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Offline franksolich

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nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« on: October 27, 2009, 03:11:59 PM »
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hunter  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-26-09 04:34 PM
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Mental Health and Art... Your thoughts?

When I've been depressed, off my meds, unbearable to myself and others, I'l let my obsessions overwhelm me. These obsessions are not the kind of arts I'm talking about. Usually when I'm depressed I'll dive into computer programming, science research, and a few other activities I'm able to focus on to the exclusion of all else.

Sometimes my obsession has been exercise, usually long distance running, but I don't run anymore because my knees are trashed and my meds work well and I can't ignore the pain as I've done while living in my own dark unmedicated world. Pain is no big deal when I'm depressed, in fact it's something real in a world that is empty to me.

But when I'm not depressed I often feel I have to make something, create something, anything, and writing just won't do. I can be in a perfectly fine mood, not dark or brooding, feeling quite sunny actually, but then I start to mess around with my photographs and the dark stuff just oozes out of me and I'm not sure whether it's therapeutic or not.

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uriel1972  (270 posts)      Mon Oct-26-09 11:53 PM
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1. I find my poems burn within me and sear my mind if I don't get them out. Once written they are tamed. On a side note ever since I've been properly medicated I don't have many poems forming in my mind anymore. This is a two-edged sword. I like the peace and quiet in my head, but miss the creativity. What to do?

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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 03:33:07 PM »
Saying DUmpmonkiez are thoughtless is like saying Water is wet, Snow is cold, and Polarbear's condoms are made of penguins.
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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2009, 03:36:10 PM »
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ever since I've been properly medicated I don't have many poems forming in my mind anymore

No shit, nitwit.
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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2009, 03:39:40 PM »
I get depressed to when I'm off my medications.....I just got to have a big old lard made southern biscuit with some greasy sausage in it about once a week or else I go crazy.
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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2009, 04:56:36 PM »
lol

The voices.... where have my voices gone? They were so much more intelligent than I? I alone. Alone.
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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2009, 06:35:21 PM »
My lovely wife, who has a load of artistic talent, needs nothing in order to paint--except an idea to work with.  She just went on to say that, if you need mind-altering substances to be "creative,"  you've got something wrong.  Then again, this is the DUmp that we're talking about here . . .
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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2009, 07:45:53 PM »
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hunter  (1000+ posts)        Mon Oct-26-09 04:34 PM
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Mental Health and Art... Your thoughts?

When I've been depressed, off my meds, unbearable to myself and others, I'l let my obsessions overwhelm me. .... I can be in a perfectly fine mood, not dark or brooding, feeling quite sunny actually, but then I start to mess around with my photographs and the dark stuff just oozes out of me...

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I find my poems burn within me and sear my mind if I don't get them out. Once written they are tamed.... ever since I've been properly medicated ... I like the peace and quiet in my head

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Re: nimrod primitive being thoughtless
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 07:48:40 PM »
DUmmies get no work done with meds, they need the company while their doing any sort of job to help pass the time. Plus the imaginary voices are the creative ones.
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