A good introduction to S.A.D, thank you. I suppose a real difficulty is in
accepting that one may have an 'organic' problem as opposed to something
purely psychological?
I have ASD and OCD and for me it manifests its in the form of superstitions
I instantly make up. Eg: setting something down in the wrong spot is bad
luck the next day. Also the words I choose sometimes make me think they can
influence something completely unrelated.
That is the same as mine , for example ' bad luck , embarrassent , death ect ' , i think it's very common for OCD to be that way . But not always , i guess some people are more about ' hygeine ' :/
Asperger's Syndrome sucks - Struggling with doing the right thing.
Talking about how I find it difficult to discipline myself to do what I know is right when others are not watching.
I'm a workaholic so jobs are dangerous for me. I don't work official jobs
anyway, and I've managed to have more money than ever and so much time to
enjoy doing what I really like to do. My hobbies are my music and my
aquarium. I get to spend more time with the cat too, she likes it when I'm
home a lot and follows me around.
I've also had these issues with lenth of break, etc.
I only took longer breaks if I detected that everyone else was doing it
too. But it still caused major rows, somehow.
One example was when a middle-aged woman that I was working with called me
out ( very loudly ) when I returned to my workstation after taking an extra
three or four minutes on my break. Now if she thought that I was going to
just stand there and not return fire, she was wrong.
She was indeed correct that I had taken an extra few minutes on my break,
but, and here's the thing, she always did too, and I didn't really care
until now. To make matters worse, she also used to take two extra cigarette
breaks that she wasn't entitled to. So, she was having two more breaks than
eveybody else every day, yet she still had the cheek to blow-up in my face
for taking an extra few minutes once. Bitch!
So I told her some home truths in no uncertain terms about her extra breaks
and she seemed quite surprised. Almost as if she thought that I wouldn't
dare mention her break misdemeanours or maybe she thought that nobody would
ever notice her extra breaks and now that I had she could barely believe it.
Or more likely it was because she always went on all her breaks with the
supervisor and thought that would provide her with some kind of special
dispensation or immunity that the rest of us would all just accept. She was
very wrong.
I went mad at her, and her friend the supervisor. Bloody cheek!
+Nedspodos I have just noticed that I made a typo, but I can actually spell the word length. Honest.We all have to put up with these lunch break hypocrites in work. Right now, as I write this, I am relaxed and fairly philosophical about these workplace incidents, but at the time they are a massive deal in my head and dominate my thoughts for days.
+liverush24 Awesome. Yea, I had a supervisor who would take four 7.5 minute breaks to smoke because we got two 15 minute breaks...but I guarantee some of those went 10 minutes or longer. He once got mad at me that I needed to take a 17 minute bathroom break...because I ate something the night before that may not have been fresh. He thought he could sidestep the "right to use the restroom without being reprimanded" clause by complaining that I didn't have my morning task done yet...which I was only an hour into....it takes at least 3-4 hours to complete by myself. I came in at 6am...he starts at 7am...but would often maliciously come in early about 6:45 am..(before he clocked in, so essentially working off the clock) and sneak around checking on people. I believe he would not have been upset about it not being done if he would have seen me on the floor working on it at the time. He would also think I was taking a half hour break if he was gone off doing something else 15 minutes before I would go on break. So for the duration I was not in his line of sight...that's how long I was on break. What a dishonest asshole.He was a great manager otherwise...but many times he was unfair.
Oh yes, I definitely am the same. If I'm not supervised, I start taking
liberties too. it's actually why I got fired from my only long-term job;
after a few months, my boss would leave me alone for sometimes the entire
day, and is end up on YouTube or tumblr instead of doing my work. The whole
thing about employers complaining that you leave on time at the end of the
day is something I've definitely noticed; I just think to myself "If you
wanted me to work longer, why didn't you contract me till 6 instead of 5:30?"
I think it's ridiculous that an employer can demand you work extra time for
free and have the gall to complain when you want to leave on time.
Thankfully, I was declared unfit for work so I don't have to deal with that
shit anymore.
I'm being taken in in psychiatry in a few days. A lot of things got out of
hand
3 main issues is sleeping disorder, manic episodes (wich turn into
psychosis at times) and addictions that I can't control.
