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  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #330 - September 24, 2011, 08:30 AM

    Oh well that's no good then.

    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #331 - September 24, 2011, 09:06 AM

    I recall that you have said you have body dysmorphic disorder this makes eating not eating thing more then just a passing thing. I'm sure you are aware of that. Please have a close friend who you can talk to in person help you with this.  Women are confornted all the time with images and ideas that thin is good. That physical appearence is everything. Feeling good about yourself is GOOD. Being confident about your success is GOOD. Knowing you can and have overcome obstacle in your life is GOOD.  You are smart, successful woman. I've read your posts. You're not alone.

    I have an eating plan because the medication I'm on makes me have no desire to eat. It's a different problem yours. but a problem non the less.

    Some people don't understand some do.

     

    If at first you succeed...try something harder.

    Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #332 - September 24, 2011, 10:53 AM



    Let's have a few tokes of this then munch everything in our sight.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #333 - September 24, 2011, 11:19 AM

    A paper model of something fired out of an RPG-7?

  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #334 - September 24, 2011, 01:34 PM

    I recall that you have said you have body dysmorphic disorder this makes eating not eating thing more then just a passing thing. I'm sure you are aware of that. Please have a close friend who you can talk to in person help you with this.  Women are confornted all the time with images and ideas that thin is good. That physical appearence is everything. Feeling good about yourself is GOOD. Being confident about your success is GOOD. Knowing you can and have overcome obstacle in your life is GOOD.  You are smart, successful woman. I've read your posts. You're not alone.

    I have an eating plan because the medication I'm on makes me have no desire to eat. It's a different problem yours. but a problem non the less.

    Some people don't understand some do.

     


    I do, although sadly sometimes I appear to be a trigger to her own battle with an eating disorder.  So we usually try to convince each other to eat a take away or nice meal out together.  Which was a bit of a fail last week for me, but she isn't judgemental, and just helped me cope with the isolation I feel when I fail.

    She is a very good friend.   Smiley

    Is it that I don't think its good to be confident or proud?  I don't know.  I don't think that weighs in, but I could be wrong.

    All I know is how I feel all the time.

    far away hug

    hmm well tell that voice in your head sooo what if im fat? So what?

    even though you are nowhere near that, so what if you where. Its just as bad for your health to be underweight as fat.

    try looking at the whole picture, why does looks matter that much to you that it has consumed your entire life?

    think about the actual "fat" people who live happily and content...  does looks matter so much that it stands in your way of living?

    fuck looks..  at some point you have to see the whole picture and realise this obsession is a waste of time.


    You know this is about more than just looks right?

    Even if tomorrow I woke up and liked my face or body for a moment, it wouldn't change the other things I believe about myself.

    Seeing fat or unattractive people who accept themselves is something I admire and respect but am bewildered by.  Especially that its not even that they accept themselves......its that they don't even seem to be aware they are that fat. 

    I have a friend who to me is quite fat.  Not fat fat, but she has some serious areas of concern (as far as I can see, but I am ill, so I know my opinion is warped), but wow if she doesn't see that.

    She doesn't say "I want to lose weight" she says "I like my size, I just want to tone up"......but to me, a size 16 is too large to just consider toning up and not shifting weight first.

    She has so much confidence I seriously envy her.  What she sees and what I see are so wildly different.

    Body dysmorphic disorder could care less about other people's conditions.  I am a control freak perfectionist.  Every flaw is magnified a hundred fold until I just want to crumble and cease to exist.

    Not just because of how I look.  But because there is nothing about me I like.

    Not my mind, not my personality, not my heart, or anything.  NOTHING. 

    Everyday is a war against myself.

    Today I have to go out to my friends birthday party and then hit the club afterwards.  I am dreading it.  I will get royally drunk and then the war will fade out for a few hours and be replaced with alcohol fuelled bravado and hopefully not descend into paranoia at any point in the night.


    Don't think I don't know how stupid I must sound. 

    That's just one more thing for me to hate about me. 

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #335 - September 24, 2011, 06:34 PM

    Is there no way to physically gain weight without eating to the point of making you puke?

