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23 Mar 2008, 10:09 pm

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Telling somebody to kill themselves isn't a personal attack!?!?!?! :roll: 8O :roll:
You infuriate me so much!! !! !


You're easy to infuriate; your logic doesn't compute.

Well, if someone wants to die, they say they wish to kill themselves, how is it a personal attack to offer them encouragement? I mean, how is it helpful to tell people not to kill themselves if they want to, and saying that things might get better (they might get a hell of a lot worst, and death might be the best way to go)? Unless they truly don't wish to kill themselves....

Have a look at the other side.


And how is saying "Hey buddy, I'll help you die." actually helping someone? Alot of suicidal people (myself included) are mostly seeking help and want to feel better and NOT die, and I doubt it's much different for this person.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:13 pm

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And how is saying "Hey buddy, I'll help you die." actually helping someone? Alot of suicidal people (myself included) are mostly seeking help and want to feel better and NOT die, and I doubt it's much different for this person.


It's just as much of an assumption by saying the opposite. When people say they want to die, how else can one take it (without any more information)?

Actually, it's more of an assumption, logically that is.



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23 Mar 2008, 10:14 pm

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And how is saying "Hey buddy, I'll help you die." actually helping someone? Alot of suicidal people (myself included) are mostly seeking help and want to feel better and NOT die, and I doubt it's much different for this person.


It's just as much of an assumption by saying the opposite. When people say they want to die, how else can one take it (without any more information)?

Actually, it's more of an assumption, logically that is.


But why would you encourage one's death? I don't understand that.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:18 pm

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Have you ever felt suicidal? I think this is something that would be difficult to comprehend if you lack experience with such feelings; a person my express that they want to die simply as a way of communicating the magnitude of how awful they feel. When a person says that they want to die, they may really wish not to die but to be shown a path out of the pain so that they can live in relative peace with themselves.

I can't speak for the OP, but my personal experience has taught me this.

And bending her ear over the suffering of cancer patients won’t exactly help her feel better. She didn’t hurt anyone simply by expressing that she wanted to contract cancer. And I don’t think she meant to make light of their suffering; more to show the depth of her own - which I can assure you, having suffered from an eating disorder myself, is considerable and agonizing.


Yeah, I have suicidal ideation every second of my life; mental illness and all. I don't want these thoughts, but they're there--this isn't about my problems.

One must remember that this is a forum for those with ASDs, so when someone says they wish to die, or kill themselves; many of us will take it literally, and we won't see the need for compassion or care when one doesn't explicitly ask for such.

I see it as a disservice to those dying from cancer to wish for what they have when most don't want it--there's far easier, and less insulting ways to wish for the aid to kill oneself.


Having an ASD is no excuse for such disgraceful behaviour. You're clearly intelligent enough to understand how your words could be construed as an attack. Autism is no excuse for being needlessly nasty. If you find the OP objectionable, don't reply to her. You're not obliged to read her threads.

To quote and old song that used to be sung to me:

If you can't say anything that's nice,
It's better not to talk at all,
Is my advice.

Edit: And, it seems, you are the only person here "taking it literally", assuming that was what you honestly did. Funny, really, considering that practially everyone in this forum has some sort of ASD.

I think you are just being mean and you very well know it.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:30 pm

Aridarr,

I wasn't being nasty at all. You can go and sift through everything I said too, and read it exactly as it's written; it's only "nasty" when you apply your own thoughts to what I said and presume too much.

Some people with ASDs take things literally, some don't (most will as most cannot "read between the lines"). If someone says they want to die, again, how else can it be taken?

You presume far too much.

886,

Sometimes, death is the easiest way in life; some people have it far too hard, far too much pain, and continuing to live is torture (again, why say you want to die when you don't? It just doesn't make sense).



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23 Mar 2008, 10:35 pm

Danielismyname wrote:
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And how is saying "Hey buddy, I'll help you die." actually helping someone? Alot of suicidal people (myself included) are mostly seeking help and want to feel better and NOT die, and I doubt it's much different for this person.


It's just as much of an assumption by saying the opposite. When people say they want to die, how else can one take it (without any more information)?

Actually, it's more of an assumption, logically that is.
By the time you posted, you had all the information you needed, so don't blame it on that. :roll:



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23 Mar 2008, 10:36 pm

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If someone says they want to die, again, how else can it be taken?


Re-read my posts. I already fully explained that.

It doesn't matter what your intention was. Your words and lack of compassion offended everyone including the OP and I think you owe her an apology. Lack of empathy is a recognized problem observed in some people on the Autistic spectrum, not an admirable trait. Perhaps this can be a lesson in proper conduct...


