-so, anyone grabbing a bus down to Washington, D.C. for the celebration this Saturday? what's the word, Ultras? ...or is it too pricey for you guys again? .... look, Steven Ross74 is gonna help you out with the costs, you just gotta show up. -....well, I'm not footing the bill for a bus, too. if you guys can actually act decent and civilized while we're in our beautiful capital (meaning, no acting tough or trying way too hard to prove yourselves), then maybe we can talk. you guys are celebrating the band's anniversary, we're getting the title—so it's all on you whether this whole thing works out or not. i've been hearing some things... just make a decision already regarding those two troublemakers of yours (a.m. and r.o.) man, seriously. I told them straight: if they show up peaceful (maybe even playing "Greetings, Washington, D.C.")—that song is a classic—then your chances of heading home in one piece are actually pretty good. besides, the local dockworker's taking the day off anyway.😁
Jeremy Palmer said:Professor, are you married? Do you have kids?
I'm guessing you aren't... because a woman juggling a husband, children, and a career simply doesn't have the luxury of sitting around counting all the good things she does in a day. It’s not just that there isn't time between all the giving; it's that the acts are so constant they become impossible to track.
Any mom on here will tell you that most of her day is spent looking out for others. For the vast majority of the time... every single day... all year round... it's just giving, giving, and more giving.
When you get into that rhythm, you start doing it almost by instinct. You find yourself helping a mother struggling with her toddlers on the street, or donating to UNICEF, or answering those charity calls for dialysis machines or snail research. You might drop off some groceries for a neighbor downstairs who relies on social security, or just sit and chat with an elderly lady who has no one else to talk to.
At the end of the day, you either have an open heart or you don't. You either empathize or you don't. You don't really need to turn it into some organized program where everyone tries to be "good" just to feel better about themselves.
Anyway, that's just my take on it, Professor. 🙂
-okay, glad to see there are still "some good people" left out there.... -Professor, it reminds me of myself back in the day, when I had all this energy to go out and do good things.... but man, honestly, over time I just burned out. My nerves got frayed, my body wore down, and it seems like so many people just stayed selfish... totally egocentric.
-from what I can tell, this stuff usually hits hardest during the teenage years... -parents are basically always pissed off at everyone and everything—including doctors. they have a hard time sticking with one therapist, especially if that pro calls them out on their crap right away. -it’s usually all or nothing with them, black and white thinking... you’re either some perfect saint or a total disaster, no middle ground. -you see a lot of manipulative suicide attempts that don't actually go anywhere... a lot of cutting (which is really just a cry for help or attention seeking), tattoos, gambling... -they're super insecure and lack self-esteem, even if they act "tough" in one specific area—like being a star athlete or an artist. they might even get super intense about religion or the Bible, even if they don't actually live by those rules in real life... etc, etc...
Just trying to let go of all that bitterness toward my enemies every single day... -btw-hey, I’m totally with you on being a bear, for sure... it just feels like people would actually listen if you kept that "bear" energy on your personal blog or something rather than mixing it into politics or those mainstream news outlets... which, honestly, are just filled with disillusioned veterans anyway... though I can't really blame them much myself...👍
Gregory Wells6-I mean, I think it’s on you... to let your kid actually build their own identity, you know? Especially when their self-esteem is shaky and they start looking for validation in all the wrong, empty places. If you notice them heading down a path that isn't just typical teenage rebellion... have you thought about reaching out to a therapist for some talk therapy? Or maybe even a psychiatrist for more intensive treatment before things get too heavy? (So many parents mess up without even realizing it... honestly, by being overprotective or "smothering" them with too much love, they end up suffocating the kid. It usually backfires big time)
Jeffrey Ramos4 said:Yeah, unfortunately, people around them really struggle to cope with someone like that. BPD is typically diagnosed during early adolescence, often when a psychiatrist is either unsure about the specific diagnosis or finds themselves at odds with another specialist's opinion. It’s also incredibly common for BPD to show up alongside other mental health issues. The general idea is that you wait until they move past those teenage years to see how their psychological state settles... but the real catch is that you can never say for certain whether it's a genuine disorder or just an intense adolescent crisis.
🙂 -as for that last bit, don't sweat it. A solid therapist isn't gonna fall for it... because people with BPD have such specific, predictable patterns of behavior. That's basically what makes the diagnosis what it is.
