Post your random thoughts/feelings etc

[BlueDays]

So its already 5 days in the homeless assessment hub. Its a frightening place even for someone like me who is used to hostels.

They don't provide beds or mattress's. You make your own cotch by assembling a series of chairs or sleeping on the floor. There is not enough floor space for new rough sleeping arrivals to make a cotch. If anybody tries to take or move in on your cotch you fight. You have to make friends quickly. They guys go out at night to buy crack and then come back and scream. One guy cleans all night long. They don't put the lights out. Most nights you don't sleep at all. The night time security shouts at you to get out of your cotch at 7am. We shout back at them. Tonight it will kick off.

England 2014. You could not make it up. You would not believe it. Help me don't kill me.
Cotch is my new favourite word.

^This makes me want to cry.:sad: and be angry at the selfish narcissists in Government that let things get this bad in several countries.:thumbdown:
I wish hell did exist, so they could burn in it for eternity.
I hope your sad situation can improve for you as soon as possible, SoScared. Hang in there ((Hugs))

 

[kihira]

Sad that Crystal Castles has split, but hopeful that Alice Glass will make it as a solo artist

 

[Regret93]

I just can't function the same way other people can, it's ridiculous...

 

[GhastlyCC]

Sad that Crystal Castles has split, but hopeful that Alice Glass will make it as a solo artist

I never got a chance to see them live.:crying:

 

[PerseverareJasmine]

Its trash pick up day again, dang it.

 

[kihira]

Its been Mental Health Week here and ABC radio and tv have been featuring many programs themed at this, but is it a good idea to flood the airways as they have all week to the point where people will turn off? Does it mean that for the rest of the year they wont show programs about mental health so much? I've noticed that much of what they've been airing has to do with people with bipolar, psychosis etc, the types of issues that they can make more of a story about, does this lessen, in the eyes of the viewers, other more invisible types of mental health problems? And finally, the ABC's intro to Mental Health Week consisted of about a dozen different voices reading out the message - appropriate? Plus, meanwhile, every ABC newsbreak headlines with Ebola, ISIS, Terrorism, Blah, Blah - grabbing attention with fear in a way that contributes to poorer mental health for lots of us

 

[Graeme1988]

And finally, the ABC's intro to Mental Health Week consisted of about a dozen different voices reading out the message - appropriate?

^ mg: Ouch... Aye, that is inappropriate, right enough. Is that ABC in Australia, aye? Or is it the American yin? But, aye, given the what they were tryin' to raise awareness of, mibbe they've bin better jist hud an single voice-over fur the intro?

But, on the other hand, it's ironic - in a darkly humourous way

Still, it's no' the best way to promote Mental Health Week.

 

[Lavinialuna]

The news has been so depressing lately. I am in desperate need of something uplifting, especially since I am sick and stuck in the house
On a random note, do you think this is an accurate portrayal of social anxiety? Upworthy posted this with the headline "If You Think Being Shy Is Hard, See What People With Social Anxiety Deal With Every Day"
In Between - YouTube
I personally think this isn't even close. Makes it seem like a minor inconvenience, or a game.

 

[GraybeardGhost]

The news has been so depressing lately. I am in desperate need of something uplifting, especially since I am sick and stuck in the house

Stop by the chatbox for a moment. There's a really adorable kitten taking a nap in there.

On a random note, do you think this is an accurate portrayal of social anxiety? Upworthy posted this with the headline "If You Think Being Shy Is Hard, See What People With Social Anxiety Deal With Every Day"
In Between - YouTube
I personally think this isn't even close. Makes it seem like a minor inconvenience, or a game.

The crocodile is an interesting metaphor for anxiety—always there, always in the way, always ready to ruin any moment. This does show to an extent the struggle we face and the difficulty inherent in taming the beast, but the ending throws all that away. Make anxiety your pet, and everything will be okay? Absurd. It seems they went for the cheap happy ending rather than try to show the real effort required to overcome this disorder.

 

[kihira]

What if The Doctor was a compulsive hoarder and the Tardis was filled from floor to ceiling with stuff he collected on his space/time travels??

 

[hoddesdon]

^ If it is bigger on the inside than on the outside, then perhaps there is enough space. Besides, he could leave it somewhere, go off and do something else, and then return to the same point in time, only a second later, whenever he needed it. In that case time is substituting for space.

 

[PugofCrydee]

Its been Mental Health Week here and ABC radio and tv have been featuring many programs themed at this, but is it a good idea to flood the airways as they have all week to the point where people will turn off? Does it mean that for the rest of the year they wont show programs about mental health so much? I've noticed that much of what they've been airing has to do with people with bipolar, psychosis etc, the types of issues that they can make more of a story about, does this lessen, in the eyes of the viewers, other more invisible types of mental health problems? And finally, the ABC's intro to Mental Health Week consisted of about a dozen different voices reading out the message - appropriate? Plus, meanwhile, every ABC newsbreak headlines with Ebola, ISIS, Terrorism, Blah, Blah - grabbing attention with fear in a way that contributes to poorer mental health for lots of us

Yea I agree Kihira. I was watching 'insight' the other night, it was about mental health. The ABC seems to focus on 2-3 conditions, by doing that the others seem to get swept under the carpet.

I've come to the conclusion having a mental health issue is very much like having lower back injuries (which i have had).
If others can't see it, they have a hard time believing you, and an even harder time understanding what you're going through.

 

[dottie]

And finally, the ABC's intro to Mental Health Week consisted of about a dozen different voices reading out the message - appropriate?

You've got to throw that doorstop tv thing away.

 

[GraybeardGhost]

Just spent an hour and a half on the phone with an old friend. It was mostly business, but some other stuff, too. I feel less alone now.

 

[Lavinialuna]

Stop by the chatbox for a moment. There's a really adorable kitten taking a nap in there.




The crocodile is an interesting metaphor for anxiety—always there, always in the way, always ready to ruin any moment. This does show to an extent the struggle we face and the difficulty inherent in taming the beast, but the ending throws all that away. Make anxiety your pet, and everything will be okay? Absurd. It seems they went for the cheap happy ending rather than try to show the real effort required to overcome this disorder.

Cute kitten :bigsmile:
Yeah, I agree. It's the end that bugs me. I also thought that it missed the point of self loathing that so many with SA deal with. It's not like the anxiety is a separate beast like a crocodile, it's more like fighting with your own evil twin who despises you. (for me, anyway.. I'm sure we all have our own brand of anxiety)

 

[Hoppy]

 

[GhastlyCC]

A girl gave me her phone number and a long hug earlier tonight.
Not based on my looks(Obviously) or some connection we made over a great conversation...
but rather because,in her words
"You're less of an ******* than all your friends"

:thinking:

 

[PugofCrydee]

A girl gave me her phone number and a long hug earlier tonight.
Not based on my looks(Obviously) or some connection we made over a great conversation...
but rather because,in her words
"You're less of an ******* than all your friends"

:thinking:

So by my guess, that would translate into 'your friends are jer ks, but your a nice guy'.
Grats mate, I hope things go well for you :thumbup:

 

[PugofCrydee]

I want to love - I have no one to love
I want to be happy - I feel so down
I want to have friends - I reject people
I want to trust - I can't and don't
I want to enjoy life - but I think of 'opting out'
I want to reach out - my hand recoils
I want the tears to stop - yet they come again
I want others to care - and want them to mind their own business
I want clear, calm thoughts - the horse called 'thought' bolts again
I want inner peace - the war grinds on.

 

[Kiwong]

I want to spend more time in my own company. I want to learn how to cope with the necessary interactions I must make with people so it is less painful for me.