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ShannonG
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 Posted: 04/14/03 - 17:07 Post subject: genie and other smart psychology types
I know several people with mild mental illness (ie manic depression) and the one thing that strikes me as similar about all their personalities is an inability to separate themselves from events that shouldn't have a large impact on them personally.
I'm not explaining this very well, but here is a list of examples that these people would become upset/affected by.
SARS deaths
a bird being hit by a car
finding torture cells in Baghdad
I don't mean a general sense of 'oh that's awful' like we all feel at events like these. I mean a profound sense of emotional turmoil over events that don't touch them directly. Am I making any sense?
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copteacher
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 17:12 Post subject:
come with me for a shift. These are the people we deal with every stinking day.
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genie
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 17:12 Post subject:
Yes you are, and that could be due to several factors: 1) a personality disorder, such as borderline or histrionic personality disorder, that they might have on top of the manic depression or anxiety disorder, or 2) part of the manifestation of their illness. A lot of mental illnesses, even the mild ones, have some non-reality based components to them. This doesn't mean the person is outright psychotic, but it could be, in part, contributing to their anxiety around such issues.
Edited because I can't spell when I am typing too fast...
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elkid
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 20:47 Post subject: Re: genie and other smart psychology types
| ShannonG wrote: | I know several people with mild mental illness
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That's really no way to talk about your teammates, capitan. 
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 20:51 Post subject: Re: genie and other smart psychology types
| elkid wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | I know several people with mild mental illness
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That's really no way to talk about your teammates, capitan. |
I am so INCREDIBLY UPSET by this I cannot go on.
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ShannonG
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 21:07 Post subject: Re: genie and other smart psychology types
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | | elkid wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | I know several people with mild mental illness
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That's really no way to talk about your teammates, capitan. |
I am so INCREDIBLY UPSET by this I cannot go on.
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You guys made me giggle even through my hormonal, PMS driven crankiness.
It was either you or the box of Girl Guide cookies I'm demolishing.
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genie
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 22:07 Post subject:
camless webcam:
(quietly observes the behaviors of everyone in room)
(takes lots of notes)
(looks around for more victi.....errr...subjects)
(takes more notes)
(places Valium sample packs in strategic locations around room)
(quietly slips out, hitting send on the way)
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Posted: 04/14/03 - 22:43 Post subject: Re: genie and other smart psychology types
| ShannonG wrote: | | Sandy Cheeks wrote: | | elkid wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | I know several people with mild mental illness
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That's really no way to talk about your teammates, capitan. |
I am so INCREDIBLY UPSET by this I cannot go on.
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You guys made me giggle even through my hormonal, PMS driven crankiness.
It was either you or the box of Girl Guide cookies I'm demolishing. |
Good, make it up to us by passing the $%^& cookies!!
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keltic63
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Posted: 04/15/03 - 00:01 Post subject: Re: genie and other smart psychology types
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | | elkid wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | I know several people with mild mental illness
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That's really no way to talk about your teammates, capitan. |
I am so INCREDIBLY UPSET by this I cannot go on.
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 and just wait until I tell my therapist about this! it will be a 2 kleenex box session!
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