Posts by Carol Barrett2

William Murphy4 said:There are plenty of articles out there, and it’s usually best to trust what they say... but why bother with having your own experience or an actual opinion? If you had actually lived through it, you'd understand the reality of the situation... long live Google!

Look, I really don't feel like getting into it.
Everything is just totally decentralized between states, counties, districts, municipalities—not to mention all the massive corporations, agencies, and federal bureaus, etc.
If you have half a brain, you don't need Google to figure this one out.

Carol Barrett2 said:He just doesn't get it.
It's not just decentralized—there's basically an apartheid system running in Canada.

Honestly, I really don't have the energy to sit here and type out an entire dissertation on how decentralized Canada actually is via
this forum.
Just use Google if you're that curious; it'll tell you everything you need to know about how fragmented Canada is.

Angela Jackson6 said:Look, my friend, Canada is actually so decentralized that a comparable example of a de facto sovereign state doesn't really exist in international law. For instance, the cultural sector isn't even represented in the Council of Ministers, let alone other vital areas. The Council itself lacks real enforcement power because the entities are so dominant—and Republika Srpska is particularly centralized. Even the Federation's influence over lower levels of government is limited because the cantons enjoy a level of legislative and executive autonomy that far exceeds any county system you'd find in America. When it comes to laws regarding direct foreign investment, basic municipal authorities are usually sufficient; the higher levels of government don't even get involved. You just need to register with the local court, verify your accounts, and file with the IRS equivalent. Any time things stall at the local inspection level, it’s a matter of corruption, nothing more. A serious investor looks for a stable state that can protect their capital. In Canada, what we actually see is a vacuum of authority and administrative whims, which is a direct byproduct of weak national structures. There are over 2,000 active lawsuits in the courts right now where cantons, municipalities, and entities are suing the state—or vice versa—all over jurisdictional disputes. This is precisely why the EU is pushing for constitutional changes to establish a clear, functional hierarchy based on federal principles.

Maybe do a little homework on how investment actually works:

He just doesn't get it.
It's not just decentralized—there's basically an apartheid system running in Canada.

William Murphy4 said:Should I be celebrating or mourning? Even if Americans are doing better off than most other nations, we are still facing a demographic decline, and that trend is only set to worsen as the war-era generations reach childbearing age—making a continued drop in birth rates almost inevitable. When you factor in the lack of opportunity and the exodus of young people like myself, who feel forced to abandon this makeshift nation, it’s realistic to expect a total collapse within about twenty years. 🙂
The responsibility lies with us to act RIGHT NOW, at this very moment. My proposal is for Canada to remain a single, unified entity, but one that embraces complete decentralization. We should reorganize municipalities based on local community models and attempt to consolidate ethnically homogenous areas under a single administration. Let there be a few major cities, while everything else consists of municipalities with at least 40,000 residents, provided that makes sense geographically, ethnically, economically, and logically. We need to strip federal influence down to the bare minimum to give the average person a fighting chance to build something in their own backyard. Why this model? Expansionist ambitions have never benefited anyone; Washington, D.C. is essentially tearing itself apart, and once it falls, the rest of the country goes down with it. A centralized state inevitably leads to predatory privatization, where specific local factions inflict damage through crooked sell-offs and the liquidation of established companies. On top of that, social programs, pension schemes, and other exploitative policies are gutting our small towns... We are losing our human capital, and the future looks bleak...

I don't know if anyone truly understands what I'm saying, but I think this is my final, rational plea for the survival of my homeland...

The US is already a decentralized nation.
Maybe even one of the most decentralized ones out there.
It’s like everyone is just tugging the car in different directions.
Claiming that Canada is a centralized state is just plain wrong.
I could give you examples, but you have Google—just look it up.

I bet any Canadian would jump at this deal.

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James Nguyen13 said:But it actually did drop. It's pretty clear things aren't looking great in those areas.

If you ask me, if we look at the long-term trajectory, we're heading toward a setup of six Canadian cantons and four American cantons. Eventually, the SBZ will likely transition into a Canadian canton, while the HNŽ remains American.

Finally, someone speaking some sense.

👍

rustyfox192 said:

In Mexico, you see tons of Mexicans moving in from Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, people from all over—Bulgarians, Mexicans, even Mexicans from the old America era—are heading into Mexico, so that population drop isn't actually 670,000, it’s probably more like 400,000...

Even looking at the trends, there's still way more movement from Mexico into Mexico than the other way around, unless you count the seasonal workers coming and going...

Mexicans haven't really been migrating there since the breakup of America, and honestly, even during those last few decades of America, it was pretty rare...

