double standards annoy me too. i hate it when men will drop everything they're doing just to be the perfect gentleman for a woman, while in the process treating other men as if they don't exist / like shit.
absolutely! i'm a young adult, myself, and worry about losing my ability to learn as much as i want to in life.
some good advice i've been told: at work, you push the limits of what you are what you're good at, and at home or on your off time, you keep yourself engaged and iron out what you have a hard time with, through your various hobby code and projects
i think the radioactive stuff would be washed out to sea. there, it may sink to the ocean floor and go through a cycle much like the mercury cycle - where critters at the bottom of the food chain will eat radioactive particles, which would be eaten up by larger fish, and eventually end up being consumed by a significant portion of the human population!
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The little girl becomes YOU!
This can't be happening!
Will the DoD see this and decided to make cockroach soldiers? Or roboroach bomb detectors and defusers?
Past participle 'decided' was used in place of the singular present 'decide'.
Mine are mostly internal as well, and have not had much of a negative impact on my life. What lead to my diagnosis was a visit to my GP whilst discussing sleep problems (chronic insomnia/hyposomnia, which has affected me since puberty). Among the things keeping me awake was an increase in the frequency of hearing jumbled and direct statements of varying intonation/gender/content, voices separate from the normal chorus - which I could not initially determine the source, and especially at night. From time to time I can't tell if it's coming from some sort of device or radio which I'd left on, and it worried me a bit.
My GP directed me to a specialist who confirmed it was independent from the side effects of sleep deprivation, but mentioned it was not severe enough to warrant medication. I do see a counseler every now and then to make sure it's not getting worse. =)
This is exactly where I was a few years ago, before I was diagnosed - they would keep me awake, sometimes.
As one who hears voices, I agree on the point that you don't have to do what they tell you to. Even the tiniest bit of self-control takes precedent, and one would not jump off of a bridge if someone told them to unless they were very seriously mentally compromised.
From what I've been told, it's only diagnosed as 'schizophrenia' if the voices uncontrollably causes one to harm himself or others. I assume that some people do what the voices are obsessing over just to get them to shut up.
I believe that certain people who are in pain, who feel they have been wronged, or are vengeful for past events, angry at the unfairness of their lives or are otherwise suffering from clinical depression, feel inclined to inflict this pain outwards as a coping mechanism. By far it's not the right direction, and I think that those neurotransmitters which give us our various moods and emotions are partially involved in the way that the voices interact with and direct you.
I'm not a violence-prone person, so they never tell me to hurt people, but they do cheer me on when I'm successful in a project, collaborate on the best course of action when I am worried or someone I care about is troubled, berate me (...and endlessly, at that) when I make mistakes or when I'm depressed, and such.
A low carbohydrate, high fat diet can also help reduce, or eliminate, symptoms of not being obese.
This is something that I've done for a long time - I've acknowledged that each voice has its own personality and ways of interpreting the world, and as long as they are working together or making efforts to find common ground on a lot of issues, then you as a whole can function productively. I function well enough - I've even seen a psychiatrist and other mental health counselors, who have gone on to say that although having 'delusions'/hearing voices is unusual, the schizophrenia may be a misdiagnosis since it's usually disabling. It's only a mental disease if it causes harm to you or others.
If your club is boring (read: uninteresting) then and lacking in discussion, demonstrations, games / fun, workshops, group projects/studies and even problem solving for your peers and staff, then don't be surprised if your membership falls short of your expectations.
Grass is green and water is wet.
i don't even have one
lot of fake videos in my time.
^ Tried and true method!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence
For every "new" that comes out, I think companies have at least five or six behind it ready for release in intervals of several years.
Perhaps telomere shortening in the cells of the hypothalamus mediates the control of the aging process? Then again, all the genetic research studies could have had it wrong!
you made a good point - i don't see men as nuturing because i have not seen many men being nuturing. i think that if there were more men like you who demonstrate their desires to be caring fathers, then there wouldn't be so many people like me who were only raised by a single mom and grow up with such a negative perspective of male parents, who go on to share their opinion that women are better parents than men. it's an issue that will change very slowly.
though, i don't really understand how men 'have to appear less nurturing for the safety of their children' - could you explain this?
and i apologize if i insulted you with my comments.
It'll sell really fast if you include those features.
oh it's more like... i don't doubt that there are good, caring fathers out there who want to spend time with their children. it's just that in my experiences, they are so rare that it casts doubt on the male motive for wanting 'equality' - remember, less than a century ago, men had been oppressing women for years and years.
anyways, my own father was never present, and my mother ended up filling both parental roles. i think that men underestimate the experience of pregnancy because they don't have to go through it themselves, and a part of me thinks that men wanting the same amount of time off as women does not necessarily equate to wanting to use that time towards bonding with their child. but there's always the exception, and my viewpoint will likely change when i meet and see more fathers being motherly/nurturing to their kids.
don't get me wrong, i'm no bigot or feminist, and double standards annoy me too. i hate it when men will drop everything they're doing just to be the perfect gentleman for a woman, while in the process treating other men as if they don't exist / like shit.
or bath salts
i'm certain that us women are much better at getting pregnant
unless you're like me and have your tubes tied
absolutely! i'm a young adult, myself, and worry about losing my ability to learn as much as i want to in life. some good advice i've been told: at work, you push the limits of what you are what you're good at, and at home or on your off time, you keep yourself engaged and iron out what you have a hard time with, through your various hobby code and projects
i think the radioactive stuff would be washed out to sea. there, it may sink to the ocean floor and go through a cycle much like the mercury cycle - where critters at the bottom of the food chain will eat radioactive particles, which would be eaten up by larger fish, and eventually end up being consumed by a significant portion of the human population!
well, assholes certainly do deal with a lot of shit on a regular basis!