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Jul 18, 2005 20:55:28 GMT -5
Post by pnoopiepnats on Jul 18, 2005 20:55:28 GMT -5
why did you change your name from Pnoopie Pnats to poopie pants. and why does your picture on SS gallery look like your nude answer 1: because that is my usenet name. answer 2: because my shoulders were bare in that picture
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Jul 19, 2005 5:07:07 GMT -5
Post by Samantha on Jul 19, 2005 5:07:07 GMT -5
Cool lets turn this thread into a fun question and answer thread Question1: Who is Spain? Question2: Why is Hitler? Question3: When is right? Question4: Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down? Ok they aren't my questions, credit goes to Joseph Heller but what the hey?
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Jul 19, 2005 5:37:23 GMT -5
Post by pnoopiepnats on Jul 19, 2005 5:37:23 GMT -5
Cool lets turn this thread into a fun question and answer thread Question1: Who is Spain? Question2: Why is Hitler? Question3: When is right? Question4: Where was that stooped and mealy-coloured old man I used to call Poppa when the merry-go-round broke down? Ok they aren't my questions, credit goes to Joseph Heller but what the hey? and ive got plenty of answers. Answer1: Spain is that pain is the side thingy when you run too hard. Answer2: Because he invented the internet and he flipped out shortly after that Answer3: When I say of course Answer4: He was at the library whacking Teh End Question1: Who is that popular Shorty in all the rap songs?
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Jul 19, 2005 6:28:21 GMT -5
Post by Samantha on Jul 19, 2005 6:28:21 GMT -5
Ants her won: Isn't he their bee-atch they keep talking about? Short guys always get picked on. Maybe they are just telling a tall tale? Quest 1: How can you drink wine if it's dry? Quest 2: Do cowboys? Quest 3: Is it the case?
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Jul 20, 2005 8:25:16 GMT -5
Post by strawberrysweetie on Jul 20, 2005 8:25:16 GMT -5
Just an suggestion but maybe if you can....and perhaps it does take a little distance and time but you could try to see the funny side in such things. Sometimes it helps to not take life so seriously - IF YOU CAN. That doesn't mean laughing at other peoples' predicaments, just your own. I'm sure you can understand how someone who is mocked at school comes to feel little or pathetic. I find the same happens when you mock such bad things/feelings/thoughts/events. They become smaller and their impact is severely diminished. It's not always easy if at all possible but it can help to overcome difficult times sometimes. Of course it's just a suggestion but as you say it is very serious and so anything that might be able to help is worth considering no? My freshmen year of high school was the worst time in my life so far. I fell into a really deep and dark place. I felt like no one understood me at all and I was really close to being completely hopeless about my life. I hated myself and began to have serious suicidal thoughts. I was like that for pretty much the whole year. I just became severely depressed, and I couldn't stop feeling that I would ultimately amount to nothing. Anytime I picked up a knife I would envision stabbing myself with it. I would think about getting hit by a car as I walked to school. And when I was at home in my room all alone to cry, I would think about taking a bunch of pills and getting it over with in a non-messy sort of way. If I saw a movie where someone hung themself, than I would imagine myself in that situation. Having these sort of thoughts only made me feel worse about myself. I felt completely sick about it all and was severely disturbed. Through that time, there was nothing at all that I found humourous. Anytime someone would say something that was supposed to be funny, I would have to pretend to show some sort of happy emotion toward it...I would force myself to smile or chuckle or whatever. I just felt so lost and felt that life was completely pointless. Fortunately, I got at least a little better after that school year was over and didn't end up doing anything drastic. However, I still get very depressed sometimes, and those sorts of thoughts come creeping back. Especially now with all this damn pressure before leaving for college next year. Since I'm not completely over these feelings, I could never find humor in it. And since some people have actually gone through with it, and 'succeeded' at it, I'm supposing that they probably felt very similar (at least at the time) to how I did at my worst. The point is that I'll never find death to be a humourous thing. Especially suicide. I find absolutely nothing about that dark period in my life to be funny. I've always been more of a serious person, anyway. If humour is what helps you deal with your own problems...then good for you (I really mean that in a good way). I suppose you're just lucky. The only thing that helps me to not give up is my family. I don't want to disappoint them and don't want to be another huge burden to them. If I actually committed suicide, they'd also probably go off the deep end...they've dealt with enough crap already and don't deserve anymore. I'm sorry for laying all of this on you...I'm sure you probably didn't want to hear about it. And you have acknowleged the fact that there are other people who take it seriously. So I don't know why I wrote about my experience. Oh well...such as life. Sorry I made such a depressing response. If anyone finds humor in it, just don't tell me. I guess I'm just trying to explain my position.