    07:54 <harakaat>: you must be jema
    07:54 <harakaat>: considering how annoying you are
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #336 - September 25, 2011, 07:24 PM

    Berbs I know how you feel about eating, I am the same. I can't eat sometimes, food looks greasy and sicking. Am going to have my stomach tested, might have internal bleeding/ulcer, have you had your stomach checked?
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #337 - September 26, 2011, 08:25 PM

    Hi Ella, perhaps you were trying to gain weight too fast? how much did you gain? usually it takes our brains a while to get used to our new image whether bigger or smaller, perhaps if you aim for a small gain it would help? try for half or one lb a week? even some weeks if you just maintained it should be OK as long as the trend is slowly going up, and your brain is slowly getting used to your new very very slightly changed shape?

    Teach us to care and not to care / Teach us to sit still.
    What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other
    You are the music while the music lasts.
    T.S.Eliot
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #338 - October 22, 2011, 11:56 AM

    Meh, seems I only right here when I am hitting a low, and then the exorcism seems to make me avoid this thread, and the posts so that it doesn't bring me down again.

    So why am I here?  because I feel that way again.

    Food war, face war, age war, it's the war of my world again Grin

    A friend sent me some pictures she had taken of me whilst i was out on my birthday and I looked through each one with building horror that i went out at all, that people saw me, I felt sick to my stomach looking at the pictures.  That's what i really look like, not any fb pics which I have now taken down. 

    I realised one thing though, its not that i am fat at all.  Infact everyone of the pictures just showed me that I don't look right at this size, its just that i am ugly and an ugly person can starve themselves too supermodel sizes, it won't ever change that reality.

    So I ate a doughnut in my depression before I slept last night after telling her to delete all the pics and removing any existing pics of me online, and I had a bacon sandwich for breakfast, and I just ate a fucking hotdog.  I don't care anymore.  Fuck everything.  I am what i am, so tired of struggling to accept that truth.

    Of course all the new clothes will have to go, I was never meant to be that size anyway.  I swear my friend has this one pic and my upper arm is practically the same size as my lower arm.  It looked fucking disgusting. Plus I swear my ass has never been flatter.  Cheesy  But whatever.  I wasn't unhappy when I wasn't this size.  At least not about my size really. 

    infact the only trigger to losing all of this weight was a foolish mistake last year.  I needed to control my emotions.  As long as I avoid all situations which make me feel like that again, i will be fine if I gain a size.

    I am what i am and that is that.

    I feel a bit queazy though, like I'm going to throw up any minute and my stomach hurts I;m so full up.  But I don't care anymore.  I'm not going to be sick.  Its not my weight that is the problem with me, its my face and I can't do anything about it. 

    I have no idea what i'm having for dinner.  vomit 

    (aww sheeet, my other side is really giving me grief right now, like "hahahaha how long will you last?  can you feel that panic rising? ") :s

    Must let go, I have to let go. 

    Maybe I should go buy some new jeans 1 size bigger so that when I get too big for the ones I have now I won;t panic and take steps backward again?

    (I know I sound a bit crazy.  I feel a little bit crazy to be honest.  All that food running around inside me is making me sweat)

    ================

    I'm also pissed that I made another bad choice in life, I seem to bounce from 1 bad choice to another over and over again.

    the mistake?

    Taking theology and religious studies.  I find it so boring, and far too evangelical for my liking. I feel like I am learning nothing new.  I wish I had taken psychology or anthropology << which was what i had initially planned upon.

    I can't believe I fucked up so badly.  Then what is worse i delayed accepting that I didn't want to be doing theology passed that 3 week mark that allows for a quick switch, and now I am stuck doing this crap for a year.

    I banghead 

    I just need to get better at life.  Right now I kind of suck at it.  Tongue

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #339 - October 22, 2011, 02:33 PM

    the mistake?

    Taking theology and religious studies.  I find it so boring, and far too evangelical for my liking. I feel like I am learning nothing new.  I wish I had taken psychology or anthropology << which was what i had initially planned upon.