I've been 5 years at home but it's time to handle these problems now. I
hope it turns out positive for me
Your story is alot like mine,besides the fact that
you did drugs and drank alot,I didn't do that
but besides that we have alot in common.
How are you doing now bud ??
feels good to know people who can relate to it :)ive been on a month with struggle with alcohol but this weekend i decided to go on a zero tolerance again. i do too much stupid stuff when im drunk. also my psychiatrist died a few days ago wich i had for 7 years. now im meeting a new psychiatrist wich i will talk to next week im gonna ask to build off my medication cus i take too much pills imo. im doing pretty good all with all ups and downs but i learn to live with it :)
Hey everyone, please look into these articles, which include medical
reasons for mental problems and what to do about them. Really great info.
//ukconspiracy.myfastforum.org/Help_for_So_called_Mental_Illness__about55.html
Take care.
I just wanted to suggest to share that link with family and others.There is hope.
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Jess, I think you are trying to do too much by yourself. It's common for
people like us that we don't know when to ask for help. I hope that you can
find a good doctor or other professional with experience in treating some
of these issues. There are times when we all need help and I think this is
one of those times.
I can't remember if you mentioned any medications before but I have seen
people make amazing progress if they get the right treatment. Anyway, you
should not have to carry this burden by yourself.
I just remembered about this YouTube channel and I was glad to see a new
video, I am glad to listen to it and see you're doing better now, I have
been having a rough time lately and has made need feel a lot better too. I
agree with what you said about not letting mental illness define who we are
Thanks, tim, england
I'm pretty sure that I'm actually not introverted but like if I go and meet
a new person in person even if I know them previously (met my friend's
boyfriend that I texted a lot cause he loved The Legend Of Zelda as much as
I do) I'll feel like I'm going to die for hours and just be all quiet and
stuff trying to not have a panic attack... I remember when I was in like
the lower grades in school when all my teachers would tell my mom how quiet
and antisocial I was and how my mom would come home and be all why can't
you talk to people at school like you do at home? The only place I don't
get super social anxiety anymore is on xbox live cause there's the mute
button and I talk to the same people everyday on there cause they were
patient with me and didn't judge me for my issues (3 of them were all
brothers and homeschool and were a bit sheltered and Michael definitely has
SAD as well, he gets all shaky and has a hard time talking to people) and
that's how I got okay with talking to people on there. I'll still get quiet
and stuff when I meet new people but how am I supposed to know how to talk
to a new person without people hating me or thinking negative stuff about
me... The struggle xD I definitely stalked you about 6 or 7 times before I
even considered typing stuff to you... You can totally thank Voki for that
x3
+Musi Gamer The only achievement I don't have in destiny is flawless raider so you can definitely get all of them with ease cause I kinda suck at stuff xD Well I did get better the more I played it cause I got addicted to it for awhile... It is a cool class although we really didn't learn anything in the textbook or what we were supposed to for that matter and the teacher gave us less work a lot xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo I do the same thing. I'm only creative when I don't have time to be xD Yeah, that'll look really awesome! I haven't played destiny in a while. I should probably go back and finish it and get some achievements in it at some point xD awww, well at least it sounds like a cool class :)
You know the only time I really get awesome ideas is when I don't have time to do any of them, but I know he'll love, I don't know a single person that wouldn't cause you can't get any better then Voki looking majestic in that art style xD I told him awhile ago that I wanted to do it, in 3 weeks that'll be a reality unless the house of wolves dlc for destiny comes out then I'll obsess about hitting the light level cap again, then it'll happen after that xD Well I mean it kinda is like homework in a way cause I gotta go some other time during the week to finish them cause there is 2 weeks to finish 5 projects I gotta do in the ceramics room and I actually like that class and learned a lot from the teacher that made us write 4 essays the entire semester and show up xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Well at least you get to finish that one class when you finish those essays and you don't have to do those projects for homework :) and that'd be awesome! I definitely wanna see that when you're done with it! He'd definitely love it :D