So, I actually have a neighbor with the exact same diagnosis. We’ve known each other since the end of the war—like 15 years now—and even with his meds and staying completely sober, he manages to hold together a pretty decent marriage and has a kid.... He’s even turned his apartment hallway into this little makeshift shrine, even though he isn't even religious. His whole vocabulary is just a loop of the same old phrases, you know? Like he constantly recites Bible verses or random quotes just to try and seem witty or something.... He puts on this big, happy face for the world, but you can really tell how much he’s struggling with those delusions that don't match reality. He’s super flighty, too... one minute he's all in on a goal, thinking he's actually gonna make it happen, but because he's so disconnected from reality, everything just falls apart so fast. He follows these totally wrong idols, people who aren't even worth looking up to. He’s extremely antisocial, mostly just keeps to himself. Back in the 90s right after the war ended, he used to get these massive anxiety attacks—this irrational fear that he’d totally misinterpret based on his own twisted logic. He used to spend a lot of time at the local VA hospital because he felt safer there, knowing someone was watching over him... From what I know, his regimen includes Prazosin 100mg in the morning, afternoon, and night; he says it helps keep him level. But man, he has zero self-control when it comes to food or anything else, weighs about 260lbs. It’s basically the same pattern of behavior that any good therapist would spot instantly... things don't change easily, but with the right medication, you can definitely dial down the symptoms.
-I don't think we need to take things so literally... I mean, it could be more specific, like how you can actually "kill" someone just with your words—totally crush them... ("words... cutting like a knife").
-Look, man, if they actually wanted to end it all, they would've pulled it off... especially working with a crowd like this. Maybe it’s just being suicidal but failing, or maybe it's a cry for help... or just someone trying to force everyone to look at them and their own little drama.👍
It sounds as if you're suggesting anyone in your circle could end their life and you'd simply let them because things got "unbearable." What exactly defines "unbearable" to you?
Anything in life can be endured and survived, provided there is even a shred of love surrounding you.
Every single human life is priceless and worth fighting for. When someone attempts suicide, it is merely a desperate signal to those around them that something is terribly wrong and they are crying out for help.
Perhaps your hand, your attention, or a simple conversation might be enough to stop someone from making that choice. No one truly knows what is happening inside another person's mind until it is too late, leaving everyone to claim, "but they seemed perfectly fine."
bravo, stormymaker522! I am 100% with you on this. 👍
steelranger31 said:Is there actually any help out there? Like, anything to stop the hypersensitivity or that constant loop of overanalyzing everything from yesterday to ten years ago? Personally, I don't think so. It feels like something you just have to live with until the end... like some incurable, terminal disease.
There’s "help" in the short term, but we all know what that looks like: spiraling through bottles of wine or beer, or chasing shallow relationships. A day is only 24 hours, but the average person goes through something like 3 million thoughts an hour (not that anyone's actually counted, but still)...
If your brain is wired wrong, hahaha, it's really just a matter of time before everything hits the fan. Total breakdown, madness, alienation, deep depression, mania, dysfunction, pure hatred, and finally... well, you know how it ends. Straight to hell. :|
-from what I know, symptoms can be managed with medication, specifically things like Prazine, 100mg, 1-1-1... though obviously, that shouldn't be mixed with alcohol or drugs. people call it "Ferrari" in street slang because it contains promazine, which is an aliphatic phenothiazine antipsychotic. it belongs to the first generation of neuroleptics known for strong sedative and anticholinergic effects, along with moderate extrapyramidal side effects. it helps with withdrawal syndromes, irritability, tension, anxiety, and pain in chronic patients. taking phenothiazines (like Prazine/Ferrari) alongside alcohol can cause severe depression of the central nervous system and the respiratory system, plus it can drop your blood pressure significantly. to get a faster effect, psychotic patients are often started on I.M. (intramuscular) injections. after that, it's given orally every 4-6 hours, with the dosage adjusted gradually based on how the patient handles the treatment. watch out if the patient has serious liver damage.
