@utilini the picture is Freud but seems no one on the Internet can agree whether it The quote was William Gibson or Freud. But I think it sounds much more like Gibson
i always thought how people just didn’t seem right to me. i mean this is dumb but why do people always have to go over the speed limit, why do they have to cut in line, why do they have 16 items in the 12 or less item lane at the grocery store. it’s because they are assholes. i’m seeing that now.
lol And only an asshole would do that and be totally fine with it therefore not making me depressed.
I know though, just wishful thinking on my part. haha
mwtele When I drove a car I got impatient a lot. Frustrated with those in front of me etc. Then I gave my car up and now I bike instead and from the perspective of a biker impatient motorists seem ridiculous. I mean all they are doing is sitting in a chair pushing a pedal and they act all put out because they may have to put the brakes on or something. It was eye opening to me.
i hear ya. i just don’t understand the rush of people. if you are gonna be late then leave early. speed limits are speed limits. i live in a not busy town so i don’t have tons of traffic to deal with. but come on….i just get tired of people on my butt and people flying by me. speed limits are speed limits. man i must sound old. i guess i just like rules.
all the rushing around can be blamed a lot on their corporate overlords trying to squeeze every last moment of productivity out of them while paying them as little as possible –
thankfully I have a bit of an intimidating “look” so most AH’s don’t think getting snippy with me is great idea – additionally I have a sarcastic streak that is razor sharp so if they do get nasty – I can humiliate them in an instant –
Lmao! Dawg, you are hilarious.
I was actually quoting a movie because of what you said before, it was the first thing I thought of.
But that’s even better!
I guess I missed that movie LOL – I really go out of my way to be nice to everyone … but it’s a fools errand to think that I am incapable of not being nice – it’s too bad being nice doesn’t pay :/ my mutts would love some juicy treats and new toys
It’s….wait for it….Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! LOL I don’t even like the movie but it was the first thing that came to my mind.
I too go out of my way to be nice to people. Even when they don’t deserve it.
Aww, your doggies need some treats and toys? Maybe you could force an asshole to buy them for you? hah
Yes – nice guys finish last … but boy do they finish!!!
sex is decidedly NOT one of my issues thankfully – but it does require a partner willing to accept me and all my issues so until i can resolve some of them – I’m on hiatus
Ugh. So us common folk have to wait a whole freakin’ year for things to get better? Not fair.
Are you from the future ada? You seem to know a lot about this year.
what is the future? ….. but simple plans …. 🙂 and ayear isnt long trust me …i say sit back relax and dont worry too much … and when you forget and start worrying, re read some of the things said here since dec 26th to Jan 2nd.
Ha.my meds have stopped working guess im stuck with the diagnosis dog gone it…i still cant see any arseholes gg but ill keep you posted.depressed again hyper yesterday which brings me back to the reason most of us well im here on this site..suiside is death better than bipolar??anyone?dawg??
has this always been the case Molly since childhood such severe disparities btw hyper & depressed…. have docs ever been able to pinpoint anything worthwhile besides dispensing drugs?
No only recently i was on an antidepressant for 8 months after being bullied and cajouled into it.i was so suisidal even im amazed im still here anyway what the drug did was rewire my brain to rapid cycle which has been happening for about two months untill my new mood stabilizer kicked in..it worked for a week and now it isnt.im stuck with rapid untill they either increase the dose or i loose hope and….i get angry sometimes because intryed to tell them i was allergic to antidepresants but no they have all the answers google kindling effect thats what ive got.im glad you guys are all on this site you bring me sanity and escape and smiles even though im crying i feel a connection with you all im far away in new zealand our times our so different so wake up everyone ive not slept im wired and bored and i worry for the future
Oh and adastra i dont message you because my husband might see that i visit a site on suiside im not fond of psychiatric hospitals but thats what it would get me
Use of certain antidepressants to treat bipolar disorder can bring on or worsen rapid cycling, but you need to seek out and speak to ur doc and maybe even get 1-2 other specialists opinions. Do you know what the triggers were of ur rapid cycling? ie past trauma/event, substance abuse of kind, insomnia, thyroid imablances, other?