Very true but I have to do the 7 projects at school and have an easy test tomorrow and one on Tuesday, but if I write 2 essays that are super easy for my one class then I no longer have to go to it cause my teacher said so and no one argues with a teacher that says get this done so you don't have to come back cause I know you all have more important classes to do work for xD But after I get all that stuff done I can draw Voki all child of lightified cause I want to and it'd be awesome
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Well at least you've always been with the same general group of people :) and I guess that's not a bad way of writing. That's a lot of essays and projects! I probably would have done the exact same thing and just procrastinated until the last minute xD At least afterwards you'll have some more free time to stalk people on YouTube :p
I've always lived in the same place and the only change of schools I had was transiting from elementary to middle to high school then to community college and it was all basically with the same people although college had all the high schools in the area people and ehhh. It is a very interesting way to spend the evening but I laugh and fall over then laugh some more and am still able to read and use spell check xD The whole idea of it is that you don't have a filter or worry about people judging, you just go with whatever comes to mind and it is incredibly useful for paraphrasing and writing stuff you don't want to. I am taking 5 classes and literally my one teacher gives out essays every week and I stopped doing them awhile ago cause he said you can turn them in late so I severely procrastinated and there is 2 weeks of actual classes and then a week of tests... In that time frame I need 8 essays done 2 of which I can't do yet and 7 projects done so it should be not fun but then I'm free till like September to do whatever I want so I'll live
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Oh yeah, I forgot about then :3 I'm the same with change. When I had to change high schools freshmen year I was terrified of what was gonna happen, but I settled in b4 too long and it wasn't so bad :) haha that's an interesting way to spend an evening xD maybe that's when people are at there creative peak! That stinks that you have to write so many essays, but hope you do excelentful on all of them! So excelentful in fact that they all win the Pulitzer Prize!!!! :D
Hey you forgot the elderly with poopy diapers xD I really am not that great with change so yeah we'll see how that goes, although I did try writing essays drunk last night and that did make it fun but I think I rambled a bit too much but seeing as I still have 6 more to write (I procrastinated too much). I think I might do that again. That came about by the fact I'm 21 and have alcohol that was given to be around Christmas when I wasn't 21 xD and some famous author has this quote, "write drunk, edit sober" I still have to do the edit part but anyway if it's not a fun change I doubt it'll go well but I'll just have to wait and see
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo I'm sure you'll be fine. A new situation is always scary going into at first, but after a while you get used to it. You just gotta stick with it and not let yourself get too scared. Nobody like change except babies with poopy diapers, but change is good for you :)
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Then they all will just have to learn to share xD I'm sure as scaryfulz as it may be it will be a super amazingnessful adventure of epic proportions! Me too, then I'd put that in a video too xD
I don't think I have enough wall balls for 39,000,000 dogs and I know she's gona be all super duper excited and happyful then I get to decide where to go after that... That part is gona be all scaryfulz and stuff... I wish I knew how to make a tap dancing dog... That would be some serious talent
Indeed they are. They're like big teddy bears that are also alive and lick you and play fetch! :D I'm sure that will make her ultra proud time 50,000!!! And she will be so proud that she will get one 39,000,000 dogs!!! :D and they'll all be brilliant therapists and tap dancers!!!
