[pbradley]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

????

Tried and failed at making you imagine your nose breaking.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by pbradley

Tried and failed at making you imagine your nose breaking.

oh i thought you meant like "oh snap"
no, just imagining a snap will make me cringe a little but if i imagine it in detail i'll start with the flailing.

OH GOD THE WIIMOTE NO. it's going to happen someday.

[✌➬]

Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

ha! they are!!! until they turn on another street, or pass you, or pull into a gas station...
















that's where they switch out cars... kidding. i get wierd about stuff like that sometimes also.

HAHAHA. No, I get all paranoid about this. This might sound dumb, but I am afraid of the dark, but can only sleep when the lights are out, and any light bugs me.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Originally Posted by ✌➬

This might be schizophrenia, but I am terribly afraid someone following me while driving at night. I always think the cars behind me are following me.

I'm not psychiatrist, but that sounds like schizophrenia

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

I'm not psychiatrist, but that sounds like schizophrenia

that one symptom alone is by no means suggestive of schizophrenia. schizophrenia is an extremely complex mental illness that requires diagnosis by a professional.

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I am afraid of other people touching me. I feel they are going to hit me.

[Cantankerous]

that would be indicative of childhood trauma.

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Probably, I was bullied by my brothers. They would always hit me.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

that one symptom alone is by no means suggestive of schizophrenia. schizophrenia is an extremely complex mental illness that requires diagnosis by a professional.

yadayadayada I know. I'm just saying, my sister has a friend who's schizo who constantly believes she's being followed.

But she's got other symptoms.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

yadayadayada I know. I'm just saying, my sister has a friend who's schizo who constantly believes she's being followed.

But she's got other symptoms.

she probably has paranoid schizophrenia. there's other types though. it's a pretty interesting illness.

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I am also afraid of growing old, but I can't stop that.

[Cantankerous]

i thought of one. an irrational, stupid one. there's probably a medical term for it.

i'm very afraid of speaking with people i don't know or don't know well. i will go out of my way to avoid having a conversation with someone i don't know on the street or at a party/event and i keep my head down and walk quickly. i keep my headphones on when i'm on the subway (unless i'm with someone i DO know in which case i'll be happy to talk with them), i don't talk to cab drivers, etc etc. really, i can't do it.

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Isn't that being anti-social?


edit- because I am like that too.

[Cantankerous]

no. antisocial personality disorder is characterized by the following:
disregard for others emotions
irresponsibility
view of others as a tool for one's personal gain
possible compulsive lying

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Oh okay, because I refuse to talk to people mostly because they bore me to dead after five minutes. Then I am wondering why did I even bother.

[Cantankerous]

i'm not antisocial at all, but i am extremely introverted and shy around people who i don't know personally.

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I see, most would say you are anti-social, just because you are shy. I am on the brink of giving up of trying to be sociable.

[Cantankerous]

because people don't actually know what antisocial behaviour is. they think it's actually avoiding social situations, which is not the case. just like people think schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder are the same thing. they're not.
but yes, most people think i'm some kind of horrible self involved bitch when i'm actually afraid to say anything to them.

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Yes, people always say I am rude when I don't speak to them. The most I get from people is that I am weird, for liking different things. But yeah they always say I have anti-social behavior which isn't true, I am just not interested in talking to them.

[m1rr0r dash]

Originally Posted by ✌➬

HAHAHA. No, I get all paranoid about this. This might sound dumb, but I am afraid of the dark, but can only sleep when the lights are out, and any light bugs me.

i was scared of the dark to the extreme as a child of 4 or 5.. a lot of kids are, but it was pretty extreme for me for a while. my bed time routine consisted of pulling back the blankets on my bed just right for quick entry and then going over to to the light switch with my arm stretched out so i was as close to bed as possible. i would flip the switch and sprint the 10 feet to my bed and dive for it, in one fluid motion pulling the blankets up to my chin. i was convinced they would protect me from whatever was out there... i never carried around a security blanket or anything.... but if there was a storm at night i had to keep telling myself that the force field of the blankets extended over my face with the magical help of the pillow under my head.

i guess more of a silly superstition a young child would dream up than a real phobia.....