Psychotherapy/charting ur moods to understand the triggers etc can go a long way towards helping you understand whats going on and likely triggers.
Life may never be perfect and thats normal but if we can balance it with knowledge, we can go a long way to fixing it vs ‘sometimes’ blind or reckless trial n error with medication
Dont fret too much about the future or the past, focus positively on today.
Rather then focus on things you cant control, focus on the things you can …
Molly – make sure you clear your browser history as well. seems a little extreme for hubby to consider making the conclusion that visiting a website requires a rubber room.
sorry you don’t have a more positive support system – at least you have us 🙂
Molly ~ have you ever considered asking your doc to put in u contact with other bipolar pple …. ie in the states they have a number of local chapters where pple meet / discuss/share stories and make each other feel better in person …. maybe or someone u know could help u start a local chapter for other sufferers?
Contact with caring/supportive people is often the best medicine
@adastra did you google kindling effect?that is what has made my illness worse that and the fact it has gone untreated for so long i have been in councilling for two years but my councillor was bipolar as well so well it didnt go so well as she gets quite manic.ive got onto a website for people with bipolar as well but i spend most of my time building hollow wood surfboards to control my hyper states as. Well as when im depressed.my husband is reading the survival guide to maic depression so hes being very good but he panics if i get unwell i have to be careful what i tell him he has panic attacks.so i think i do everything i can including a mood diary which my shrink recently swipped as. He saw some writting on the back about how suisidal i get – damn it i wish i hadnt let him keep it he has all the evidence there if he has any incling im going to act so ive shot myself in the foot metphorically speaking but you guys keep me here this is my escape and following the chat helps keep me sane i spose my shrink is going to increase the meds i dont start cbt till the end of this month i fired my other councillor as she wound me up she enjoys being manic whereas i find it disturbing
hmm ok yep aware of the kindling effect…so a mixture of chemical imablances and environmental stressors past events & present stressors/ memories?
I do think its wise you seek out another therapist u can talk things thru. but obv chatting online can ne just as helpful and therapeutic and more cost effective then medicos.
call me crazy, but i know one girl who started swimming daily ~ the exercise and forced gentle breathing has made her physically stronger but also mentally calmer and more balanced.
Is this something you can try? You mention surfboards so maybe you like water (indoor pools near?) or even surfing?
But yes thats pretty cool you do that re surfboards – very cool ~ kudos.
Def try not to panic those around you hubby or docs … ur husband obv loves you very much given he cares so much. Dont forget to thank him occasionally for being so loving.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.â€
John Muir
The same is with our thoughts too … attached to the past because we cant let them go ….
The future is not written, rather you are writing it …. remember that daily.
🙂 Ad Astra is fine but may not be here much after this week because i then return to work ..on hols at moment … hence why i say to pple to add me … but yes ofc i understand the need fror privacy etc .. granted u can always make up a story i am an online shrink 🙂
Btw i have an online shrink his name is shane and he lives in ireland he is the most posative person i know apart from most of you guys especially dawg i have a soft spot for him
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Ain’t that the truth
this made my day xD
love it nd its so true lol
PERFECTLY said dawg …
Who was this? Someone posted it before… Was it woody Allen?
Freud
Some old geezer who clearly has a sharp eye for ID-ing Assholes 😀
asshole patrol dawg
@utilini the picture is Freud but seems no one on the Internet can agree whether it The quote was William Gibson or Freud. But I think it sounds much more like Gibson
Bugger im not surrounded by arsoles does that mean the diagnosis stands!???lol youre a genius!!(sorry bout my spelling)
i always thought how people just didn’t seem right to me. i mean this is dumb but why do people always have to go over the speed limit, why do they have to cut in line, why do they have 16 items in the 12 or less item lane at the grocery store. it’s because they are assholes. i’m seeing that now.
I would become that asshole that cuts in line if;
1. I could find it in me to be an asshole and
2. It meant that I wasn’t depressed anymore.
Cutting in line wouldn’t make you not be depressed…lol. It would just get your home faster.
lol And only an asshole would do that and be totally fine with it therefore not making me depressed.