    I can't believe I fucked up so badly.  Then what is worse i delayed accepting that I didn't want to be doing theology passed that 3 week mark that allows for a quick switch, and now I am stuck doing this crap for a year.


    I felt the same in my Anthropology of religion course in 2010. Regretted taking it, especially since it was an elective and I didn't have to... It was not nearly as interesting as I had thought it would be, though I did learn to be a bit more sympathetic to devout believers (understanding a bit better their motivations and the social structures they operate within).

    No way you can get out of the class you are in, even with an incomplete mark?

    "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #340 - October 22, 2011, 02:41 PM

    I'm not sure.  I spoke to another woman who has switched from philosophy to sociology 5 weeks in, but she has a degree already which she said weighed in her favour to join so late in.

    I'm still going to approach the uni on monday and enquire about it.  I'm hoping the fact that i got a 1st for my first essay will show them I'm more than capable fo managing it. 

    If not I will just live with this choice and change next year, but its going to be a sucky year.

    They want me to go to a mosque and I am told I have to wear a hijab to go in.  I won't do that.  I refuse to do that. 

    I was already frowned at for harrassing the vicar in the church because he kept dodging my question about babies who don't get baptised.  It's a religious Uni lol the pope has even visited it and they are very proud of this fact.

    Grin  what on earth was I thinking?


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #341 - October 22, 2011, 02:48 PM

    Edit: too late

    Then what is worse i delayed accepting that I didn't want to be doing theology passed that 3 week mark that allows for a quick switch, and now I am stuck doing this crap for a year.

    Not necessarily. Presumably the three week deadline passed on Friday the 21nd? That was only yesterday. Go and talk to your personal tutor asap - on Monday if possible.
    It's very likely that the Uni will be accommodating given your circumstances regardless of the fact that deadline has just passed.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #342 - October 22, 2011, 02:53 PM

    I hope so.  I will ask on Monday.   Smiley

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #343 - October 22, 2011, 03:21 PM

    They want me to go to a mosque and I am told I have to wear a hijab to go in.  I won't do that.  I refuse to do that. 


    Eeek! wacko

    So last September, I went to a mosque with 2 friends, one ex-muzzie atheist, another never-been-muzzie atheist, during Ramadan, just to show the 2nd one how it is. Went with another friend's mom (who is a believer), and I think she may have thought we were looking to come back into the fold Cheesy None of us put a hijab on, though, we did wear pashmina scarves just draped on our shoulders. We got some dirty looks but we just stared right back and grinned. Her son (my other friend) was of course, in the "men's section" so we didn't get to hang out with him, but the 3 of us there had quite a laugh, and free food, which was not as good as I had remembered from other mosques. We smoked a doobie right outside the mosque while everyone was inside praying though, that was awesome. Grin

    If you have to go for an assignment, think of it as an Anthropological field survey... and go with 1 or 2 other people who know you, and it may be less painful, may even be downright entertaining. Wink

    "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #344 - October 22, 2011, 03:28 PM

    They want me to go to a mosque and I am told I have to wear a hijab to go in.  I won't do that.  I refuse to do that. 


    My advice: wear the hijab but don't wear any knickers. That more that equalises it. One nil to you.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #345 - October 22, 2011, 03:32 PM

    I'm not sure.  I spoke to another woman who has switched from philosophy to sociology 5 weeks in, but she has a degree already which she said weighed in her favour to join so late in.

    I'm still going to approach the uni on monday and enquire about it.  I'm hoping the fact that i got a 1st for my first essay will show them I'm more than capable fo managing it. 

    If not I will just live with this choice and change next year, but its going to be a sucky year.

    They want me to go to a mosque and I am told I have to wear a hijab to go in.  I won't do that.  I refuse to do that. 

    I was already frowned at for harrassing the vicar in the church because he kept dodging my question about babies who don't get baptised.  It's a religious Uni lol the pope has even visited it and they are very proud of this fact.

    Grin  what on earth was I thinking?




