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Lenience
My dad knows exactly how to push all my @#$%ing buttons. We've been okay now for years, and now this. I'm 19 now, dad. Maybe it isn't me who should grow up.
I feel your pain.
I don't associate with people like that, no good can come from them. No matter who they are.
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530888
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Post by
HiVolt
Resurrecting.
I can't stand mainstream entertainment. Films, Music, TV, Literature... either I've become too jaded or just too picky to enjoy any of it anymore. There hasn't been hardly anything even remotely interesting, to come out in theaters, on TV, on bookshelves, or on the radio in years. There are a few gems, sure, but those are very few and very far between. And don't get me started on "reality" TV.
Not only that, but I absolutely hate election season. Every time I watch the local news, it's saturated with political ads. You can't even get onto YouTube around election season without seeing a political ad before every other video. It's annoying to the extreme.
Post by
Rystrave
Hmm, to vent some frustration.
I get frustrated when people think they're better than everyone else. Get off your high horse.
Post by
Interest
Hmm, to vent some frustration.
I get frustrated when people think they're better than everyone else. Get off your high horse.
But I am!
Just kidding =P. That $%^& frustrates me too...
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611447
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331902
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Post by
HiVolt
Math midterm this week... ugh.
I really wish I could better understand math. I've never been particularly good at it, and when I've thought that I've done well in the past, my work has usually only been just good enough to scrape by. I think a lot of the problem comes from the fact that math is something in which I'm just not interested. In my other gen. ed. classes, I at least have marginal interest in the subjects.
Post by
DPumbliQ
Math midterm this week... ugh.
I really wish I could better understand math. I've never been particularly good at it, and when I've thought that I've done well in the past, my work has usually only been just good enough to scrape by. I think a lot of the problem comes from the fact that math is something in which I'm just not interested. In my other gen. ed. classes, I at least have marginal interest in the subjects.
Know that feeling man, because of my dyscalculia I've been called an idiot more often than I care to think about.
Venting - I can't stand people who yell at and degrade new players who fail at their tasks in WoW. Things like "Noob tank, vote to kick." won't help the player get better at the game. I prefer it when people give tips or at least try to be helpful.
Post by
Rystrave
Math midterm this week... ugh.
I really wish I could better understand math. I've never been particularly good at it, and when I've thought that I've done well in the past, my work has usually only been just good enough to scrape by. I think a lot of the problem comes from the fact that math is something in which I'm just not interested. In my other gen. ed. classes, I at least have marginal interest in the subjects.
I've been lucky and have had math geniuses for boyfriends throughout my highschool/college years that have helped me with my math homework. In exchange, I pretty much wrote their English and history papers. Buahaha. But I totally understand. I tried to do a long division problem yesterday and was like "ummmm err hmm." It took me a good 5 minutes at least.
Venting - I can't stand people who yell at and degrade new players who fail at their tasks in WoW. Things like "Noob tank, vote to kick." won't help the player get better at the game. I prefer it when people give tips or at least try to be helpful.
Agreed. I always try to be that person that helps through. I do hate it when I ask "Do you know the fight?" *crickets* /wipe - if you don't know the fight, just say instead of wasting time! Sheesh...
My vent: when players of your faction either steal kills or don't help kill. I was killing an elite yesterday and ended up getting caught in surrounding adds and dying, and the orc mage that was watching comes steals my kill. I try to invite any close by players to my ground, just because I feel like it's the right thing to do. 90% of the time they drop things I can't use anyway, might as well give another player a chance.
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658641
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Post by
HiVolt
I must stop procrastinating. Anybody have some good suggestions on staying focused?
Post by
Monday
I must stop procrastinating. Anybody have some good suggestions on staying focused?
Turn off the internet.
Post by
Rystrave
I must stop procrastinating. Anybody have some good suggestions on staying focused?
Turn off the internet.
This. Have someone hide your ethernet cables. Hide the powersource. Turn your cell off if you have one.
My thing with procrastinating and staying focused is realizing that I'm not getting anything accomplished. Just the sheer fear of disappointing someone is enough motivation to get something done.
Post by
Tyristrasz
The fact that it's finally sunk in that after eight years in the military, a horrible mixture of crappy supervisors and condescending military-wide training (e.g., the deglamourization of alcohol, zero tolerance, and many other rules/consequences that anybody with a pulse should be fully aware of), they have me fully convinced that at the age of 28, I'm still nothing more than a child... perhaps a high school graduate at best.
The fact that Bradley Manning committed treason, yet due to his gender-confused craziness mixed with his remarkably young age, he hasn't been sentenced to the only one appropriate sentence for his crime (if you're lost on this one,
look up a guy by the name of "Benedict Arnold"
).
The fact that after a couple servicemembers
committed yet another act of atrocity against the Japanese people
, the best we can come up with is an apology, and some more military-wide training on why what they did is wrong.
TLDR;
I'm frustrated that our once powerful military has become nothing more than yet another American conglomerate
.
Post by
gamerunknown
Hrmm, do you think Daniel Ellsberg and Mark Fett deserved the death penalty too?
As far as I know nobody has been executed for treason in the US since 1942.
Post by
HiVolt
So, something happened last night that I really don't know how to handle. I was going to go over to my best friend's house tonight and talk to him about it, but he's busy tonight, and I really need to say this to somebody.
