Mental Health & The Election

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A few pages ago, I thought we probs needed to change this thread title to:
"The Election - You Would Not Believe The Omnipresence of Cyanide & Arsenic"
And recently:
"The Election - You Don't Have To Go Through It Alone; We're Here For You"
But now:
"How Do YOU Spell 'Election?' R-O-L-A-I-D-S"
 
superrific said:
It's a thing that gives people enjoyment. So do rock concerts. I never had a chance to see Husker Du live. I would have liked to, but it never happened. I skipped a Pantera concert to hang out with my gf, and I heard later that it was an amazing show. I have no regrets about either. I've not joined the Mile High Club and very likely never will. Doesn't bum me out. Never climbed a mountain with climbing gear. Same.
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I've heard that there is a helicopter ride available around the Atlanta area where you can join the mile high club. You know, if that interest you. :cool:
 
Ddseddse said:
My fault. I think I inelegantly combined two separate ideas in one post.
  • I wanted to add a more measured voice to the "drugs are awesome" tone of the thread at that point in time.
  • And, I wanted to share what I thought was a pithy observation; that in recent years the asshole community has really taken to psychedelics.
But those were only tenuously related points.
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I do agree we have to be careful with the drugs are awesome message that can be communicated without thought or intent.
They always have a risk. I've known many addicts in my life, it has a messy side.

My brother is an addict and has been for 30+ years. At this point I'm not sure if he can't beat it or if he has just given up. He is a functioning addict.
 
Rock said:
Gonna be honest, I haven't read all of the pages but many of you gave me advice and I appreciate that. I have largely avoided reading Twitter and then going into the comments and getting angry and writing some angry response at what's likely a Russian bot. That kind of political activity is just poison so every couple of hours I just glance at nyc's work or the headlines and I've likely been kept abreast of what actually matters.

Since you guys have been transparent, I'll share a little about my situation. Yes, generalized anxiety disorder could have been a misdiagnosis or something I have in addition to another problem/root problem but yeah, anxiety is definitely real and in my life. I don't believe and am pretty sure I don't have depression but I'm a high school teacher. I hate my job due to, amusingly, the politics of it among other reasons. I want to get out but it's not that simple of course. What makes it worse is that I have oh about $25,000 in student loan debt still. I have three degrees and appear like I'm not going to end up using any of them. What a waste.

I was also diagnosed with GERD and have a bad stomach. I think the anxiety/my stomach are feeding off each other. I've lost 25 pounds in about two months. Even with insurance, I'm paying a ton to try and figure out what's wrong and it's not working so I'm just lighting money on fire. My doctor wants me to get a CT scan of my abdomen/pelvis but it's going to cost me $445... with insurance. That's how bad our insurance is as teachers. I just love the health care in this country. So I'm going to avoid the CT scan because I can't afford it, then with my luck it'll probably cause me to get stomach cancer or something down the line and blah blah.

That's just kind of the head space part of this and why I think anxiety is my current issue. Anyway, I appreciate you guys reading my novel and letting me do some therapy here. I'm going to do some yoga, then meditate, and then eat plain white rice and chicken breast. Whoo.
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Yes, insurance is messy and can really really pisses you off.
Believe me, I've wanted to kill people when they told me that their doctors, whom have never met anyone in my family, know better than the doctors working with us. :mad:

I know if can be hard to ask for things also, but if you need the test, set up a go fund me. I'll donate $50.

When my daughter first started exhibiting issues a friend set up a go fund me. Members of IC gave $13K to help with the bills. I try to donate to every go fund me on IC since then. The people who helped can never be thanked enough. They will never know how much they impacted my life and helped my family.
 
UNCatTech said:
Yes, insurance is messy and can really really pisses you off.
Believe me, I've wanted to kill people when they told me that their doctors, whom have never met anyone in my family, know better than the doctors working with us. :mad:

I know if can be hard to ask for things also, but if you need the test, set up a go fund me. I'll donate $50.

When my daughter first started exhibiting issues a friend set up a go fund me. Members of IC gave $13K to help with the bills. I try to donate to every go fund me on IC since then. The people who helped can never be thanked enough. They will never know how much they impacted my life and helped my family.
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I'm in to donate as well.
 
UNCatTech said:
Yes, insurance is messy and can really really pisses you off.
Believe me, I've wanted to kill people when they told me that their doctors, whom have never met anyone in my family, know better than the doctors working with us. :mad:

I know if can be hard to ask for things also, but if you need the test, set up a go fund me. I'll donate $50.

When my daughter first started exhibiting issues a friend set up a go fund me. Members of IC gave $13K to help with the bills. I try to donate to every go fund me on IC since then. The people who helped can never be thanked enough. They will never know how much they impacted my life and helped my family.
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IC really is a great community when it comes together for causes like that. I remember your gofundme. Hope your daughter is doing ok.
 
You know, we can use the Venmo for contributing to the site and save the go fund me fee. If that's ok, Rock, I'm going to go ahead and send the money.
 
I finally get it. Rock set up this board and did all this work so he could guilt us into paying for his CT scan. How dastardly clever.
 
superrific said:
I finally get it. Rock set up this board and did all this work so he could guilt us into paying for his CT scan. How dastardly clever.
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You guys are too kind but the money could be better spent elsewhere anyway. But, yes, you do bring up a good point that I would never accept money for that based on wanting to remain above reproach considering the number of folks who donated towards server costs and just not wanting to cross lines.

At some point soonish, we will need money for the server costs so just save it for then.

Thank you all for offering your generosity. I will persevere. Hopefully.
 
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