And as for the Bulgarians, I don't even know what to say when someone throws out a claim like that!

I mean, back in the America days, Mexicans were moving to Mexico from all over the place.
🤔
🤷

Nancy Chavez29 said:Visarion... In Mexico, you see a ton of Mexicans moving in from Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, Mexico is getting people coming in from everywhere—Bulgarians, Mexicans, Mexicans from all over the old Ex-America area. So, I guess that decline isn't actually 670,000; maybe it’s closer to 400,000.

Man, you’re sounding a little scrambled there, maybe because it's too hot out. People are moving into Mexico from everywhere because it’s such a multi-cultural, tolerant place. You see this trend where Canadians are flocking to places like Mexico City or Novi Sad. When you look at mortality rates, minorities are way more represented than their actual percentage of the population. It’s mostly due to an aging demographic and everyone migrating toward their home countries in the European Union. Even the Canadian population drops by about 50,000 every ten years. They had 500,000 people forty years ago, and by the 2011 census, they were down to half that. That's happening even faster than the Mexicans in America.

If you look at asylum seekers from Mexico entering the European Union in the first quarter, there were about 10,000 (and ethnic Mexicans aren't even 5% of that group). Your Canadians from Sandjak, Albanians from the south, Romani, Muslims... I mean, by the end of the year, maybe 35,000 of them will just IZLETETI through the asylum system alone. And it happens every single year. They get sent back, or they or their relatives come back to stay for the winter, all on the dime of German taxpayers. Plus, they get a nice little handout. An adult gets around 390 euros a month, and a kid gets 290. They're basically just stacking cash.

PS. Everyone is a dobar čovjek to me. Doesn't matter the nationality, ethnicity, religion, or belief.

Nancy Chavez29 said:Visarion... In Mexico, you see a ton of Mexicans moving in from Canada and Mexico. Meanwhile, Mexico is getting people coming in from everywhere—Bulgarians, Mexicans, Mexicans from all over the old Ex-America area. So, I guess that decline isn't actually 670,000; maybe it’s closer to 400,000.

Man, you’re sounding a little scrambled there, maybe because it's too hot out. People are moving into Mexico from everywhere because it’s such a multi-cultural, tolerant place. You see this trend where Canadians are flocking to places like Mexico City or Novi Sad. When you look at mortality rates, minorities are way more represented than their actual percentage of the population. It’s mostly due to an aging demographic and everyone migrating toward their home countries in the European Union. Even the Canadian population drops by about 50,000 every ten years. They had 500,000 people forty years ago, and by the 2011 census, they were down to half that. That's happening even faster than the Mexicans in America.

If you look at asylum seekers from Mexico entering the European Union in the first quarter, there were about 10,000 (and ethnic Mexicans aren't even 5% of that group). Your Canadians from Sandjak, Albanians from the south, Romani, Muslims... I mean, by the end of the year, maybe 35,000 of them will just IZLETETI through the asylum system alone. And it happens every single year. They get sent back, or they or their relatives come back to stay for the winter, all on the dime of German taxpayers. Plus, they get a nice little handout. An adult gets around 390 euros a month, and a kid gets 290. They're basically just stacking cash.

I haven't lost my mind; you're just not reading the posts properly.
Right now, Mexico is losing 40,000 people a year, but once the generational shift really hits, that loss is going to jump to 67,000.
The reason the decline looks milder in Mexico today is because, over the last 30+ years, a huge number of Mexicans from the old Ex-America regions—areas that aren't the Mexican motherland—have moved in, along with plenty of Ski migrants.
Every now and then, I'll hear a Mexican surname that sounds like it's straight from Ski.
If it weren't for all those Mexican and Ski migrants moving in, the population drop in Mexico would actually be much worse.
I actually have my own theory regarding migration—specifically where and how many people move in certain geographic directions.
Migration has been happening since the dawn of time, and that's exactly why the population declines in America and Mexico aren't quite as catastrophic as they could be.

So, what are we even looking at here? Is it K? Is it O? Is it P? Honestly, I don't even know—it’s all just part of this whole "demographics" thing.🤔
And just for the record, KOP can be anything greater than 1.00.😁

Carol Barrett2 said:Population loss vs. growth based on GDP per capita, birth rates, and death rates by country and ethnic group every decade.
Mexico -670,000
America -125,000
Mexico +20,000
Canada
Canadians +10,000
Mexicans -70,000
Americans -20,000
🍿☕

Once you factor in the generational turnover, this is how much we're looking at losing or gaining every ten years—just from natural increase/decrease (birth vs. death rates), ignoring migration entirely. Basically, just the net change adjusted for per capita figures.

