Date: 7/29/2003 1:42:00 PM
From Authorid: 2030
I usually just stand beside them and start swatting at invisible flies and hope to strike up a conversation.  |
Date: 7/29/2003 1:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 53900
Hmmm well I have encountered people like this I try to stay away from them. I remember one time I went to the laundrymat and this guy came in and he was talking to the washers and closing the doors on every single one tehn he was talking to the carts and moving them around he took one of the carts I had in front of my dryer because the door kept popping open and moved it and the door popped open so I went out and told my husband and he came in and sat with me after I put the cart back and then the guy did it again told the cart it was being bad for moving out of its spot. My husband told the guy not to move the cart again that I had it there for a reason and the guy started mumbling something to himself and went about his business closing and opening doors and moving the carts all except for the one I had in front of the washer. Where I live this lady used to walk around and talk to a empty paper bag. She would talk to rocks and once I even saw her talking to a loaf of bread. I felt sorry for her but she did kinda scare me a little as this was when I was only 11 or 12.  |
Date: 7/29/2003 1:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 58611
I try to stay away from them...Remember that movie The Cable Guy??? This made me think of that! LOL!  |
Date: 7/29/2003 1:51:00 PM
From Authorid: 60018
I love meeting people like that  Usually I encounter them when I'm at work and don't have the chance to talk with them. If I could I would love to sit down and listen to what they have to say. It's amazing to see what kinds of things the mind does to protect itself.  |
Date: 7/29/2003 2:07:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36704
lol BCAR  |
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Date: 7/29/2003 2:09:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36704
He was a nice guy, I was amazed at how fast he could talk. He wasn't scary or anything but I wasn't sure about serving him alcohol. What do you think the mind is protecting itself from paranormal? |
Date: 7/29/2003 2:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 1631
Are you talking to me? I said, are you talking to me? There's nobody else here so you must be talking to me.  |
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Date: 7/29/2003 2:14:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36704
Keep going like that Ali and before you know it, you'll have your very own USM airplane, with routes that fly all over the continental US. You too can be a schizo. |
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Date: 7/29/2003 2:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 1631
Now that IS mental! |
Date: 7/29/2003 2:49:00 PM
From Authorid: 35720
I went to a school for troubled teens and I met ALOT of people there who were kind of scary. This one girl told me that Angels talk to her and they talked about me alot.  |
Date: 7/29/2003 2:53:00 PM
From Authorid: 48250
Usually people like this aren't to be feared so long as they are taking their meds.. I feel sorry for the guy that is so sad.. There was someone who followed me at the rest area in the state of Indiania I believe it was when my late husband & I were travelling., it was kinda scary, thattype of behavior does bother me with the way he was watching & following me even with my husband there with me..., but normally there really isn't any thing to fear from them..T/C......  |
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Date: 7/29/2003 2:58:00 PM
From Authorid: 48250
At least....that is what statistics say.. I have also worked with people who are High Risk for very serious behavioral problems.....T/C...... |
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Date: 7/29/2003 4:02:00 PM
From Authorid: 60018
Well it depends on what disorder you're talking about. Most disorders are related to physical or emotional abuse. The best example I can think of is disasociative identity disorder. It's best know as multiple personality disorder though. I'm sure know some stuff on DID so I won't bore you with all the facts but every case I've ever read about had pysical and mental abuse occur at a very young age. The mind then splits itself to allow the person to survive. :P |
Date: 7/29/2003 5:22:00 PM
From Authorid: 62146
Well he sounds a bit out of it I don't know if I would let him drink to much but he might over react if you don't serve so long as he dose not get drunk it might be fine.
*Cosmic Freak*  |
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Date: 7/29/2003 6:26:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36704
In the case of DID/MPD that is a theory that the mind splits itself, but almost all true cases of that are seen in very young children. |
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Date: 7/30/2003 9:05:00 AM
From Authorid: 60018
Not true... the theroy is that it begins in childhood but usually isn't spotted until adulthood... |
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Date: 7/30/2003 10:11:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 36704
Well I'm glad that I didn't use your theory in any of my upper level psychology classes because I would have failed the tests. I haven't had a professor yet and I've had seven that even believe in DID/MPD as hollywood portrays it. They believe in it only as far as a small child while going through physical and/or emotional trauma the child's brain disassociates itself from the present so the child has no recollection of the events that took place. The brain's defense mechanism as some say. Not the hollywood take on it, that someone has other personalities living inside of them who come out as thier five year old self or as Jim Bob the head of all the personalities. While referred to as MPD it had almost no backing from the psychological community, changed to DID it is getting more accepted as a true disorder for what it is, Dissociative Identity Disorder. It almost always exclusively happens in childhood, although it can happen for the first time in adulthood it's very rare. It can reappear in adulthood by people who had it in childhood after a traumatic event or even just having a flashback to thier childhood from something that triggers a memory. So yes it is seen in childhood from children who are extremely abused and even some who are not but who for whatever reason are very emotional and cannot take the abuse albeit not even severe. One of the main characterizations of the disorder is the child or the adult loses time and cannot remember what happened or recall any event that took place in a certain time frame, although the hollywood portrayal of it makes for much better entertainment, the hollywood take on it isn't accepted by the medical community. |
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Date: 8/7/2003 10:30:00 AM
From Authorid: 60018
'Eh I'm all confused so I'll just let it rest. |
Date: 1/26/2004 8:18:00 AM
From Authorid: 42568
I think it's his right to be treated fairly, just like everyone else......My aunt died but suffered from schizophrenia. My dad has a mild case. I take it personally when someone speaks of schizophrenia the way you do.  |
Date: 12/31/2007 4:27:00 PM
From Authorid: 12072
I met someone with Schizophrenia a week ago and didn't even realise it until in the car on the way home! My fiance's uncle (I think it's his uncle, possibly a cousin) has it, he drove his car into a lake a couple years back because the voices told him to. He's also very paranoid, I dunno. He kinda kept to himself on Christmas, not sure how I'd of reacted if he sat there talking to himself or accused me of being an alien spy or something!  |