Last night, my brother-in-law, who is also one of my closest friends, attempted suicide. I know that it's not my fault, at least not directly, and I know that there was nothing that I really could have done to prevent it... but I can't shake these feelings of guilt and sadness and betrayal. I don't know what to say to him or if I should say anything to him about it... I don't understand why he did it... I just don't know how to handle this at all. It's been eating at me all day, and I have no idea how to react to this. I just had to say something to someone about it. If any of you have any advice or resources you could direct me to, I would appreciate it very much.
EDIT: Best friend showed up and we chatted. He didn't have much to say about it, but he helped me get my mind off of it for a while, so that's good. I still don't know how I should handle this with my brother-in-law, though.
Post by
Magician22773
HiVolt,
Suicide is a selfish act from a desperate person. I know that sounds very cold, and it is. My grandfather committed suicide, and my father threatened it many, many times. (Both had serious issues with alcohol). After living with a constant fear of my dad killing himself through most of my childhood, I have come to loathe suicidal people, especially those who threaten it, or in some cases "attempt" it. So, you may not like my advice very much, but it comes from some very personal experience with the subject.
First, to me, there is a distinction between "attempting suicide", and attempting to garner attention. Someone that shoots himself in the head, and happens to live, or jumps off a 5 story building, and survives, "attempted" suicide. They reasonably assumed that they would die from their action...they just happened to live.
Someone who takes a handful of pills, then calls someone and tells them what they just did, did not want to die, they wanted attention.
In the first case, you have someone who has a VERY serious issue.
They actually want to die
. Those people need professional help, and they need it NOW. They need to be hospitalized immediately, until their mental state is stabilized.
The second type of person, (in my opinion), needs to have their ass kicked. I do not believe in the "Its a cry for help" attitude. If they want help, they could, and should, ask for it.
So the best advice I can give you, is #1, its not your fault, in either case. If he falls in the first category, then all you can do is try to get him the help he needs, and fast. If he falls in the second, then what you need to do is tell him that his actions are a load of crap, and that if he wants or needs your help, then ask for it like a man. Do not show "sympathy" for what he did, because it will only lead to him thinking that is how to handle his issue in the future.
Post by
Dragalthor
Someone who takes a handful of pills, then calls someone and tells them what they just did, did not want to die, they wanted attention.
I'm just wanting to respond to this as someone who has just taken a 'handful of pills' as you so eloquently put it.
I have recently been in a very dark place in my life and decided against my better judgement that I would be better of out of it. Hence, I decided to take a 'handful of pills', actually 83 500mg paracetamol to be exact and then just lie down and die. I was lucky that my fiancée came home about 6 hours later and called an ambulance before I could do any serious damage to my liver and kidneys. Even so I spent the next 7 days in hospital attached to a drip in order for for all the nasty %^&* to be flushed from my body.
Taking a 'handful of pills' is not a very pleasant way to go, it is a slow death and a very painful one (which I found out after researching it post incident).
Suicide attempts, in whatever form they take, are a very real cry for help and should be dealt with as such. HiVolt, I would recommend that you try and talk your brother-in-law into seeking professional help as it's not really always as bad as it seems in the dark place behind the eyes.
Not everyone, man or woman, finds that they can confide things in other people and then you get to the point where you are chasing bad thoughts around your own head and end up feeling that just ending it all is the easiest and least painful, both for yourself and everyone around you, way out of the situation. Even when you know it isn't you still end up thinking in this way.
I understand what you are trying to say Magician but having been through the situation myself I can say with 100% certainty in my case, and I would guess that of others, that being told to ask for help 'like a man' is not the answer and in that situation all you will get is a terse 'I'm fine' or similar platitude even when the person isn't. It takes a skilled and professional counsellor to bring a lot of people out of their shell and into a place where they can talk about their problems and often this is best when the counsellor is an outsider.
Post by
Magician22773
I understand what you are trying to say Magician but having been through the situation myself I can say with 100% certainty in my case, and I would guess that of others, that being told to ask for help 'like a man' is not the answer and in that situation all you will get is a terse 'I'm fine' or similar platitude even when the person isn't. It takes a skilled and professional counselor to bring a lot of people out of their shell and into a place where they can talk about their problems and often this is best when the counselor is an outsider.
Asking for help "like a man", does not have to mean you spill you problems out on the table, and all is going to be fine and well. It means that you recognize you need help, and you deal with that problem on a way that does not harm others more than it harms yourself. Seek professional help if that is what you need. Do it on your own, or ask someone to help you out. Speak to a friend, a loved one, or call a hotline. But
do not
inflict your pain on the ones around you that care the most.
And that is exactly what suicides, or suicide attempts are doing. They are, in either case, passing your issues onto those around you. Most often, those that care for you the most.
As I said, I have been on that side of the fence more times than anyone ever should have. I watched my father being carted off in an ambulance at least a half dozen times from pill overdose's. I made at least that many more mad dashes across town because of threats made on the phone.
So while I may not know your exact situation, and every one is going to be different, one thing stays the same in every case. Its nobody's fault but the suicidal persons for what they are doing.
And it may seem cold as hell, but at least my Grandfather put a bullet in his head, rather than "attempting" to kill himself for attention. Dealing with a death is 1000 times easier than wondering every day for 20 years if "today is the day" you are going to find your loved one dead.
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