I know though, just wishful thinking on my part. haha
Cool….I fixed you 🙂
everyone has some “asshole” in them – but to be more specific @mwtele – it’s usually stubborn selfishness
@Molly – they’re there molly – they’re just being sneaky 😉
dawg
why do people have to be stubborn selfish??? i think i hate that of people
So dawg, I just have to dig a little deeper to bring out my inner asshole? lol
Haha dawg maybe im blind to it!!!???tranquilizers make everyone seem nice!!lol
I KNOW I hate that about people – they think the world evolves around them and everyone else be damned
Ye GG – if ya poke around enuff you WILL find it
dig dawg
@molly, they do?! I want some tranquilizers then! lol
@dawg, I could. I just would feel guilty being an asshole.
Yeah I don’t think Freud said that. lol
Yeah tranquilizers take the sting of an arsehole for sure…im starting to take less though so i’ll keep ya posted if i start seeing them lol
Keep digging good girl!!!:-)
lol I’m wondering what that’s like, seeing assholes as nice. That would be great. Okay keep me posted. haha
mwtele When I drove a car I got impatient a lot. Frustrated with those in front of me etc. Then I gave my car up and now I bike instead and from the perspective of a biker impatient motorists seem ridiculous. I mean all they are doing is sitting in a chair pushing a pedal and they act all put out because they may have to put the brakes on or something. It was eye opening to me.
i hear ya. i just don’t understand the rush of people. if you are gonna be late then leave early. speed limits are speed limits. i live in a not busy town so i don’t have tons of traffic to deal with. but come on….i just get tired of people on my butt and people flying by me. speed limits are speed limits. man i must sound old. i guess i just like rules.
I hear ya Molly – my painkillers make the AH’s tolerable – but then I usually ignore them anyways.
aloof dawg
i just take life as it comes. i know how it ends so i’m in no rush. enjoy what you can cause the days are short
all the rushing around can be blamed a lot on their corporate overlords trying to squeeze every last moment of productivity out of them while paying them as little as possible –
Maybe because i have a faulse reality i dont get affected i believe if you ignore an arsehole long enough they will get bored and go away works for me
Yeah, that’s probably the best thing to do…ignore ’em. They want you to react, I think. Still…assholes piss me off, it’s hard ignoring them.
i think that they will get theirs in the end….so they don’t bother me too much. i just wonder why they have to be like that???
People drive like maniacs just going to the grocery store or even just to get gas.
@utt i hate that. just do what you do. there is no rush for anything.
I hate it when people drive like maniacs and ride your ass. I don’t really get why people are like that either.
thankfully I have a bit of an intimidating “look” so most AH’s don’t think getting snippy with me is great idea – additionally I have a sarcastic streak that is razor sharp so if they do get nasty – I can humiliate them in an instant –
big dawg
So you’re like, “I will tear you to pieces with my bare hands. Or vicious rhetoric.”
No – more like ” say – that’s not nice … but you mother s*****g my **c* actually was fantastic last nite 😀 … would you like to try door #2 next?”
About then they slink away grumbling about how I’m not a nice man and that was uncalled for. but hey – I didn’t start it 😉
vicious wit dawg
Lol sic em dawg!!
Lmao! Dawg, you are hilarious.
I was actually quoting a movie because of what you said before, it was the first thing I thought of.
But that’s even better!
I guess I missed that movie LOL – I really go out of my way to be nice to everyone … but it’s a fools errand to think that I am incapable of not being nice – it’s too bad being nice doesn’t pay :/ my mutts would love some juicy treats and new toys
poor nice dawg
It’s….wait for it….Win A Date With Tad Hamilton! LOL I don’t even like the movie but it was the first thing that came to my mind.
I too go out of my way to be nice to people. Even when they don’t deserve it.
Aww, your doggies need some treats and toys? Maybe you could force an asshole to buy them for you? hah
Heh – never saw that movie LOL – but I love the line! Of course no one would want to “win a date” with me.
unfortunately, one of my flaws is asking for help – no to be confused with the normal male issue of not asking for directions
GPS dawg
lol You should definitely use that line on someone. Aw, why wouldn’t anyone wanna win a date with you, you’re cool dawg.
