(07-26-2013, 12:15 AM)Eightball link Wrote: I've recently been dealing with how complex and difficult mental illness can be. Not me, but an immediate family member. It's probably not good to reveal too many details, but no simpleminded, affirmative approach will seem to help things. Mental illness precludes the idea that you can reason with someone or take normal measures to help them. And the world of psychiatric medication is so very foreign, with each drug apparently creating as many problems as it (supposedly) helps. This is made even worse when the affected is incapable of conveying entire symptoms and histories to a doctor, and when I cannot be present for the visit. Perhaps the most difficult thing is the amount of self-control needed to deal with illness so close to home, when the stress is enough to make you want to lash out at the person who is most in need of attention. It's becoming a real test of how well-adjusted of a person I am.

Sorry for the vagueness, but these are just some thoughts I've had in my head. Figured it would help to get them down somewhere. Maybe see if anyone else has relevant experience to share.

(07-26-2013, 12:15 AM)Eightball link Wrote: I've recently been dealing with how complex and difficult mental illness can be. Not me, but an immediate family member. It's probably not good to reveal too many details, but no simpleminded, affirmative approach will seem to help things. Mental illness precludes the idea that you can reason with someone or take normal measures to help them. And the world of psychiatric medication is so very foreign, with each drug apparently creating as many problems as it (supposedly) helps. This is made even worse when the affected is incapable of conveying entire symptoms and histories to a doctor, and when I cannot be present for the visit. Perhaps the most difficult thing is the amount of self-control needed to deal with illness so close to home, when the stress is enough to make you want to lash out at the person who is most in need of attention. It's becoming a real test of how well-adjusted of a person I am.

Sorry for the vagueness, but these are just some thoughts I've had in my head. Figured it would help to get them down somewhere. Maybe see if anyone else has relevant experience to share.

(07-27-2013, 05:10 PM)WoahItsChooly link Wrote: So I Lend this guy money..
And at the end of the night he apparently tries to take advantage of my girlfriend..

So now if I see him again I'm going to take more than my money back.


But at the same time, I was not there, there was nobody else around when it happened..
GF is fuzzy on the details, she was really smashed.
She just remembers 'pushing him away' and then 'being really mad at him.'
I should ask my semi sober friend what he remembers about the rest of the night after we found them walking towards our apartment.
Should mention too that she just kinda disappeared from the bar we were at..

Fuckin' people man..

(07-28-2013, 08:37 PM)StolenToast link Wrote: I asked my boss for three days off work.  He gave me 16.


This is FML because it's a summer job that I got to get PAID, and I can't get paid if I don't get hours.

(07-28-2013, 10:00 PM)cbre88x link Wrote: [quote author=StolenToast link=topic=3709.msg270114#msg270114 date=1375061876]
I asked my boss for three days off work.  He gave me 16.


This is FML because it's a summer job that I got to get PAID, and I can't get paid if I don't get hours.

(07-30-2013, 03:44 PM)Gump link Wrote: http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/30239610-76/oregon-weather-ballou-crews-expect.html.csp

Welp fuck my life. I live in bumfuck nowhere in Oregon and some of these wildfires are like 30 miles away from me. We get summer thunderstorms a lot but when we had one last week it hadn't rained AT ALL and so it was even more abnormally dry. Fortunately I live in a canyon-like area, which means it's less prone to spread due to high winds. Still I'm getting prepared to pack up and go north for the night if this gets much worse. The sky here is really thick and toxic. No evacuation warnings here...yet.

(07-30-2013, 03:50 PM)Kor link Wrote: [quote author=Gump link=topic=3709.msg270172#msg270172 date=1375217068]
http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/30239610-76/oregon-weather-ballou-crews-expect.html.csp

Welp fuck my life. I live in bumfuck nowhere in Oregon and some of these wildfires are like 30 miles away from me. We get summer thunderstorms a lot but when we had one last week it hadn't rained AT ALL and so it was even more abnormally dry. Fortunately I live in a canyon-like area, which means it's less prone to spread due to high winds. Still I'm getting prepared to pack up and go north for the night if this gets much worse. The sky here is really thick and toxic. No evacuation warnings here...yet.