    If they don't do it raise hell that your religious liberties/freedom of conscience is being violated.

    fuck you
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #346 - October 22, 2011, 09:35 PM

    I hope so.  I will ask on Monday.   Smiley


    I hope that you will be able to change your classes on Momday.

    If not we'll all be here to try and help you laugh through the hard times.

    I already had a good laugh picturing you in very short skirt, very high heels, very beautiful and a hijab going to Mosque.

    But really Allat's advise was much better. Just look at that Mosque event if you must endure it as if it is a research project. Who knows what you will endure in a different major.

    Hope you are feeling well.

    On another subject buying a pair of larger jeans just in case sounds like a good idea.
    After I had lost 50 pounds I went out and bought all new clothes. Now I've lost almost 20 more and I'm depressed because I've got to buy clothes again. Kind of filps me out when people say I should be happy to be loosing weight. Yeh right, my medicine makes me throw up I'm so happy.

    If at first you succeed...try something harder.

    Failing isn't falling down. Failing is not getting back up again.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #347 - October 23, 2011, 08:18 AM

    Eeek! wacko

    So last September, I went to a mosque with 2 friends, one ex-muzzie atheist, another never-been-muzzie atheist, during Ramadan, just to show the 2nd one how it is. Went with another friend's mom (who is a believer), and I think she may have thought we were looking to come back into the fold Cheesy None of us put a hijab on, though, we did wear pashmina scarves just draped on our shoulders. We got some dirty looks but we just stared right back and grinned. Her son (my other friend) was of course, in the "men's section" so we didn't get to hang out with him, but the 3 of us there had quite a laugh, and free food, which was not as good as I had remembered from other mosques. We smoked a doobie right outside the mosque while everyone was inside praying though, that was awesome. Grin

    If you have to go for an assignment, think of it as an Anthropological field survey... and go with 1 or 2 other people who know you, and it may be less painful, may even be downright entertaining. Wink


     Cheesy Cheesy  If only I knew a few people like you in the class.  The only person i know KNOW, would move away from sitting next to me in college because I was smoking a doobie on the lawn infront of the office.  She's a chicken shit so no way will she partake of some fun.  Grin

    I feel pretty lonely in Uni to be fair.  I always feel like an outsider anyway, but now I feel like even more of one because everyone is so much younger than me, and have sidelined me..........or I am sidelining myself because I do that too.  Grin  My friend said I come across as too stoosh.  I disagree, i come across as shy.  Tongue

    Anyway first let me see if I can change courses.  If I can't then I will approach the lecturer about not going to the mosque.  I honestly don't see why i should. I have been in many mosques, I was raised a muslim.  Writing an essay or sitting an exam on this is going to be a piece of piss for me so I won't get anything out of attending the trip.

    if I go I am liable to become very hostile during the imams talk that we have to listen to........................actually wait.  maybe I will go.  It would be a lot of fun tripping him up over his speech.  Grin  I don't know.  Let me see how I feel closer to the time.

    My advice: wear the hijab but don't wear any knickers. That more that equalises it. One nil to you.




     Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy

    If they don't do it raise hell that your religious liberties/freedom of conscience is being violated.


    You mean about moving classes or the hijab thing?  because if its the latter than hell yea, the former....explain please... wacko


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #348 - October 23, 2011, 08:31 AM

    I always feel like an outsider anyway, but now I feel like even more of one because everyone is so much younger than me, and have sidelined me..........or I am sidelining myself because I do that too.


    You just need more punk rock in your life

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qzd-Ko3Nqo

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    My friend said I come across as too stoosh.


     Huh? Limey to Yank translator please.

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    You mean about moving classes or the hijab thing?  because if its the latter than hell yea, the former....explain please... wacko


    Well, both really. I mean if they don't let you switch, say that you are in a program where, as an ex-Muslim atheist, you are expected to give more deference to religion than you personally believe warranted and therefore your freedom of conscience is being violated.

    fuck you
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #349 - October 23, 2011, 08:31 AM

    I hope that you will be able to change your classes on Momday.

    If not we'll all be here to try and help you laugh through the hard times.