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Jul 20, 2005 13:13:45 GMT -5
Post by wagnerr on Jul 20, 2005 13:13:45 GMT -5
Sorry I made such a depressing response. If anyone finds humor in it, just don't tell me. I guess I'm just trying to explain my position. And you have every right to explain your position and feelings here, Straw. I don't find humor in death at all. I also don't think anything you said was humerous, and it shouldn't be construed as such anyway. What you posted a lot of us here can relate too. Just try to remember that for most people, public school is not a fun experience, but a neccessary one. For most, school is a basic introduction to life in general; you work hard at school, learn things and learn about yourself, and try to find direction in your life. Unfortanently, this doesn't always happen. I think everyone here has contemplated suicide, myself included. It's a hard feeling to fight, i know. I still feel depressed to the point of destroying myself sometimes. Usually, i just get drunk, and go to sleep, and i feel more normal the next morning. Not so great a way to solve the problem, i know, but at least i never go through with suicide. We are all lost in the cosmos; none of us are gonna feel like we belong anywhere. The ones that do are the ones that are in reality even more lost. Just remember that you're here on earth for a reason. I believe that reason is to suffer, and learn from life. For truly, life is all about suffering and learning. When we come to the end of our existance here, death becomes a transcendental experience, one that is not happy or joyful, but one that is beyond emotion, because physical emotions are of the flesh and not the spirit. Whatever happens after death, it can only be inexplicable to us here still alive. For we cannot understand death, and we do not have the humility to try. I won't say don't worry about school, Straw, because i know you will worry about it. All i can say is try not to worry so much. College is demanding, but it can be done. Lots of people get through it. College is much more in depth than primary education will ever be, and is also a lot faster paced. The point is that a thoughtful and considerate person like you, Straw, will excel at it. Perhaps not the socialization aspect; in reality this is not the point of college anyways. A lot people make it the point, which is their big mistake i think. You will not so have so much trouble with college if you prepare yourself for it somewhat. The ones that do not prepare for it are the ones that face the biggest trouble. When you face the unknown, the first psychological experience you will feel is fear, because you do not understand that which you are feeling. This is why death is so frightening for most people, and why those that contemplate suicide, many of us here, are so poorly understood. Those that prepare for death perform better in life i think. Similarly, if you prepare for a life's experience, you will be better prepared to face it. Like i told you earlier, do not worry so much about senior year in high school. It is not the be all and end all of your social existance. For many, they seem to think it is. But this is not true. Learn while you are in senior year, and start to notice what your teachers are trying to tell you about life. Listen to them; they have gone through all of this before.
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Jul 20, 2005 13:17:41 GMT -5
Post by wagnerr on Jul 20, 2005 13:17:41 GMT -5
On another note, what would yall say if we moved this thread to another location, say, the General or Dilemna topic category? I personally don't feel death should be in the Cures category. I think we should move it.
But I'm hesitant to do so without getting some input from everyone else. So what do yall think?
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Jul 23, 2005 19:38:45 GMT -5
Post by annaa on Jul 23, 2005 19:38:45 GMT -5
No. There's something I said earlier in this thread that i'd rather not have on the General board. Although, everyone can see it anyway.
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Jul 23, 2005 23:06:47 GMT -5
Post by wagnerr on Jul 23, 2005 23:06:47 GMT -5
No. There's something I said earlier in this thread that i'd rather not have on the General board. Although, everyone can see it anyway. Okay, one vote for no. How about everyone else?
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Jul 23, 2005 23:31:05 GMT -5
Post by Richard Cunningham on Jul 23, 2005 23:31:05 GMT -5
No. There's something I said earlier in this thread that i'd rather not have on the General board. Although, everyone can see it anyway. Okay, one vote for no. How about everyone else? Why is there a "Shyness Cures" board and a "Shy Self Help"? Can these 2 be merged? Aren't they similar? There are getting to be too many boards This thread was more of a joke thread that went wrong. If it offended, maybe killing the thread is another option? I think the author already deleted the original post anyway.
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Jul 23, 2005 23:39:22 GMT -5
Post by wagnerr on Jul 23, 2005 23:39:22 GMT -5
Why is there a "Shyness Cures" board and a "Shy Self Help"? Can these 2 be merged? Aren't they similar? There are getting to be too many boards This thread was more of a joke thread that went wrong. If it offended, maybe killing the thread is another option? I think the author already deleted the original post anyway. Don't know why there are two separate categories for those two. Shane must have designed them that way, years ago. I don't know. However, i don't want to kill this thread. Even if it did start as a joke gone wrong, death is something that we should all think about and dicuss seriously, so that we can all gain valuable insight into it.
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Jul 24, 2005 0:02:13 GMT -5
Post by Richard Cunningham on Jul 24, 2005 0:02:13 GMT -5
Why is there a "Shyness Cures" board and a "Shy Self Help"? Can these 2 be merged? Aren't they similar? There are getting to be too many boards This thread was more of a joke thread that went wrong. If it offended, maybe killing the thread is another option? I think the author already deleted the original post anyway. Don't know why there are two separate categories for those two. Shane must have designed them that way, years ago. I don't know. However, i don't want to kill this thread. Even if it did start as a joke gone wrong, death is something that we should all think about and dicuss seriously, so that we can all gain valuable insight into it. Well, I'd say move it to General then, after giving annaa the chance to delete the post she doesn't want to be seen in General.
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Jul 24, 2005 0:17:18 GMT -5
Post by shypsychologyguy on Jul 24, 2005 0:17:18 GMT -5
i thought we were done with this topic .
shyness cures are for biological remedies - i dont think there is a way to measure when a shy person is cured thus there is no cure. also none of the shyness cures seem to be scientific.
shyness self help - is a better more practical place to find help.
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Jul 24, 2005 21:01:51 GMT -5
Post by Bodhi on Jul 24, 2005 21:01:51 GMT -5
I'm sorry again i created this thread in the first place, it seems to have opened some bad memories for people. So do whatever with it, move it, kill it, whatever. I do think you can treat death as a subject for humor, but I guess this is the wrong place to do it.
I also agree that there are too many catagories and we should get rid of a few or merge some.
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Jul 25, 2005 5:47:28 GMT -5
Post by Samantha on Jul 25, 2005 5:47:28 GMT -5
I think if you are going to have a thread that discusses death seriously you might want to have one with out all the jokes. I don't mind having my posts deleted it you would rather keep this one than start a new one.
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