I don't only treat anxiety disorders. I'm also a client.

I am also a proud owner of a well maintained anxiety disorder. Thanks for the promote
>> ^critical_d:

As the proud owner of a mint condition, showroom quality, panic disorder....I say promote!!

>> ^Porksandwich:

Seen a few people on some meds, like anti-seizure or anti-anxiety who just stare without movement or emotion like this at seemingly odd or inappropriate times.
And bored people.


If you're bored with that many cute women surrounding you, you need some other meds.

Seen a few people on some meds, like anti-seizure or anti-anxiety who just stare without movement or emotion like this at seemingly odd or inappropriate times.

And bored people.

Good conversation points Yogi.

Hurting people isn't a freedom of speech issue. He stalked her and tormented her. If he'd done it by distributing flyers it would still be criminal, not protected speech.

I don't think that vigilantism is justice, but when someone does something bad to someone else, IMO they give up the expectation that others won't do that same thing to them. In other words, while I wouldn't be the one who maliciously distributes his info, he has to accept that it's fair by virtue of his own actions.

Thanks for being honest and open about your feelings relating to judgement of her suicide. You've made most of my argument for me already, but I'll add a couple things. First, you say, "... I don't think words is a good enough reason." You say it like words are just painless electric signals produced in our brains from oscillations of our eardrums, and so shouldn't cause anxiety. I can't disagree more. I was bullied as a kid for two years, and looking back, I'm really thankful that it was almost all physical and exclusion. It hurt, and I felt powerless, but the people bullying me didn't spend a lot of effort attacking my character aside from calling me fag. They also didn't begin to ruin my social life by turning entire schools against me, even after moving. And even if it weren't that severe, to a teenager, any words that contain some ring of truth will stick. And teens are extremely self-conscious, so anything negative they will accept as probably accurate.

Second, you say, "...without good reason". The word "good" is itself a judgement. That guy told Amanda since she was 12 that she was never going to have any friends, and he had made sure of it. She had never known any other social reality, and it seemed like the torment was literally going to last forever. To a bullied 15-year-old, the time when things will be better is probably four years away. To me that's nothing, probably you neither. I'm going to be 40 in four years, and it feels like it's next door. Yet for me at 15, 19 was an imaginary concept. Having no friends at 15, in our primitive brains, equals certain death. It wasn't a logical decision any more than hooking up with some guy with a girlfriend who said he liked her.

Finally, and this isn't my strongest point here, you say that you went through hard times and never thought suicide was the answer. For you. You're not the yardstick the rest of the world is measured by. I could equally ask you why you didn't kill yourself when clearly Amanda thought it was the answer. People are just different.

Less to argue with you, and more to move along your internal debate.

As for me, I'm not exactly settled in my full opinion, but I can say I respect the decision to commit suicide. This article by Michael Landsberg about his friend, hockey player Wade Belak's suicide was formative for me. In it he says, "People kill themselves when the fear of living another moment outweighs the fear of dying at that moment." People with loving young families and without any "obvious" problems find reason to kill themselves. I have to acknowledge that reality in any personal opinion of suicide.>> ^Yogi:

This is a very sticky subject especially if you don't understand all the nuance. I mean it's about freedom or speech which Americans cherish rightly but it's also about not acting like a complete dick, which it seems most Americans still cherish. Now tormenting or abuse I think is much different than me coming on here and telling @Sagemind to go kill himself because he smells.
I'm not sure if I agree with Anon releasing this persons info either. Maybe it makes you feel good in the revenge center but is that really how we want justice to work?
Personally I also have an issue with someone who committed suicide. I'm still exploring it because I don't think it's right for me to tell someone how they should react to things, especially when given differences in upbringing or simple brain chemistry. I guess I'll just say that I think suicide is quitting, I don't like it and I don't really respect people that do it without good reason, and I don't think words is a good enough reason. This is my experience from my life of horror and feeling like utter shit a lot of the time. I never thought that ending it would be an answer and I don't necessarily understand those that do. Sorry I didn't want to cede the intellectual ground but I felt I had to be honest and maybe that'll start a conversation about how other people feel about people who commit suicide.