-so you definitely have it... but for that specific topic, what does gambling actually have to do with borderline? please explain, because I'm really not following...🤷
In slang, we're talking about that red line—that borderline between neurosis and psychosis. So, "borderline personality"—their moods and emotions are just all over the place, totally unstable. They don't really have a solid sense of who they are, which makes their emotions super volatile and their behavior unpredictable and impulsive. They live with this constant, heavy sense of emptiness and depression... and they can be prone to manipulative suicide attempts. Honestly, a patient like that is a therapist's worst nightmare because once they get into that state, it’s incredibly hard to fix. You've got people dealing with chronic depression, deep-seated addiction to drugs or booze, marriages that are completely trashed, and often a pattern of being hypersexual, jumping from one bed to the next. You see them—the "overpass jumpers" and those sad souls sitting on park benches, fingers interlaced like the seams on a football, carrying these deep psychological scars that just won't heal. Their ego is so fragile, so brittle... they spend all their energy playing parts, trying desperately to be anything except who they actually are. They crave intimacy more than anything, yet they push away anyone who tries to get close. They're rarely satisfied, drifting from one specialist to another, hoping someone will finally hand them a magic pill to fix their shattered feelings and that hollow void inside. They'll follow any guru or messianic type—any charismatic loser promising a quick fix for the pain. Usually, it ends with a premature trip to jail or a psych ward. When they come out, they look fine on the surface, which gives everyone hope... right up until the next crash, whether it's real or just in their heads. But one thing is for sure, they never actually change...
I was gonna write up a whole breakdown on DG for you guys—both the theory and how it actually plays out in the real world... but I gotta run, meeting a friend for coffee real quick. Catch ya later.☕
Usually, this kind of thing hits hardest during puberty... if you want to avoid a mental breakdown, don't force it. It's really tough to make progress in that area unless she becomes aggressive or poses a danger to people around her, since she's clearly one of those folks who denies they're even sick (which honestly happens all the time)... maybe try talking it out with her primary care doctor first.
I mean, that stuff is one of the heaviest hitters out there. It’s such a powerful, broad-spectrum antipsychotic... honestly, it trips me out how some psychiatrists just toss it around like it's nothing. Just one time, my dose—since I was on a cocktail of other meds along with that Lennon—was like... 100mg in the morning... Taking 100mg in the afternoon... hmmm... Taking 300mg at night... just riding that heavy wave from the pills along with everything else...
Actually, I stopped taking that stuff ages ago... just couldn't deal with the side effects. It was too much...🙏Total relief... but then this insane hunger hits that just won't quit. I've put on like 45 pounds in just two months... plus the constant drowsiness. It’s like everything is spinning... some nights I can barely even find my way to the bathroom without making a mess everywhere... then there's the twitching and just total dysfunction down there... yeah...
Mark Ramirez12 said:Excuse me, and I know this might come across as a bit intrusive—and I truly don't mean to be impolite—but I am genuinely curious: what are the actual symptoms of this condition? How does it actually feel to live through it? ...my aunt used to hear voices back when she was working at her daycare center... and one of my close friends deals with the exact same mental health struggle, though she insists it’s all because of the weed she uses. 😢🤷
-look, it's a serious mental health condition, sometimes called schizophrenia. it involves psychosis, losing touch with reality... sometimes the patient doesn't even realize they're sick, so they start imagining things, sensory illusions, hearing voices or commands they can't always distinguish from reality... then there's depersonalization, hallucinations, visions, all that stuff. basically, about 50% of it is genetic predisposition, and the rest usually hits during your teen years or due to sudden major stressors. so, the odds are roughly 50% genetics... -and the other 50% comes from external factors. listen, I could go on about this until tomorrow, so if you want to learn more, just Google the different types and classifications...☕-(this is just our Morgan Hernandez5 hanging out with a coffee)
Anthony Rivera17 said:If that’s the case, you aren't managing the weed, it's managing you... which is the standard result of a bad trip, especially if your headspace is already off and the vibe around you is wrong... the only way to actually record an "experience" so that you can make sense of it later is to remain composed to the absolute limit... you can't nullify the effects of THC, but you can maintain control over most aspects of your being, which requires a certain level of practice, and the prerequisite is doing the exact opposite of what most people do, which is smoking in a group... it's difficult to stay centered if the crowd around you is "unhinged" and dragging you into a cycle of pure chaos... personally, the best place to smoke is out in nature, far away from the noise and the crowds... the influence of the outdoors acts as a "normalization" for the consciousness, stripping away stress and other side effects that stem from spending too much time in the "open-air asylum"... that's how I define "civilization," not just a room where people consume marijuana...
man, why don't you just take your THC and head out into the wild (like Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, etc.) and try to enlighten all those hippies, monks, meditators, and gurus? otherwise, we'll have to rewrite the entire field of science to fit your super-active "recording" method, along with chemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, pharmacology, and all that other crap...😂