Why don’t men like asking for directions…always wanted to know that. Please inform me. lol
I’m the guy that all women feel safe aound and then they don’t want to “ruin” the friendship … RUIN IT PLEEEEAAAZZE! LMAO
bluNutz dawg
Oh – and men don’t ask for directions because we live by a creed … “Where Ever you go – there ya are”
lmao. Nice guys finish last, huh dawg? And apparently with bluNutz.
Oh. Okay. Thanks. Typical dude explanation too… ;]
Yes – nice guys finish last … but boy do they finish!!!
sex is decidedly NOT one of my issues thankfully – but it does require a partner willing to accept me and all my issues so until i can resolve some of them – I’m on hiatus
timeout dawg
Haha! Nice one, dawg.
Well, I hope you can resolve some of your issues and find yourself a lady dawg.
Hear’s to hoping … but I’m not gonna hold my breathe … I think I’ve run out of escape tricks and luck
schleprock dawg
I love your sence of humour if you could bottle it and sell it youd be a millionaire!!!nice dawg!!!
Totally! Sell your humor dawg.
LOL – I appreciate he confidence you both have in me – but I couldn’t sell gold bars inlaid with diamonds on wall street at 50% off
dawg
lol … u are right there dawg….you know why? Because they would be stolen off you quicker then you could say Robinson Crusoe…
LMAO. Yes you could. You know they’d buy it. They can’t resist the $
wallstreet = organised crime
Hm…stolen…didn’t even think of that. NVM
and hiatus is perfectly okay …. in fact i would almost suggest it ~ but so would i suggest some ‘practical steps’ re resolving economic issues ….
all i can say is 2012 will get better towards the end ‘for the common man/woman’.
stick around 🙂
Gg ~ Why don’t men like asking for directions…always wanted to know that. Please inform me. lol
Because we know where we are going …. ahahaha 🙂
Ugh. So us common folk have to wait a whole freakin’ year for things to get better? Not fair.
Are you from the future ada? You seem to know a lot about this year.
lol Another typical dude explanation.
what is the future? ….. but simple plans …. 🙂 and ayear isnt long trust me …i say sit back relax and dont worry too much … and when you forget and start worrying, re read some of the things said here since dec 26th to Jan 2nd.
I will have to re-read stuff, not only because my memory is crap, but worrying is a definite with me.
GG,
If i could give you a consolitary hug, i would …. stay positive 🙂
Ha.my meds have stopped working guess im stuck with the diagnosis dog gone it…i still cant see any arseholes gg but ill keep you posted.depressed again hyper yesterday which brings me back to the reason most of us well im here on this site..suiside is death better than bipolar??anyone?dawg??
has this always been the case Molly since childhood such severe disparities btw hyper & depressed…. have docs ever been able to pinpoint anything worthwhile besides dispensing drugs?
Curious …
No only recently i was on an antidepressant for 8 months after being bullied and cajouled into it.i was so suisidal even im amazed im still here anyway what the drug did was rewire my brain to rapid cycle which has been happening for about two months untill my new mood stabilizer kicked in..it worked for a week and now it isnt.im stuck with rapid untill they either increase the dose or i loose hope and….i get angry sometimes because intryed to tell them i was allergic to antidepresants but no they have all the answers google kindling effect thats what ive got.im glad you guys are all on this site you bring me sanity and escape and smiles even though im crying i feel a connection with you all im far away in new zealand our times our so different so wake up everyone ive not slept im wired and bored and i worry for the future
Oh and adastra i dont message you because my husband might see that i visit a site on suiside im not fond of psychiatric hospitals but thats what it would get me
Molly im in Oz 🙂 let me give you a big transatlantic hug across the ocean 🙂
In terms of reading and occupying your mind, do you read ‘other’ books websites aside from this site?
