Just needed to be heard for a little while

whitewing

FIR chose you, LIR.

I didn't tell DH about my mh issues before we married, partly because I thought I was normal but not dealing with normality as well as other people did.

I think DH 'could do better' and I sometimes worry about what he is sacrificing on behalf of me (a proper career and more travelling for starters). He simply sees it all as swings and roundabouts as no one is perfect. He also tends to think that things are what they are and doesn't waste time by over-analysing.

I did generously tell him that he could marry again after me. (I meant it but I also didn't mean it). He said he'd rather have a basic shepherd's hut and live on his own. That was more worrying to me!

I still don't understand the phrase 'lucky to be alive' in terms of a human's view about themselves.
(I understand that someone may be very grateful if a family member pulls through an accident).

elsien

Lir, perhaps he's planning to cash you in to medical science - his cunning plan to patent the weirder bits of you and make a fortune.

Seriously though, any cost to him is one he's chosen to take and stick with. Because he wants to.

elsien

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Sometimes you can learn about societal norms, and how other people feel, from sitcoms. These quite often poke fun at the human condition and our shared frailties - I've noticed before that they are poking fun at things that I thought were just me

Stand up comics as well. When they say "have you ever" and wait in fear and trepidation for the laughter reaction in case it's not a societal norm and they do indeed have some very unusual habits.

whitewing

CBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PENGUIN, re famous person









WaS, you did not kill Richard Attenborough. (Just in case your thoughts were drifting, but hopefully they aren't)

System

whitewing wrote: »

CBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


PENGUIN, re famous person









WaS, you did not kill Richard Attenborough. (Just in case your thoughts were drifting, but hopefully they aren't)

I second this, terrible to hear of his passing but nothing any of us (WaS you included!) could have changed. (will delete if those pesky penguins are about)

Waves_and_Smiles

Aw, thank you for thinking of me. So far there isn't a lot of psychosis, just some wondering what I was doing at lunchtime when he died and guilt that I wasn't aware of it. I don't quite know how I expect myself to be aware when someone I have never met dies, but there is a feeling that if I know that someone exists that somehow I am involved and should be able to do something for them or at least recognise their time of passing and feel grief. That sounded more delusional than I thought it would...

seven-day-weekend

We can spot my husband's depression coming on now (really i mean getting worse, because he is never completely free from it). He gets aggressive and angry about everyday things, such as not being able to park, or having to wait in a queue. He gets desperate and angry over large things outside his control such as the Middle East crisis and obsesses over them (he's not watching news at the moment so as not to trigger this). He gets irritated with me when I try to calm him down and says I'm complacent and have my head in the sand.

Possible PENGUIN AHEAD : this is sometimes difficult for me to deal with and I have to get myself some space, however I normally manage to remain calm. He always is sorry when he realises how he has been. PENGUIN OVER.

And he gets, busy, busy,busy, sometimes to the point of exhaustion.

We have lived with this for a long, long time and are now pretty good at minimising the effects and hopefully warding off the worst of it.

whitewing

Morning everyone!

And now for something completely different. An article from CNN about some traditional crafts in China

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/24/travel/nanjing-handicrafts/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

whitewing

Another Crotch Biting Penguin post

This is a great article about a teenager in America with bipolar and psychosis. There is a short video, which includes footage of the teenager's scars on his arms from cutting, and also some a background video of him in the midst of a psychotic attack (his mother gives presentations to local law enforcement about what it is like to live with a mentally ill person).

There is also a long, wordy article underneath. Very well worth reading for people who won't be triggered by it.

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2013/12/health/mentally-ill-son/?hpt=us_r1

DUKE

whitewing wrote: »

You will get used to empty. When I started dehoarding, empty made me feel awful. Now I love it.

I've never been a hoarder but I love empty too, everything always looks tidy plus easier & so much less to clean

Harry used to collect milk bottles, rows & rows of neat washed out bottles, he built shelves especially for them.