    Thanks lynna, nicest thing I;ve read all morning.  hugs

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    I already had a good laugh picturing you in very short skirt, very high heels, very beautiful and a hijab going to Mosque.


    If only it was summer.  My legs are firmly buried under thermals and jeans all winter now.  I get cold fast.  Grin

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    But really Allat's advise was much better. Just look at that Mosque event if you must endure it as if it is a research project. Who knows what you will endure in a different major. 


    I'm going to think about it some more, see how I feel closer to the time.  Right now I couldn't think of a worser scenario than having to wear a hijab even momentarily.  When i threw mine out of the taxi window when i left my husband I swore at that moment that i would never wear it again.

    I won't even wear it to deal with self esteem issues, and that is the most tempted I have been to be fair, not for research, but to hide behind. 

    To do it even for a moment would break a serious promise to myself.  To never wear a hijab again, to never let a man hit me again, to never let a man hurt me again.  Lol I already failed one of those promises and its been murder to find forgiveness in me for that.  I don't really want to break any more of those promises.

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    Hope you are feeling well.

    On another subject buying a pair of larger jeans just in case sounds like a good idea.
    After I had lost 50 pounds I went out and bought all new clothes. Now I've lost almost 20 more and I'm depressed because I've got to buy clothes again. Kind of filps me out when people say I should be happy to be loosing weight. Yeh right, my medicine makes me throw up I'm so happy.


    Thanks for answering something from that ramble.  I felt so lost at the point I was writing all of that, and no one even noticed, and I had to deal with the whole knowing that I'm so stupid for talking out loud when i feel that way.  Meh.  Its all good today anyway.  I'm not planning on eating much.  I had the shittest day yesterday because I did eat too much, that the whole "losing control" is gone again.

    Its going to take losing my emotional control to regain any weight.  Which will mean me wanting to talk about how I feel.  But then I have to deal with those moments where I'm talking to air, and really no one needs that.  I'm not an idiot either, I know its not because no one cares, but that they realise they can't help me or are tired out trying and I understand that.  It's a crappy circle really.

    Control.  That's all I have.

    For yourself though, at which point in all your weight loss due to your meds will your doctors realise it can't go any further?  there is a limit to how much weight we can lose.  Are you managing to maintain a decent weight or have you dropped under that?  hugs

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #350 - October 23, 2011, 09:05 AM


    I feel pretty lonely in Uni to be fair.  I always feel like an outsider anyway, but now I feel like even more of one because everyone is so much younger than me, and have sidelined me..........or I am sidelining myself because I do that too.  Grin  My friend said I come across as too stoosh.  I disagree, i come across as shy.  Tongue


    This rings a bell, i have been told that before that i come across as stooge but not really, though i wouldnt say im shy, im more of a reserved.Im the kind of person that will come to class and leave after lectures without talking to anyone. I never thought some people will have a problem with me because of that.But what do they expect?, be friendly and smiling all that time, i cant do that unless im familiar with the person.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #351 - October 23, 2011, 09:56 AM

    Fingers crossed that you'll be able to change your classes. If not, a word in private with your supervisor might help.
    You might change your mind and decide it's something you can put up with for a couple of hours. Either way, stick by what makes you feel comfortable and don't let anyone pressure you to change.

    I wish I had wise words about self esteem and eating issues, but I struggle with many things myself too. So I know the feeling of disgust and self loathing when looking in the mirror. It's such an automatic reaction isn't it?

    Maybe setting small achievable goals at a time could help? Are you capable of having three meals a day? It might be a good start to train your mind and body to get used to the habit of regular meals first, and then slowly increase the calories or slightly bigger portions. Use a really big plate so the food still looks like a small portion to your eyes Smiley

    I hope some day you'll be able to overcome the personal demons that haunt you. This is the only life we've got. Keep trying and don't give up. By giving in to all the negative thoughts and feelings, you're letting those who hurt you win. They wanted to break you and see you crumble. You don't want that do you? I know you'll want to leave this world in true Berbs fashion with a 'Fuck you, I did it my way'  dance The last laugh should be yours.

