losing touch with reality?

I feel like I'm losing touch with reality. Not literally; I'm not
delusional. However, I feel detached and unemotional. I'm often talking to
my millipedes even when I'm not near them, pretending to myself that they
are there. This behavior must seem odd to any strangers who notice it. Not
as odd is that I talk to Millie and Mollie when I'm home, and that I talk
to neighbors' pets and wild animals.

- rich

lo l

I would mention this to your doctor, I can understand what you're
feeling, although medication can usually help pull you out of these
moods. It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.

Richard wrote:
> I feel like I'm losing touch with reality. Not literally; I'm not
> delusional. However, I feel detached and unemotional. I'm often talking to
> my millipedes even when I'm not near them, pretending to myself that they
> are there. This behavior must seem odd to any strangers who notice it. Not
> as odd is that I talk to Millie and Mollie when I'm home, and that I talk
> to neighbors' pets and wild animals.
>
> - rich

_/ David wrote \_
> It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.

I thought he was bipolar. Isn't giving someone that's bipolar an
antidepressent a Bad Thing? That's what I've heard.

--
-slunky

slunky wrote:
> _/ David wrote \_
> > It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.
>
> I thought he was bipolar. Isn't giving someone that's bipolar an
> antidepressent a Bad Thing? That's what I've heard.
>
> --
> -slunky
Yep. Me bipolar. It's a very bad thing.

Bobbie

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ David wrote \_
> > It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.
>
> I thought he was bipolar. Isn't giving someone that's bipolar an
> antidepressent a Bad Thing? That's what I've heard.
>
> --
> -slunky


yes , it is , but , you know ...

_/ % wrote \_
> yes , it is , but , you know ...

Yea. I know.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > yes , it is , but , you know ...
>
> Yea. I know.
>
> --
> -slunky


zoom zoom zoom

_/ % wrote \_
> zoom zoom zoom

My back hurts.

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-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > zoom zoom zoom
>
> My back hurts.
>
> --
> -slunky


too much boat racing

_/ % wrote \_
> too much boat racing

Could be. or it could be too much sitting in this office chair.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > too much boat racing
>
> Could be. or it could be too much sitting in this office chair.
>
> --
> -slunky


well , move all the stuff to the coffee table and get on the sofa

_/ % wrote \_
> well , move all the stuff to the coffee table and get on the sofa

It's not worth it now. I'm getting a new laptop harddrive from my sister
tomorrow if all goes well. Just one more day in this chair and then I'll
be back to the couch.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > well , move all the stuff to the coffee table and get on the sofa
>
> It's not worth it now. I'm getting a new laptop harddrive from my sister
> tomorrow if all goes well. Just one more day in this chair and then I'll
> be back to the couch.
>
> --
> -slunky


if i had a laptop ,
i'd never get out of bed ,
and i'd never get off line

_/ % wrote \_
> if i had a laptop ,
> i'd never get out of bed ,
> and i'd never get off line

I'm online most of the time I'm home. I just do more than one thing at a
time. I don't do anything in my bed but sleep and occasionally watch TV.
I'm afraid if I did more than that I wouldn't be able to sleep. This way
my brain recognises bed == sleep.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > if i had a laptop ,
> > i'd never get out of bed ,
> > and i'd never get off line
>
> I'm online most of the time I'm home. I just do more than one thing at a
> time. I don't do anything in my bed but sleep and occasionally watch TV.
> I'm afraid if I did more than that I wouldn't be able to sleep. This way
> my brain recognises bed == sleep.
>
> --
> -slunky


i spend too much time on line already ,
and now with 3 feet of snow outside ,
what else is there to do

_/ % wrote \_
> i spend too much time on line already ,
> and now with 3 feet of snow outside ,
> what else is there to do

I can see how that is. There's nothing wrong with being online.

--
-slunky

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ % wrote \_
> > i spend too much time on line already ,
> > and now with 3 feet of snow outside ,
> > what else is there to do
>
> I can see how that is. There's nothing wrong with being online.
>
> --
> -slunky


well that can be a varied opinion if its me that's on

I'm a postie. I talk to all the dogs on my run and the other animals too. I
don't want to get eaten.


"Richard" <richard@where.com> wrote in message
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>I feel like I'm losing touch with reality. Not literally; I'm not
> delusional. However, I feel detached and unemotional. I'm often talking to
> my millipedes even when I'm not near them, pretending to myself that they
> are there. This behavior must seem odd to any strangers who notice it. Not
> as odd is that I talk to Millie and Mollie when I'm home, and that I talk
> to neighbors' pets and wild animals.
>
> - rich

"thegathaterra" <lynnevaneck@bigpond.com> wrote in
news:7Gk3h.59288$rP1.35797@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

> I'm a postie. I talk to all the dogs on my run and the other animals
> too. I don't want to get eaten.
>

LOL. Good idea.

- rich

Better to be seen as calm and nice (Not that I am) than throwing the mail
everywhere swearing.



"Richard" <richard@where.com> wrote in message
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> "thegathaterra" <lynnevaneck@bigpond.com> wrote in
> news:7Gk3h.59288$rP1.35797@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
>
>> I'm a postie. I talk to all the dogs on my run and the other animals
>> too. I don't want to get eaten.
>>
>
> LOL. Good idea.
>
> - rich

LOL! You are nice, but I'm sure there are some nasty dogs out there that
need to be talked to extra calmly and nicely.

I talk to the animals because I like them, not because I'm afraid of
them. The animals usually sense instinctively that I'm friendly even
before I say anything.

- rich



"thegathaterra" <lynnevaneck@bigpond.com> wrote in
news:E6l3h.59302$rP1.14299@news-server.bigpond.net.au:

> Better to be seen as calm and nice (Not that I am) than throwing the
> mail everywhere swearing.
>
>
>
> "Richard" <richard@where.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns98722E8BF3E8Bricksterrickster1234@207.115. 17.102...
>> "thegathaterra" <lynnevaneck@bigpond.com> wrote in
>> news:7Gk3h.59288$rP1.35797@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
>>
>>> I'm a postie. I talk to all the dogs on my run and the other animals
>>> too. I don't want to get eaten.
>>>
>>
>> LOL. Good idea.
>>
>> - rich
>
>
>

slunky wrote:
> _/ David wrote \_
>> It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.
>
> I thought he was bipolar. Isn't giving someone that's bipolar an
> antidepressent a Bad Thing? That's what I've heard.
>

Yea, until they're stabilized it generally is. It can often trigger mania.

"slunky" <slunky@globalzero.org> wrote in message
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> _/ David wrote \_
> > It may be that an antidepressant could be helpful.
>
> I thought he was bipolar. Isn't giving someone that's bipolar an
> antidepressent a Bad Thing? That's what I've heard.
>
> --
> -slunky

Not as long as you're on a mood stabilizer as well. A bipolar on an AD
*without* a stabilizer can often be pushed into a manic cycle, but if taken
with a stabilizer there shouldn't be a problem. I have been on an AD
(Celexa) with two stabilizers (Epival and Lithium) for ten years and have
never had a problem.

--
Rhi