>> Youtube:

This automatic food dispenser was supposed to help alleviate some of the cat's anxiety about meal time, but as you can see, it hasn't exactly helped the cat relax much yet.No. The automatic food dispenser was supposed to help alleviate some of the owner's anxiety about their cat's annoying mealtime behavior.

A friend of ours got one of these and the cat figured out he didn't have to wait if he just knocked the dang thing over. It got pushed into a corner, and then taped up, before finally being discarded. Cats are dumb and lazy as rocks until they realize they can destroy their way to something they want.

>> ^gwiz665:

Nope, it's something @seltar found on youtube I think. Voice is very much like erics <img class="smiley" src="http://cdn.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/teeth.gif">
>> ^chingalera:
>> ^gwiz665:
Sounds like it's you singing @eric3579

Dude, is that not yourself playing and singing for the accompaniment?? Kinna sounds like it...
The "shifty" eyes was an added dynamic to your video quick-stroll tour, working very well to translate the urgency and anxiety of a hasty, closing time trek. Love the filtered effect of the exhibit on your lens....This video works!!



Eric can sing? I must have missed that video!

Nope, it's something @seltar found on youtube I think. Voice is very much like erics
>> ^chingalera:

>> ^gwiz665:
Sounds like it's you singing @eric3579

Dude, is that not yourself playing and singing for the accompaniment?? Kinna sounds like it...
The "shifty" eyes was an added dynamic to your video quick-stroll tour, working very well to translate the urgency and anxiety of a hasty, closing time trek. Love the filtered effect of the exhibit on your lens....This video works!!

>> ^gwiz665:

Sounds like it's you singing @eric3579


Dude, is that not yourself playing and singing for the accompaniment?? Kinna sounds like it...

The "shifty" eyes was an added dynamic to your video quick-stroll tour, working very well to translate the urgency and anxiety of a hasty, closing time trek. Love the filtered effect of the exhibit on your lens....This video works!!

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Thank you for your Thrust ;

I am so happy to see that we were able to thrust it into your sifted folder! :


I'm excited to see you happily thrusting it into my private folder! Oh my!

Haha!!! I'm glad you're enjoying it too!

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Thank you for your Thrust ;

I am so happy to see that we were able to thrust it into your sifted folder!

>> ^lucky760:

Fatherhood really has changed me. All I feel is horrified and appalled seeing that little boy potentially causing grievous injury (or at least pain) to himself. It fills my heart with anxiety.
And it really saddens me how gleefully amused people are at the sight of it.


IANAFather but - really? I'm sure it wasn't much fun but he's a kid, his body's springy and can take this. I'd check on him of course but I'd be surprised if he wasn't running around 5 minutes later. This would be much more dangerous for an adult who's less flexible.

I don't mind seeing adults do this kind of thing, but that's exactly why I waited 1 day and 17 hours to watch this. Poor kid's back. That said, it would be a freak thing if this kid was injured beyond a visit to the chiropractor.>> ^lucky760:

Fatherhood really has changed me. All I feel is horrified and appalled seeing that little boy potentially causing grievous injury to himself. It fills my heart with anxiety.
And it really saddens me how gleefully amused people are at the sight of it.

Fatherhood really has changed me. All I feel is horrified and appalled seeing that little boy potentially causing grievous injury (or at least pain) to himself. It fills my heart with anxiety.

And it really saddens me how gleefully amused people are at the sight of it.

Good for you, the earlier the better. My son was finally diagnosed as Asperger's at about 8 and having him and everyone around him aware of his differences, abilities and disabilities allowed him to develop coping strategies and minimize the stresses and anxieties he was experiencing. He's now an above average student in university.