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    Life isn’t always going to be the party we’d hoped for, but while we are here, we might as well dance.
    -Judson Laipply


  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #352 - October 23, 2011, 11:00 AM

    You just need more punk rock in your life

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qzd-Ko3Nqo


    I must play this on my phone as I walk in to Uni one day.  Grin

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     Huh? Limey to Yank translator please.


    Stuck up in an aggressive sort of way.  Not even just a snob, but truly thinking you are leagues above the rest.  Highly unapproachable Cheesy

    Does that sound like me?  Grin  forget what you know of my berberella mask online, in real life I'm a softy.  I'm not hostile usually, I'm just a bit different when i don't know anybody.  When I know people then I am pretty much the same as I am online.  same jokes, same everything. 

    I don't think I look stoosh, or behave in that way, but its not just 1 friend in my life that has told me I give off this unapproachable vibe.  I am seriously misunderstood.   wacko

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    Well, both really. I mean if they don't let you switch, say that you are in a program where, as an ex-Muslim atheist, you are expected to give more deference to religion than you personally believe warranted and therefore your freedom of conscience is being violated.


    My balls are shriveling as I read this.  Grin  I don't know, I think that makes me seem unreasonable and its not so much the deference angle that is my issue, its more that biblical interpretation is about as boring as it gets really, especially since I disagree with the interpretations a lot.

    But then what would I switch to?  I love psychology and sociology but can only choose one since I refuse to give up the creative writing degree, which right now I'm not enjoying since I hate grammar.  However I refuse to change that one because that has always been my second degree choice since the beginning.

    But I will phone on monday.  Just which will it be?  psych or sociology?  I love both.

    This rings a bell, i have been told that before that i come across as stooge but not really, though i wouldnt say im shy, im more of a reserved.Im the kind of person that will come to class and leave after lectures without talking to anyone. I never thought some people will have a problem with me because of that.But what do they expect?, be friendly and smiling all that time, i cant do that unless im familiar with the person.


    That is how I appear to be.  Because I don't know anyone really, especially in creative writing, I come and go and only talk to people when the lecturer says we have to discuss amongst ourselves.

    The amount of times I have had to get up from my lone row of seats, look around, and force myself on a group of students thanks to this stupid "discuss" portion of a class.  vomit 

    And yet, in college I lingered with my few friends, I joked around a lot more. I was friendlier.

    Not so much now.  I feel so out of place.  Grin

    Getting a bit sick of the "you're how old" comments too.  Its like FFS I was once your age too you know twat, and one day you'll be my age, so shut the fuck up and stop making me feeling my age means something earth shaking. 

    I don't just sit there smiling like an idiot either Grin, give me a reason to smile fucker and I will.

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  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #353 - October 23, 2011, 11:26 AM

    Stuck up in an aggressive sort of way.  Not even just a snob, but truly thinking you are leagues above the rest.  Highly unapproachable Cheesy

    Does that sound like me?  Grin  forget what you know of my berberella mask online, in real life I'm a softy.  I'm not hostile usually, I'm just a bit different when i don't know anybody.  When I know people then I am pretty much the same as I am online.  same jokes, same everything.  

    I don't think I look stoosh, or behave in that way, but its not just 1 friend in my life that has told me I give off this unapproachable vibe.  I am seriously misunderstood.   wacko


    It's cause you're tall, hot, and tough (yes I realize your self-esteem issues won't let you accept the last two parts of that analysis), and you wear mirrored sunglasses like the prison guard in Cool Hand Luke all the time. So most people being shallow and basing shit on appearances and initial impressions might think you're stuck up and aggressive based solely on that shit, cause they don't really know you, and/or are generally intimidated/resentful/jealous of those they view as being stronger and/or better-looking then them (YES, a LOT of people really are that weak and shallow). And them youngwhippersnappers with their lack of life experience will be even more intimidated.