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23 Mar 2008, 10:38 pm

Hi grel,

Why the f**k are you still spamming this forum for kids?
I have been diagnosed with both Aspergers syndrome and bipolar I disorder.
Do you see me moaning about my problems to random people on internet forums( at least not all the time anyway).
Sure, I feel like killing myself sometimes and ten minutes later I'm laughing at inanity.
I have lows the same as anyone else with bipolar; I deal with it and get on with my life.
Pull yourself together for christsake - do you think your teenage readers on here give a f**k about you?
Just because you are autistic and bipolar doesn't mean that you have to be a miserable depressing person. Are you still going to be here when you are forty?

edit: Obviously I am going to get banned for this post - I'm trying to do you a favour though.
Go out and take care of your horses or something, instead of spouting s**t on the internet about how pathetic you think you are. Believe me, no-one around here could care less.



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23 Mar 2008, 10:40 pm

When I say I wish to die, at that point in time, things have usually become so intolerable that I do genuinely wish to die but cannot manage to do it.

The next day, things might feel slightly better and the desire is not so strong, until next time the OCD or the eating issues or the bipolar get out of control.

The nature of bipolar is that it causes severe mood swings and it takes little to trigger the manic/angry part.

There are times when you want to die but there is a part that clings on still, even as you are stood there looking at the razor or the broken glass or the pills knowing that after this, there will be no comeback.

I both wish to die at such times, yet also wish for a solution, something to take away the pain and enable me to live in a way that is not so painful.

I wish more than anything to just have a life like those who dont have OCD and who do not have the mental issues constantly going on.

I didnt intend to belittle cancer, my mother had cancer. It was just my way of saying 'I wish I had this awful physical illness as then I will know that my time is near its end but not have to face ending it myself because I seem unable to do so'...and the physical pain would perhaps make me want to enjoy what time I had left, if that makes sense.

Anyone who understands anger and rage and pain should understand that you are not, at that point in time, rational or thinking 'how should I word this so it sounds politically correct?'. Along with the fact I had been drinking and was pretty inebriated and thus the words flowed more freely.



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23 Mar 2008, 10:44 pm

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I do wish to see someone, I honestly have stupidly either forgotten appointments, got the date memorised wrong or not been able to sleep the night before. Lack of sleep seriously seems to make things worse.


With the appointment forgetting/date problem, could you entrust the date to someone else as well? Just write down the date and time as you're making the appointment, then give a copy of that to the person you're asking. You wouldn't need to tell them why, per se, if you didn't want to, but simply asking someone you know to remind you on that day/the night before that you have an important appointment/meeting/session/whatever word you like on ___ day at ___ time? I know you have a landlord who you've mentioned several times, and a neighbor who you recently interacted with, and I'm sure there'd be people around here who were willing to do it, if you were comfortable with such. It's entirely up to you, of course, but it might help.

I understand with the sleeping thing. Lack of sleep always sucks. I can't really suggest anything for that, other than talking about it at an appointment and hopefully getting some sedatives, but they're really not over the counter things... I know NightQuill knocks some people out, but without a cold, I don't know how advisable it is to take it.

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I have days when I manage to rationalise and get through a day relatively calmly and unscathed.

The next day I will be full of violent anger and self hatred and rituals. I was not like this before, it has never been this severe and I am wondering if something has affected the chemistry in my brain.


Is there any pattern to that whatsoever? If so, would being around another person help the issues when you're angry, or make that them worse?

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I shall try and get another appointment with the psychiatrist, but as said, I find these issues shameful and totally extreme and shallow in their nature. And in truth, I suppose part of me has given up on there being a solution to my deep self hatred, after so many years.


There's nothing to be ashamed about; you didn't chose this. In all honesty, I don't think your issues are shallow. Yes, you're concentrating on your body, but it's your mind that is really the problem; you're taking out mental things on your physical self. It's not an issue of attractiveness, no matter how much if might feel like it.

There's a solution to everything in time, but it's probably going to take a bit of work. The professionals would probably tell you the same, unfortunately; there's no magic button that makes it all better (although it'd be really nice if there was). Realistically though, while it'll take some time and effort, it is possible to stop hating yourself so much. It's not necessarily going to be an easy process, but it does work.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:45 pm

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When I say I wish to die, at that point in time, things have usually become so intolerable that I do genuinely wish to die but cannot manage to do it.

The next day, things might feel slightly better and the desire is not so strong, until next time the OCD or the eating issues or the bipolar get out of control.

The nature of bipolar is that it causes severe mood swings and it takes little to trigger the manic/angry part.

There are times when you want to die but there is a part that clings on still, even as you are stood there looking at the razor or the broken glass or the pills knowing that after this, there will be no comeback.

I both wish to die at such times, yet also wish for a solution, something to take away the pain and enable me to live in a way that is not so painful.

I wish more than anything to just have a life like those who dont have OCD and who do not have the mental issues constantly going on.

I didnt intend to belittle cancer, my mother had cancer. It was just my way of saying 'I wish I had this awful physical illness as then I will know that my time is near its end but not have to face ending it myself because I seem unable to do so'...and the physical pain would perhaps make me want to enjoy what time I had left, if that makes sense.