Hey dogs are naturally therapists cause they'll let you hug them and cry to there all you want well at least all the dogs I've met do xD OH MY GOSH THAT IS SUCH A CUTE PUPPY!!!! Eh we'll see, will probably have to move out first and as an unemployed college student that isn't required to get a job I doubt that'll happen in the near future. Maybe when I graduate at the end of next semester my mom will let me cause 2 associates degrees should make her a very happy proud mother even though it'll be in general studies and studio art xD I can hope
German shepherds are pretty dang awesome! I've wanted a pomsky (Pomeranian and Husky mix) cus their the most adorable thing in the universe xD I'm sure you'll get one soon enough, and then you can teach him to be a therapist too!!! :D
Haha I just go with the flow and go whatever way I think is correct... I'd still probably get confuzzled xD I want a german shepard... Correction I NEED a german shepard.... I always wanted my own and it's gona happen one day... My mom's main issue is I live in her house still and go to college like she wants me to so I wouldn't be the puppy's 24/7 baby sitter -_-
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Awww that stinks, well maybe you can get a dog and disguise it as a cat and just tell her its a cat. I'm sure she won't notice xD Well if you can't learn right and left then maybe we should make new directions! Like Swerp and Blumth! :D
Yay! :D See I'm not allowed to have a dog cause my mommy is a meanie jerk face about it and my brother feeds all the neighborhood cats xD I accepted that I'll probably never know which way is which ever and it's funny when my mom is like turn left and then says to turn the other left xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Wooo! Computer twins!!! :D And I think that is a brilliant idea xD I did not know that, but I've never had a cat before so I don't know much about cats at all. Oh I gotcha, yeah that can be a bit confusing. Well don't feel too bad; I was taught the right way and I still get confused from time to time xD
So is mine and I literally just noticed the one usb thing on the side where the headphones plug in and it's my Precious... You really made me want to get glasses and put them on my cat and take a picture xD she's freaking adorable and I think my cat has enough of me, she's like super submissive when it comes to me, did you know that a cat purring can be a sign of submission? xD my friend that is going to college to be a Vet Tech learned that in school. You're very welcome! The teacher turned and faced the class and raised his left arm and said it was right ad most kids actually raised their right arm, but me being all different raised the same hand the damn teacher did and no one ever tried to correct it so I get confused easily xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Which is why we must revolt against the corrupt YouTubian armies and bring about change! Hahaha I pictured a cat with little glasses and a clipboard with another cat sitting in one of those therapy chairs xD thank you so much! We can make a happy therapy triangle of friends that me, you, and Voki can all talk to in times of need! We can even make a square if we add in your cat! :D well sometimes we all need help in whatever we may be facing, and sometimes the hardest part is getting the help or even admitting that you need help, but needing help definitely isn't something to be ashamed of, it's just human :) Well Voki says I am a good guy, and Voki is an honorable man (there's my daily Shakespeare quote xD). Oh, you mean Majestic Beauty, the computer to be regarded as none other than Majestic Beauty? xD Well Majestic Beauty is an Envy by HP or something along the lines of that, but it has usb ports on both sides. I wasn't aware there was such a thing as a bad way to teach right and left xD
Awww youtube just doesn't love us today... You just made my life so much better xD that was so hilarious I pictured my cat with all my brothers cats trying to get them to be less depressingly lazy and D'wwww Thank you <3 You might not be as reassuring or inspiring as Voki but you are still really awesome and you probably have a different perspective on situations than the average Joe :3 If you ever need someone to talk to I can be helpful at times, I try at least and totally get effort points xD Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't need help though which makes it tough to let people help and stuff if you aren't willing to let someone help. Anyway I feel like I know you enough to know what kind of person you are and I mean Voki thinks you are a good guy and that's good enough for me :3 Oh yeah and then there's the one video that you had your computer in and we almost have the same exact one I think the usb things are on a different side on mine unless I'm getting my directions cunfuzzled, I still have trouble with which way is right and which way is left cause of how they decided to teach people at the school I went to... Oh well it is what it is
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Dang it! YouTube just did the SAME THING to my comment :'( Oh well, anyways I will definitely give them a try then. I've heard skyward sword is really good and I've been wanting to pick it up so I'll probably grab it next time I go to gamestop :) Yeah, Voki's just such a caring guy and I'm amazed at how much he helps and inspires people. I know he'll do great things. I completely understand; it's easy to think that other people don't wanna hear about our own problems, but you and I both know that Voki is the kind of person who'd do anything to help one of his friends no matter what. As great a therapist your cat may be, I think Voki would be there for ya whenever he was needed :) and if you need someone to talk to if Voki can't talk or if your cat therapist is with a client then don't be afraid to message me if you'd like. I know ya don't know me much at all but I'd really love to help in any way I can. I'm probably not as reassuring or inspiring as Voki, but I'll do my best :D
