Posts by Larry Lewis

I was actually planning on making an appearance myself, but life—as usual—has other plans... I just can't make it happen this time. You all have a blast and enjoy yourselves! Just know you'll be seeing my face at the next get-together, no matter what.

And for heaven's sake, stay on your best behavior over there—and whatever you do, don't go consorting with those big, nefarious gentlemen in power... what on earth was I trying to say??

mistyjackal842 said:I’d love to make it, assuming I don't end up heading out to the coast for a trip. I would really enjoy catching up with Microsoft. He actually managed to make me laugh when he joked that I was coming from some tiny, insignificant town. For a split second, I genuinely thought he meant I had just been at the beach, and he was asking if I'd made it back yet.

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As long as you aren't bothered by the fact that restlesstiger49 is completely bald and stands about six-foot-four covered in tattoos, we're good.😉

Carl Rivera43 said:So, what do you all think about getting together on Saturday, September 6th for a little get-together?

It’s a real shame—I’m actually hosting a bit of a blowout at my place that night... it's going to run all the way through the morning, actually.🙂

No biggie, though. I'll catch you guys next time. Have a drink for me!

Eric Mitchell55 said:I’m actually on antidepressants myself right now. 🙂

Larry Lewis 😛

And you have the nerve to brag about it 😛

Henry Garcia9 said:I'm doing okay, I guess. Just stuck in a bit of a funk lately. Is this just part of the deal with this illness?? Is it even normal to be on antidepressants while dealing with schizophrenia?

Look, I’m on antidepressants myself, and I’ve been diagnosed with F20—plus a few other similar things as well.

That depressive phase is just brutal... I was right there in the thick of it myself once, but now I've drifted into what you might call a remission—it’s a bit more stable, at least.

Calling all the schizos and anyone else out there feeling just as fractured! How’s everyone holding up? Are you currently riding a wave of remission, sinking into a depressive episode, or stuck in some other dark corner of the mind? Personally, I’m doing alright—passable, really—but let's be honest, there’s always room for improvement.

I can't help but feel a bit envious of Lexi because she seems to have things much more figured out than I do... you know how it is, Lexi 🙂

Gerald Torres2 said:All we really need to do now is get Honey's take on this... :-)

If he won't cooperate, we'll just have to give him a little 🙂

Gerald Torres2 said:And then we can have a backyard BBQ by the fire pit!! 😛
I’ll handle the hot chocolate... you guys roast the marshmallows... and then we dunk them in the chocolate... just watch how good life can actually be! We're talking peak hedonism here.😂😂😂😂

Now that is an idea I can get behind! Count me in!

Gerald Torres2 said:Ugh... I’ve actually dealt with those kinds of halls before... it’s definitely not a pleasant experience. 🙂🙂🙂
But moving past that... I’m pretty much always up for hanging out. 😍

Same here... I spent quite a long stretch flying solo out on the coast, and frankly, I could really use some company right about now.

Carl Rivera43 said:We could even jump on this earlier if enough people are actually feeling the hype.

I am interested—always... though I have this nagging feeling my living room is getting smaller by the day.🤣

I’m actually going to have to bail on my basketball game just to make this trip—so you all better make sure the hospitality is top-notch 🙂

I’m looking to find a female friend—somewhere in the 30 to 35 age range—just to exchange messages with. Honestly, I don't particularly care about any diagnoses, though if she asks about mine, I happen to be living with F20.0. I’ve always found it much easier to connect and communicate with women—there's just a certain flow to it, I suppose. Let me know if you're interested.

You’re telling me to go out and socialize? Honestly—if you all think I'm actually sane enough for that—I’ll bring my medical records along just to prove I'm unhinged enough to handle it.🙂

Nicole Barrett76 said:By the way, it has been quite some time since we last had a forum member struggling with those intrusive thoughts about having to consume animal organs because they believed microchips were being implanted in them...

I truly hope he has recovered, found the right medication regimen, and is doing well now.

Good grief, that guy actually used to creep me out. It was the first time I'd ever even heard of someone spiraling like that.

Eric Mitchell55 said:Let's hope it doesn't come to that. 🤷

I’m hoping for the best too. Honestly, this summer has been a bit grim—so many of my female friends have ended up spending their vacation in the hospital. Just a few days ago, another girl I know was admitted. It seems like everyone is constantly complaining about how they aren't feeling up to par, or some variation of that story. Since I'm currently in remission, I’ll admit—sometimes hearing about everyone else's struggles gets to me; it drags me back to those dark times when I was the one suffering. Still, I always listen.
In fact, looking back at when I was really struggling—and believe me, I was struggling for a long, long time—the worst part was having absolutely no one to talk to. I used to carry this misguided belief that you just had to swallow your feelings, keep everything bottled up inside, and fight through the darkness entirely on your own.

What I'm trying to get at is that you can't truly heal if you don't purge those thoughts from your system and convince yourself of a better reality—but it feels like my friends are just spinning their wheels. I don't know a single person dealing with this illness or anything even remotely similar who actually has a hobby or something meaningful to occupy their time, which is a massive missed opportunity. Instead, some of them just sleep until 3:00 PM and then sit around wondering why they still feel like garbage.

Eric Mitchell55 said:How’s it going, my friends?

Here we have someone who gets genuinely depressed when a thread starts to fade into obscurity—it’s almost poetic, really. Where is everyone else? Given my circle of similarly unhinged friends, I'd wager they're all currently checked into a psychiatric ward somewhere in the Midwest.😢

Does anyone have a particularly gripping delusion they’d care to share with the group?🙂

fadedbear92 said:Elon!!!🙂😍

Oh, please... I’ll behave myself, I promise... since when did you become the local police officer?🙂

Dana Vaughn said:Does anyone happen to know if it’s safe to drink St. John's Wort tea while taking an antipsychotic?

Sure—provided the Virgin Mary herself brewed the damn thing for you.