Anyone who understands anger and rage and pain should understand that you are not, at that point in time, rational or thinking 'how should I word this so it sounds politically correct?'. Along with the fact I had been drinking and was pretty inebriated and thus the words flowed more freely.


There are plenty of others like this. You are not saying anything people have not heard hundreds of times before.
Stop your emo whining. Think about the things in life you like and do them.
Just shut the f**k up with your endless self pitying.
Are you gonna still care what your mum thinks when you are sixty?



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23 Mar 2008, 10:46 pm

Aridarr wrote:
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Have you ever felt suicidal? I think this is something that would be difficult to comprehend if you lack experience with such feelings; a person my express that they want to die simply as a way of communicating the magnitude of how awful they feel. When a person says that they want to die, they may really wish not to die but to be shown a path out of the pain so that they can live in relative peace with themselves.

I can't speak for the OP, but my personal experience has taught me this.

And bending her ear over the suffering of cancer patients won’t exactly help her feel better. She didn’t hurt anyone simply by expressing that she wanted to contract cancer. And I don’t think she meant to make light of their suffering; more to show the depth of her own - which I can assure you, having suffered from an eating disorder myself, is considerable and agonizing.



Yeah, I have suicidal ideation every second of my life; mental illness and all. I don't want these thoughts, but they're there--this isn't about my problems.

One must remember that this is a forum for those with ASDs, so when someone says they wish to die, or kill themselves; many of us will take it literally, and we won't see the need for compassion or care when one doesn't explicitly ask for such.

I see it as a disservice to those dying from cancer to wish for what they have when most don't want it--there's far easier, and less insulting ways to wish for the aid to kill oneself.


Having an ASD is no excuse for such disgraceful behaviour. You're clearly intelligent enough to understand how your words could be construed as an attack. Autism is no excuse for being needlessly nasty. If you find the OP objectionable, don't reply to her. You're not obliged to read her threads.

To quote and old song that used to be sung to me:

If you can't say anything that's nice,
It's better not to talk at all,
Is my advice.

Edit: And, it seems, you are the only person here "taking it literally", assuming that was what you honestly did. Funny, really, considering that practially everyone in this forum has some sort of ASD.

I think you are just being mean and you very well know it.
AGREED!! !! !

Your view on this shows no sympthy or any thoughts for her family and friends if she died. That is not logical, that is just a nasty view on life.



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23 Mar 2008, 10:48 pm

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Danielismyname,...


I have made none, nor have I attacked anyone (you can gladly sift through everything I have said and look for a personal attack other than moral/philosophical differences, you won't find one; you can see the zillion personal attacks by others directed at me however).

I'll be back to reply to the emotion later.


Your wording to Graelwyn was rather dispassionate and cold, and could have been seen as an incitement to her to carry through with her threats of suicide. It may not have been your intent, but rather your intent was to snap her out of it. However, that is a tactic that could very easily back-fire.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:48 pm

BopilorConstrict0r wrote:
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When I say I wish to die, at that point in time, things have usually become so intolerable that I do genuinely wish to die but cannot manage to do it.

The next day, things might feel slightly better and the desire is not so strong, until next time the OCD or the eating issues or the bipolar get out of control.

The nature of bipolar is that it causes severe mood swings and it takes little to trigger the manic/angry part.

There are times when you want to die but there is a part that clings on still, even as you are stood there looking at the razor or the broken glass or the pills knowing that after this, there will be no comeback.

I both wish to die at such times, yet also wish for a solution, something to take away the pain and enable me to live in a way that is not so painful.

I wish more than anything to just have a life like those who dont have OCD and who do not have the mental issues constantly going on.

I didnt intend to belittle cancer, my mother had cancer. It was just my way of saying 'I wish I had this awful physical illness as then I will know that my time is near its end but not have to face ending it myself because I seem unable to do so'...and the physical pain would perhaps make me want to enjoy what time I had left, if that makes sense.

Anyone who understands anger and rage and pain should understand that you are not, at that point in time, rational or thinking 'how should I word this so it sounds politically correct?'. Along with the fact I had been drinking and was pretty inebriated and thus the words flowed more freely.


There are plenty of others like this. You are not saying anything people have not heard hundreds of times before.
Stop your emo whining. Think about the things in life you like and do them.
Just shut the f**k up with your endless self pitying.
Are you gonna still care what your mum thinks when you are sixty?


Bzzzzk! You just used my idiotic troll-detection word: Emo. The hallmark of an ill-informed mind.

Why don't you stop whining and get lost? People here clearly do care, and are trying their best to help.


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23 Mar 2008, 10:49 pm

Graelwyn,

Thank you for the clarification. I understand now.

I see it from my side, and when I told the world I wished to die; I shot myself (I survived, naturally), and the second time, luck favoured me.



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23 Mar 2008, 10:52 pm

Graelwyn you still whining?
girl, let me tell you a couple things,
for one big butts on girls are better for birthing children, you do not want a small pelvis for that suff it hurts.
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