    P.S.-- plus in addition to all that you're brown, so the white folks are probably afraid you'll get all "ethnic" on them in an angry Puerto Rican woman kinda way.  Cheesy

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    My balls are shriveling as I read this.  Grin  I don't know, I think that makes me seem unreasonable and its not so much the deference angle that is my issue, its more that biblical interpretation is about as boring as it gets really, especially since I disagree with the interpretations a lot.


    Q's ethical code says be honest and tough most of the time, but it's totally okay to lie and whine and be unreasonable to big, powerful institutions to get your way.  grin12 You do what you can to gain an advantage in dealing with bureaucratic institutions that have much more power than the average individual.

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    But then what would I switch to?  I love psychology and sociology but can only choose one since I refuse to give up the creative writing degree, which right now I'm not enjoying since I hate grammar.  However I refuse to change that one because that has always been my second degree choice since the beginning.

    But I will phone on monday.  Just which will it be?  psych or sociology?  I love both.


    Hmm, well I don't really think I can help you with this, but I would just say, were it me, unless I was considering a career in psych or counseling or whatever, I'd probably pick sociology, but then again, I would, being politically-inclined and all.

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    Getting a bit sick of the "you're how old" comments too.  Its like FFS I was once your age too you know twat, and one day you'll be my age, so shut the fuck up and stop making me feeling my age


    *Shakes fist*

    fuck you
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #354 - October 23, 2011, 11:28 AM

    Fingers crossed that you'll be able to change your classes. If not, a word in private with your supervisor might help.
    You might change your mind and decide it's something you can put up with for a couple of hours. Either way, stick by what makes you feel comfortable and don't let anyone pressure you to change.


    I will and I won't to the 2 pieces of advice.  Smiley 

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    I wish I had wise words about self esteem and eating issues, but I struggle with many things myself too. So I know the feeling of disgust and self loathing when looking in the mirror. It's such an automatic reaction isn't it?


    Yep.  I hate it lol and I also hate that it defines me so much in my own head.  I have no wise words either. I have no idea how to make it stop.  I have tried so many times to change how I think about what I see, or to control my reaction to it, but nothing ever works. 

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    Maybe setting small achievable goals at a time could help? Are you capable of having three meals a day? It might be a good start to train your mind and body to get used to the habit of regular meals first, and then slowly increase the calories or slightly bigger portions. Use a really big plate so the food still looks like a small portion to your eyes Smiley 


    I use smaller plates than everyone else, which to me makes me feel like I have eaten better.  I use tea cup plates for my food.  Then even a small bit looks like a meal. 

    I eat alone usually, in my room whilst everyone eats downstairs.  or standing up in the kitchen.  Its such a struggle to eat.  I eat fast too, the quicker its over with the better.  I have even cried whilst chewing food.  Grin  then cried that I was crying, that i was so pathetic over this.

    twice I have been in the canteen at uni because I don't want people to know, and each time was a nightmare.  I just get a coffee now, or the other day i cheated by finding the lowest calorie salad they had. made out like i wasn't feeling well.

    I have tried the small portion on a big plate, oddly it makes me feel more food retarded than a tiny plate which makes me feel like I'm not failing completely.

    On my next attempt, which won't be today because I feel bloated from yesterdays doughnuts and bacon and hot dogs vomit , I'm going to try the whole small snacks 5 - 6 times a day. 

    I need to avoid feeling full.  It makes me go a bit crazy really.

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    I hope some day you'll be able to overcome the personal demons that haunt you. This is the only life we've got. Keep trying and don't give up. By giving in to all the negative thoughts and feelings, you're letting those who hurt you win. They wanted to break you and see you crumble. You don't want that do you? I know you'll want to leave this world in true Berbs fashion with a 'Fuck you, I did it my way'  dance The last laugh should be yours.



    I hope so.  I hope I shake it off.  Its not even that i want to go out crumbled in a corner, just that i want to go out safe.  I'm not crumbling.  I'm protecting myself in a weird fucked up way.  It makes no real sense I know.  But I'm scared.  Scared of failing, and yet i am failing just by being scared.

    Anyway i hope it gets better.  I hope I can get back to where I was once in my life where I ate like other people, and didn't think so negatively about myself. 