I recommend playing them because they each have their own aspects that make them also, although some people focus on the negative parts. I like to look at them overall like I personally hated the beginning of twilight princess but up to the part I played to overall it was pretty awesome, then there is skyward sword and I didn't like the ending and felt that they could have done better but I had a lot of fun playing that one. To each his own though. Voki's always there when I have no one in my life cause people suck when I actually need someone and he is just awesome with his advice and caringness cause that's totally a word. That's kinda funny, I do that sometimes and usually that's when I'm all upset and write stuff to Voki and I'm like he's probably too busy and doesn't wanna hear my problems and I've just deleted it and stuff before and forced my cat to cuddle instead... I'm surprised my cat still loves me xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo Awww, well we must avenge thy lost comment and destroy YouTube!!! (or at least poke them until they get annoyed, whichever comes first). I've never played any of the LoZ games before except for the first one but I could never get very far in it. I've been wanting to play a lot of the other ones cus I keep hearing how good they are but usually my money goes towards Xbox games more than Nintendo games just cus I play that a lot more. My mom told me she used to be a lot like me up through her high school days, but she said when she left high school she got over it a bit. Me and Voki are always in a party if we're both on xD and yeah, I still have a lot of friends who haven't upgraded from the 360 yet too, but most of the ones I talk to regularly are on the One so I tend to play that a lot more. Voki's a really amazing dude and I'm really glad me and his paths crossed. He's definitely one of the best friend's if not THE best friend I've ever had. Virtual hugs are completely acceptable! Their like regular hugs, but you don't have to worry about people who hug you for waaayyy longer than is socially acceptable xD Haha I remember one time I was gonna post like a two sentence comment on a video but I stared at it for like 30 minutes b4 posting it cus I didn't know how they would take it. I ended up just deleting it afterwards xD I do that a lot... oh well :D
+Musi Gamer I am very sad with youtube right now, I wrote you a nice beautiful reply and it said screw you so take 2 xD I haven't actually had the chance to finish Ocarina of Time or play Majora's Mask. I have the game cube version and I unfortunately needed a new tv and that tv that I ended up getting only has hdmi ports which the wii I have doesn't work with... I ended up getting Ocarina of Time for the 3DS, got to the end part of the game and then got too busy with school to finish it xD I'm considering getting Majora's Mask for the 3DS cause I really want to play it and it's cheaper than buying a tv. I have Wind Waker, Twilight Princess which I still need to finish, Skyward Sword, and A Link Between Worlds. I also have Phantom Hour Glass and another DS Legend of Zelda game but I have no idea what my mom did with my original DS. xD My parents never really had that happen, they are both pretty social except when my dad is in big crowds of people, he doesn't like talking to a large amount of people at one time. Anyway I talk to Voki occasionally on xbox when I play on xbox one which doesn't happen too often because I literally have 4 games for that console and 3 friends on my friends list that have one. xD I have a lot of stuff to thank Voki for too, he kinda puts me out there sometimes without telling me and he does it in a nice nurturing way in some of his videos which makes me have like a panic attack kinda thing and he helped me through some stuff... Anyway seeing as Michael lives in Virginia and I live in New Jersey I can only give him a virtual hug which he has yet to respond to, I'm pretty sure he fell back asleep (he's homeschooled). You are very welcome kind Sir and I reread stuff and edit it before I post it xD
+NoOneKnowsWhereToGo I feel pretty much the exact same way when it comes to meeting new people in person or even meeting someone I hadn't seen in a long time. On a side note, The Legend of Zelda is pretty darn awesome xD I just started getting into it not too long ago. I got Ocarina of Time on my Wii a while back but just recently started playing it and it's pretty fun! I can't wait to get to Majora's Mask, but I might get that for the 3DS. Anyways, yeah I had the same thing happen in my early school days too, but my mom told me that she used to be the same way when she was younger. And the same again with xbox! (and YouTube I guess too) That's the only place I'm not really afraid of people judging me, cus if I don't like 'em I can mute 'em, and I usually talk to the same people everyday too (mostly Voki come to think of it). Hahaha well I have Voki to thank for a lot of stuff, so I'll just add that to the list xD Thanks again though, I really appreciate thine's kind word! Oh, and give Mr. Michael a real big hug from me :DP.S. I also have to read every inch of something before I post it anywhere, which I just caught myself doing with this xD
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