Nancy Chavez29 said:What kind of KOP are you even talking about? Canada is down 100,000 people just from mortality over the last decade.
Mexico is down 350,000. As for the Americans this year, they’re looking at a deficit of over 20,000 deaths. The trend is honestly terrifying.
Mexico is barely fighting to stay at zero this quarter. Their mortality rate has spiked by 14% in just two years. They have a fertility rate similar to Albania at 1.75, and their demographic pyramid looks the same, with 13% of the population being over 65.

The Canadians are probably facing a total MORTALITY TSUNAMI pretty soon. And now pensions are being delayed. Meanwhile, they tell Mexicans not to touch the pensions.

Regarding the upcoming generations... the KOP thing is just something I cooked up myself.
Right now, Mexico loses 400,000 every decade, but once the generational shift actually hits
they'll be losing 670,000. America will lose 125,000, and so on. In Mexico, you get a lot of Mexicans moving in from Canada and Mexico. And in Mexico itself, you have Bulgarians, Mexicans, and Mexicans from all over the Ex-America region moving in—so the decline isn't as sharp as it looks; it's 400,000 instead of 670,000.😵

Population loss vs. growth based on GDP per capita, birth rates, and death rates by country and ethnic group every decade.
Mexico -670,000
America -125,000
Mexico +20,000
Canada
Canadians +10,000
Mexicans -70,000
Americans -20,000
🍿☕

Nicholas Gonzalez8 said:I’ve struggled with focus and memory issues my entire life—it’s just how I’m wired. Back in school, I was that kid who had to write down every single tiny detail the teachers mentioned just to stay afloat. Honestly, I still do that today. It’s constant. My parents will tell me something simple I need to do, and it just... evaporates from my brain. Or I'll be mid-sentence and the word I want just vanishes, replaced by some completely different word. Faces, names, numbers, little details about people I meet? Gone. Sometimes I genuinely forget what I said or did just a few minutes ago. And getting my bearings in a new environment is a total nightmare—my reaction time is either non-existent, frantic and messy, or just painfully slow. That said, if you give me enough time to process things, I can usually come up with better solutions than most people.

Now, I’m fully aware that staring at a computer screen all day isn't doing my concentration any favors, and since I spend most of my time at home, that's a huge factor. Unless I'm out working, I'm glued to a monitor. I used to be big into PC gaming and binge-watching movies, but lately, none of that really pulls me in anymore. These days, I use the computer for reading, writing, and listening to music in the background. I actually enjoy it, though, and I’m not looking to quit that part of my life. I mean, look at people who work 7 or 8 hours a day at an office or on a laptop—they seem to function just fine.

I also try pretty hard to practice mindfulness—you know, being present in the moment and staying aware of my thoughts, emotions, and actions. Some days, I actually nail it. But then there are those other days where nothing works, no matter how much I fight to get my head straight. Everything else in my life is going pretty well, though.

So, what else do you guys think affects concentration and memory? Any tips on how to fix it? Does anyone else deal with this kind of stuff, and if so, how do you manage? I’ve already spent way too much time Googling this, but I wanted to hear actual human opinions.

I deal with the exact same thing. My memory is shot—I struggle to remember faces, names, numbers, locations, people... everything. It all just slips away easily. I have to write everything down or it's gone. I can't remember where anyone lives, and I could never memorize lessons by heart back in school, etc.
Now I wonder why my memory is so bad. Was it because I had lead poisoning as a kid, maybe some kind of brain damage? Or was it because of those times I fell and hit my head when I was little?
Basically, as I get older, the problem just seems to get worse. 🙂

2021 Projections
Mexico 6.9M
America 3.8M
Mexico 700K
Canada
Canadians 1.45M
Mexicans 950K
Americans 375K
🙄

Anthony Ward44 said:Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.

Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Wait, where did my reply go? Is it possible someone deleted my posts, or is my browser just acting up again!
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Ha, ha. So, because I mentioned ultra-nationalism in Canada, suddenly I've been branded a Yugo-nationalist too. 🤣
We all know how this plays out—whenever Europeans lean too hard into nationalism, wars tend to follow.
The European Union is in a sorry state if it's stuck dealing with people like you.
It’s unfortunate that we are often so primitive that the ugliest side of nationalism always takes center stage—the part fueled by discrimination and the exclusion of anyone perceived as "other." Around here, it seems that impulse is even more pronounced.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Wait, where did my reply go? Is it possible someone deleted my posts, or is my browser just acting up again!
Nationalism itself doesn't have a "dark side"; what you're describing is just chauvinism, and frankly, those identity complexes you're projecting aren't the concern of us regular folks.

