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Peter Rodriguez7 said:Anyone who actually loves their child wouldn't view providing for them as some sort of burdensome obligation. Then again, I suppose "love" means something entirely different to certain parents.
Everything stated here is absolutely correct, and it remains an undeniable truth that children were never forced into existence by us. No one coerced anyone to bring them into this world. But even so, are we not all merely human, fragile and vulnerable beneath the skin?
Peter Rodriguez7 said:Dear Megan White4,
Your mother is a TOXIC person. She likely won't ever realize it, which means she isn't going to be the one to change. You are the one who has to do the work on yourself, and honestly, that’s a long road. It would probably be best to pursue some psychotherapy—for your own sake—so you can learn how to actually manage her instability. Don't let her pin her own frustrations on you by making you feel guilty. And please, don't let her walk all over you under the guise of "love." That isn't love; it's just pathological selfishness.
Oh, absolutely—because clearly, maintaining such restraint for twenty-seven years is just a symptom of pure, unadulterated selfishness, right?
Toco, if you're currently in NYC, try not heading straight home once your classes are finished. Instead, maybe find your way to a library? I realize saying that is much easier than actually doing it, but perhaps finding some peace there is better than constant arguing. And please, try not to waste money on gas, especially with prices climbing so high lately. At the end of the day, it is her money, and we have to remember she has been supporting us for twenty-seven years. I am not in any better position myself, as I have a very stubborn mother. But from their perspective, it feels like we are just gossiping about their finances when, at their age, they deserve to enjoy what they've earned. They shouldn't have to act as a full-time service provider—first as parents, then as grandparents, and eventually perhaps even as financial guarantors when children need help with mortgage payments. If one person doesn't receive that kind of support, they start feeling vulnerable, neglected, or whatever else.
In the end, we are all just human beings underneath it all.
And if ignorance is considered a form of prejudice or the ultimate folly, then absolutely, it is. Many of our elders, many of whom didn't even finish high school, simply aren't educated in that way.
When dealing with someone uneducated, you can't prove anything to them. They will always believe they are right, and that their version of the truth is the only one that exists in the world.
Shouldn't every nation on Earth collaborate to construct a vessel capable of reaching geosynchronous orbit, where it could intercept a fuel reservoir ignited by a nuclear pulse to propel itself toward the Moon? If it currently takes four days just to reach the Moon, can we truly call that progress? Wouldn't it be revolutionary if we could slash that transit time to mere hours, allowing for the rapid transport of people and cargo back and forth?
From there, we could implement a magnetic "railgun" system to launch payloads directly from the lunar surface.
Next, we must pioneer nuclear-thermal spacecraft capable of hitting two or three percent of light speed to reach Mars and the Asteroid Belt, where we would establish permanent colonies.
These colonies would then serve as hubs for advancing nuclear technology and experimenting with next-generation reactors. Once our engineering reaches the point where we can fit a reactor inside a craft the size of a Boeing 747—one that carries enough fuel to sustain speeds of 10 to 15 percent of light speed—only then can we truly discuss conquering the solar system and pushing the boundaries of space technology. After all, what is the point of any vessel traveling slower than 100 kilometers per second? It is only at that threshold that we can begin to contemplate exploring the first few hundred solar systems in our vicinity and achieving true expansion into Space.
hiddengardener84 said:What can you even say about the state terrorism coming from that Zionist entity called Israel 😬
Someone asks for a link. Look, that's literally what this whole forum is for 🤣 There isn't a link because the news network that ran the story had to pull their entire digital feed 👎 It’s a damn shame. Now, go ahead and guess which major network aired it—and the worst part? The news is actually true.
It turns out Al Jazeera was the one to report it.
I find myself pondering a specific question, which I previously attempted to pose within the health forum—or so I believed. However, it seems my thread has vanished into the void.
The inquiry is this:
Is it entirely possible to endure a psychotic episode while completely alone in one's home? Or perhaps, could such an event occur so subtly that no one else notices, leaving you as the sole witness to your own fractured reality once the fog finally lifts?
Allow me to clarify my intent;
I am certainly not suggesting that such experiences are synonymous with schizophrenia. Rather, my curiosity lies in whether one can undergo such an episode without it necessarily serving as a definitive diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Furthermore, I feel it is high time that our psychiatric classifications expanded beyond the traditional silos of schizophrenia, depression, mania, bipolar disorder, neurosis, intellectual disability, and paranoia...
In fact, only the French psychiatric school treats paranoia as a distinct entity.
Regrettably, too many disparate conditions are being lumped together under the broad umbrella of schizophrenia. If only certain practitioners would take the time to actually differentiate these various entities—if only they would perform the nuanced analysis that was so desperately needed just the other day.
This might fall more under the realm of psychology, but...
Is it truly possible to endure a psychotic episode only for it to occur at a moment when you are entirely alone? Or perhaps, could it be that those around us simply fail to perceive it—that they don't even suspect that anything unusual has transpired? Could one be left with the solitary, haunting awareness that such an event took place, while the rest of the world remains blissfully unaware?
I am referring to someone who, until that specific moment, had been functioning perfectly normally.
Rebecca Williams3 said:Look, I'm not a virgin and this isn't my first rodeo... I've been a few times before, but always at private clinics.
If that is the case, why don't you just suggest she pursues a career as an auto mechanic instead?