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I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.

I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.

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Everyone else: If after everything I've said so far, you still don't understand my motivations, I think it's unlikely that you will. We're just too different. Maybe someday in the future it might make sense, but until then, there's no point in arguing about it. I don't have the time or the energy for arguing anymore. I will focus my time and energy on people who support me, and those who need help.

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Anxiety app?

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this geodon decrease is making me anxious and i also feel weird and a teacher asked me if i got any work done and i was like not really i had a med decrease and its making me feel weird and she was like should i be worried and i was like yes i am going to go crazy and then she said something about hugs. i really feel like somethings going to happen its scary
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It's not unusual to feel weird during a change in dose. Your brain might take some time to adapt to it.

Some of your anxiety may be from your uncertainty over what's going to happen. If you can, try to just give it some time.

If you're extremely uncomfortable, talk to your doctor about possibly stepping down in dose more slowly. (Like 70 instead of 60.)

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today was kinda cool i was more social than i usually am but i kept feeling weird all day. my moms gonna take a walk with me to get ice cream... i like ice cream but the staff at my school scare me a lot they talk about things that make me never want to leave the house so idk if im going to go or not.
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What do the staff talk about?

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(02-21-2014 05:22 AM)xcriteria Wrote:  What do the staff talk about?

things like kidnappings and murders

i went and i got cotton candy ice cream with rainbow sprinkles and i was at the dollar store and some lil kid came up to me like "excuse me sir i like ur hair" and it made me so happy :~) i was seen as smth other than female and i got a compliment. hell yea
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(02-21-2014 06:16 AM)alienrat Wrote:  
(02-21-2014 05:22 AM)xcriteria Wrote:  What do the staff talk about?

things like kidnappings and murders

Da fuck?
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my only friend killed herself jesus fucking christ
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she was the only person i knew who was actually like me
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*Hansgrohe gives alienrat a big hug Hug

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*alienrat hugs hansgrohe back

i bought a cute blouse and kitty tights today. ill take a picture when i get home!
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Oh, wow. That's terrible.

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D:
I hope you feel better :(

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i feel like someones out to get me and theyre going to kill me and ive been feelig them watching me lately i am so scared i am freaking out i Do Not Want To Die i want to call 911
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Have you seen the person or is it just a feeling?

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alienrat Wrote:i feel like someones out to get me and theyre going to kill me and ive been feelig them watching me lately i am so scared i am freaking out i Do Not Want To Die i want to call 911

If someone is out to harm you, then let me ask this: Do you own anything that might help you defend yourself? For example: a knife or a firearm?
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I don't think anyone is out to harm alienrat... there's certainly no need to talk about knives and firearms.

@alienrat, I hope you're feeling better... Can you explain more about how those feelings started?

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i havent seen them...
i dont have anything everything is locked up in my house
i am feeling a lil better, i just hear people talking about stuff like that all the time and it scares me
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i think i was having tactile hallucinations last night. i felt worms crawling all over my legs it was scary at first when i thought there were actually worms but when i saw there were no worms i couldnt stop laughin.
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i spent all night last night in the er, my dad took me at 9pm and we got back around 3am. at least i didnt end up in a mental hospital tho
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What led to you being in the ER?

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i kept threatening to kill myself
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Why?
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(02-28-2014 09:53 AM)alienrat Wrote:  i kept threatening to kill myself

Who do you keep threatening and why?

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(02-28-2014 01:10 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  
(02-28-2014 09:53 AM)alienrat Wrote:  i kept threatening to kill myself

Who do you keep threatening and why?

it was 2 my dad and i was feeling really depressed
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How did he react?

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he got rlly scared
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aaa jesus. i feel like theres no fun on this site anymore, everything is so serious. it doesnt seem like much of a support forum anymore.... idk maybe im just being dumb. im not leaving im just idk
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Why do you think SrsBsn came to existence...which by the way does not exist.

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