Do you have other genuine interests to help distract your mind towards something more positive? I dont know cooking recipes? Fashion? Philosophy ~ http://harmoniaphilosophica.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/philosophy-portal-2jszrulazj6wq-34/
Use of certain antidepressants to treat bipolar disorder can bring on or worsen rapid cycling, but you need to seek out and speak to ur doc and maybe even get 1-2 other specialists opinions. Do you know what the triggers were of ur rapid cycling? ie past trauma/event, substance abuse of kind, insomnia, thyroid imablances, other?
Psychotherapy/charting ur moods to understand the triggers etc can go a long way towards helping you understand whats going on and likely triggers.
Life may never be perfect and thats normal but if we can balance it with knowledge, we can go a long way to fixing it vs ‘sometimes’ blind or reckless trial n error with medication
Dont fret too much about the future or the past, focus positively on today.
Rather then focus on things you cant control, focus on the things you can …
Molly – make sure you clear your browser history as well. seems a little extreme for hubby to consider making the conclusion that visiting a website requires a rubber room.
sorry you don’t have a more positive support system – at least you have us 🙂
dawg
Molly ~ have you ever considered asking your doc to put in u contact with other bipolar pple …. ie in the states they have a number of local chapters where pple meet / discuss/share stories and make each other feel better in person …. maybe or someone u know could help u start a local chapter for other sufferers?
Contact with caring/supportive people is often the best medicine
@adastra did you google kindling effect?that is what has made my illness worse that and the fact it has gone untreated for so long i have been in councilling for two years but my councillor was bipolar as well so well it didnt go so well as she gets quite manic.ive got onto a website for people with bipolar as well but i spend most of my time building hollow wood surfboards to control my hyper states as. Well as when im depressed.my husband is reading the survival guide to maic depression so hes being very good but he panics if i get unwell i have to be careful what i tell him he has panic attacks.so i think i do everything i can including a mood diary which my shrink recently swipped as. He saw some writting on the back about how suisidal i get – damn it i wish i hadnt let him keep it he has all the evidence there if he has any incling im going to act so ive shot myself in the foot metphorically speaking but you guys keep me here this is my escape and following the chat helps keep me sane i spose my shrink is going to increase the meds i dont start cbt till the end of this month i fired my other councillor as she wound me up she enjoys being manic whereas i find it disturbing
@molly, well, I’m at least glad you still can see the assholes. It’s better that way. lol
@ad astra, do you ever sleep man?
can’t*
Heh heh lol taking another pill!!!!
I dont believe adastra sleeps at all hes too busy solving all our problems!!
Molly, you had a counsellor that was manic? Oh lord. They’re gonna put you on more pills?
lol Yeah, he’s like, always on call.
hmm ok yep aware of the kindling effect…so a mixture of chemical imablances and environmental stressors past events & present stressors/ memories?
I do think its wise you seek out another therapist u can talk things thru. but obv chatting online can ne just as helpful and therapeutic and more cost effective then medicos.
call me crazy, but i know one girl who started swimming daily ~ the exercise and forced gentle breathing has made her physically stronger but also mentally calmer and more balanced.
Is this something you can try? You mention surfboards so maybe you like water (indoor pools near?) or even surfing?
But yes thats pretty cool you do that re surfboards – very cool ~ kudos.
Def try not to panic those around you hubby or docs … ur husband obv loves you very much given he cares so much. Dont forget to thank him occasionally for being so loving.
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.â€
John Muir
The same is with our thoughts too … attached to the past because we cant let them go ….
The future is not written, rather you are writing it …. remember that daily.
🙂 Ad Astra is fine but may not be here much after this week because i then return to work ..on hols at moment … hence why i say to pple to add me … but yes ofc i understand the need fror privacy etc .. granted u can always make up a story i am an online shrink 🙂
Oh, I see. I was wondering what a secret agent, such as yourself, was doing on SP all the time. :p
lol secret agent! nooooo
I do surf and swim also but good advise none the lesd
Btw i have an online shrink his name is shane and he lives in ireland he is the most posative person i know apart from most of you guys especially dawg i have a soft spot for him
dawg likes belly rubs 😉
i missed the rest of the convo, just saw ireland lol
Still lol husband thinks im mad- hey he might be right!!