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  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #355 - October 23, 2011, 01:37 PM

    I must play this on my phone as I walk in to Uni one day.  Grin


    Another one from the same album that may be appropriate  grin12

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VRiTUyQiQk

    fuck you
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #356 - October 23, 2011, 01:49 PM

    It's cause you're tall, hot, and tough (yes I realize your self-esteem issues won't let you accept the last two parts of that analysis), and you wear mirrored sunglasses like the prison guard in Cool Hand Luke all the time. So most people being shallow and basing shit on appearances and initial impressions might think you're stuck up and aggressive based solely on that shit, cause they don't really know you, and/or are generally intimidated/resentful/jealous of those they view as being stronger and/or better-looking then them (YES, a LOT of people really are that weak and shallow). And them youngwhippersnappers with their lack of life experience will be even more intimidated.


    :/ I don't agree but my friend agrees.  I dunno.  Maybe I'm just cold.  Also, I miss my sun glasses.  Wrong weather, looks stupid rather than cool now.  Grin

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    P.S.-- plus in addition to all that you're brown, so the white folks are probably afraid you'll get all "ethnic" on them in an angry Puerto Rican woman kinda way. Cheesy


    This is a common reaction to be fair.  Grin 

    Sometimes I use it to my advantage too. 

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    Q's ethical code says be honest and tough most of the time, but it's totally okay to lie and whine and be unreasonable to big, powerful institutions to get your way.  grin12 You do what you can to gain an advantage in dealing with bureaucratic institutions that have much more power than the average individual.
     


    I know I know.  I just aim for that as a last resort.  let me try honesty first, which actually is what you are saying.  Honestly, I don't wnat to be stuck learning about religion which I have already spent enough of my life thinking about.

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    Hmm, well I don't really think I can help you with this, but I would just say, were it me, unless I was considering a career in psych or counseling or whatever, I'd probably pick sociology, but then again, I would, being politically-inclined and all.

    *Shakes fist*


    Damn, still can not make up my mind.  I seriously do love both for personal reasons, and both would help my writing.


    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #357 - October 23, 2011, 01:51 PM

    Another one from the same album that may be appropriate  grin12

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VRiTUyQiQk


     Cheesy Cheesy  Love it.

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #358 - October 25, 2011, 06:50 PM

    I'm also pissed that I made another bad choice in life, I seem to bounce from 1 bad choice to another over and over again.

    the mistake?

    Taking theology and religious studies.  I find it so boring, and far too evangelical for my liking. I feel like I am learning nothing new.  I wish I had taken psychology or anthropology << which was what i had initially planned upon.

    I can't believe I fucked up so badly.  Then what is worse i delayed accepting that I didn't want to be doing theology passed that 3 week mark that allows for a quick switch, and now I am stuck doing this crap for a year.

    I banghead 

    I just need to get better at life.  Right now I kind of suck at it.  Tongue

    Ha tell me about it. All my genetics modules are boring as fuck I don't even know why I chose this shitty course. Biology to me right now just seems like the most static and boring subject ever. I cringe when I hear the word. Whenever I tell someone I'm doing genetics their immediate reaction is 'WOW' but they have no idea how boring this shit can be when you study it in detail. Why the fuck do I have to learn a bajillion cellular pathways. There's no applied knowledge, just memorize, memorize and fuckin memorize. Gah. And I promised myself I'd do well this year cause last year I fucked up and I really really want to get a first, but it's so hard when I'm not the least bit interested in what I'm studying. And I feel like it's just a waste cause my parents are paying for this and are most probably expecting me to do something with my degree and I don't want to be a disappointment.  
    I picked two modules from other faculties that have NOTHING to do with my degree against my personal tutor's will, but those don't start until next term so for now I'm stuck with this crap. And the worst part is I don't even know what I want to do all I know is I hate this course so much I would kill it even if it were a cute lil kitty (sorry aurora).

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  • Re: From the mouth of madness - My blog
     Reply #359 - October 25, 2011, 10:35 PM

    ^ Exactly. Biology can die a death more cruel than Gaddafi's.

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