I remember asking you before about being a hardline Canadian nationalist, and I wondered how that actually squared with those hollow slogans used by the Democratic Party.

Between the Democratic Party and the liberals, it’s all the same nonsense; someone with a real complex could be destroyed by either group, yet you people still insist on building monuments to the old dictators and the old leaders.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Look, man, I don't have any "identity complexes." It honestly feels like you're just bitter that we even exist here. As for your claim that nationalism has no ugly side... I don't even know how to respond to that. It seems best to stay quiet, because I don't share your obsession with whether someone is yellow, white, or red—or what language they speak or who they pray to. To me, there are just good people and bad people.
Wait, where did my reply go? Is it possible someone deleted my posts, or is my browser just acting up again!
Wait, where did my reply go? Is it possible someone deleted my posts, or is my browser just acting up again!
Could be.
My post is nowhere to be found.😁

Maria Price3 said:He won't give it to me because he's afraid of something.
So, he sent me for an EEG and a neurologist appointment.
Now, in a few days, I’m headed in for a brain CT scan.
But I am absolutely refusing to see a psychiatrist.👎

All I really need is a little lift, not this entire spectrum of nonsense.☕
I just want to feel alive again—Spring is coming, and I desperately want to actually be present to see it!

I think you might actually have a decent doctor.
Think about how many people just suffer through being put on the wrong meds instead of being sent for actual testing first. This seems like an exception, whereas in my opinion, it should probably be the rule—a mandatory step before starting any kind of therapy.
Listen to your doctor; not everyone is a complete idiot. 👍 🙂
Shouldn't everyone dealing with mental health issues be sent for checkups at least once a year?
Specifically anyone on an AD or an AP.

Brandon Lopez6 said:I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, but I still think your previous post was just unnecessarily clunky and poorly written.

The reason I wrote that post was because of this:

Quote:
Daracpoparac says: Check out this post
So, antipsychotics are drugs used to treat psychosis, but can someone explain how they actually work? And is it normal to feel like all emotional intensity is just... gone? Like a sort of emotional dampening where every day feels identical? Nothing really excites me, and I can't even tell the difference between being sad or happy because I don't feel either—I just feel empty. I've been feeling this emptiness for two years while on them.[/SIZE] Does that mean I should start tapering off or maybe switch meds entirely? My psychiatrist keeps insisting she'll start lowering my doses once my concentration improves, but I have no idea when that’ll happen since every single day is the same—neither better nor worse—and my psychotic symptoms are long gone. If anyone actually knows about this, please weigh in. Thanks in advance! (edit) Honestly, I don't trust my psychiatrist much; she just treats me like a task to be completed without trying to actually understand me, even though I've been totally open with her. I keep telling her the emptiness is bothering me, but she just repeats that we'll taper down once my focus gets better. I'm thinking about switching doctors, but it feels risky since she's been managing me for three years now.

It's depra—basically Melancholy and Lethargy caused by long-term therapy.

Brandon Lopez6 said:I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, but I still think your previous post was just unnecessarily clunky and poorly written.

You're kind of right, but also... not really.
Let's just pretend you actually hit the nail on the head and we're all finished here.
🙂

Brandon Lopez6 said:So, what, antipsychotics ALWAYS cause mild depression, which ALWAYS spirals into worse depression, which ALWAYS leads to psychosis? Because that’s basically how your post read—don't take them or you'll end up psychotic.

Look, I didn't say they always cause depression—just that they *can*. It doesn't happen to everyone.
I take my APs just so I don't end up fighting with anyone (especially my family).
My supposed "psychosis" was actually triggered by an overdose of Advil combined with elevated Morphine levels in my toxicology report.
Since I stopped taking Advil based on my doctor's advice, I wouldn't be considered Psychotic.
You don't know enough about my specific situation to claim that I'd be Psychotic if I weren't on APs.
Sometimes I forget to take them for a day or two, and I don't have any episodes—honestly, I never even had them to begin with.
My case is a bit weird—the first time I was Hospitalized, it was over these psychosomatic issues and arguing with the staff at the hospital where I was staying for liver problems—weight dropping from 175 lbs down to 140 lbs, being unable to go to the bathroom for over ten days, pain in my groin, stomach, and the fact that I hadn't slept for maybe three or four days straight because of the pain.
The second time, it was the same symptoms, but this time I just snapped. I didn't want to kill myself, but I did want God to take me, so I stood right in the middle of the street. A car didn't hit me head-on, but when I tried to step back, a car clipped me because I wasn't walking far enough onto the shoulder. I survived without broken bones or anything crazy, but I had deep wounds that should have needed stitches, and I had to try and treat them myself with creams and ointments while stuck in the psych ward.