The same psych professor I mentioned above went out on an unbelievable tangent of hate over the love is a chemical theory. It lasted for two days, and every time the theory got brought up he'd roll his eyes. He said he didn't deny love is at its base chemicals, he just thought it was one mystery that shouldn't be toyed with.

HE was married with two kids.

But yeah, all it takes is a passion. Everybody has something that sets them off.

This thread makes me wonder what "normal" really is...

Yeah... for me the things that set me off is personal information o.o I go a mile a minute with personal questions if someone lets me... it's just so interesting to see how different people are, the different struggles in life they've had, how people viewed and treated them for it and stuff... o.o it's just so fascinatingly addictive...

Meh. There's really no such thing as normal--there's just such a thing as someone who functions in society well and isn't overly negatively affected by some disorder.

I've had some definitions of normal people before in my psych classes, but...honestly...wouldn't want to know one of those "normal" people.

I love to hear people's stories, too. It's such a special treat for someone to honestly open up and tell you what has made them them. Really, it's the most precious treasure there is.

Hate to say it, but gossip really sets me off. Hearing all the twists and turns in someone's life is so interesting to me. I try not to be malicious, but I do like to know the nitty gritty of everything. Especially after high school. It's just so entertaining to find out where people are going with their lives--whether they've turned out as what one would expect, or if they've surprised everyone.

It's really a shame people don't see the beauty in a disability most of the time. I remember watching a video of a lady that lived her whole live without arms. She couldn't have cared less and lived just like everyone else except that her feet were way cleaner than normal. The doctors expected her to die, but he didn't miss a single step in life. Someone like that isn't truly disabled... I think "differently shaped" would be a better term... as no single human being on the earth is the same.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who likes the details XD
Part of the reason I was a personal (free) counselor for so many years. You get to help people and you get those details XD

ElysiumFate: Thank you so much for that!

Originally Posted by The Wandering Poet

I think depression from no sunlight is human nature... some of us just turn into half-vampires and stop caring about the sunlight... o.o

no it's a real thing, most people get downa bout a lack of sun but some people are worse than others, there's a serious thing. it was on 'embarrassing bodies'

Interesting... I know personally I actually get happier with less sunlight for some reason...
I'll have to watch that sometime... I wonder if it's on netflix

@Keo: I wonder if you're talking about Seasonal Affective Disorder. That has a lot to do with lack of sunlight and vitamin D.

@Poet: I get happier when the seasons change and we start getting less harsh sunlight. Clouds are very appreciated where I live because we get 300+ days of blue skies per year, and trust me...that much sun...is too much...

Yeah I was visiting Arizona a while back and it was almost always pure sunlight... where I am right now we get the opposite amount of sun... but most people want it to be cloudy because nobody here can handle the heat...

Depressing or not... we burn here >.>"

I think I'd actually be happier in a place like Seattle or the UK where there's more clouds than sun. I'd have to try it out, though. That much cloudiness might be too much.

And uh huh. I live in Colorado, so I know exactly what Arizona is like.

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Also, you're very welcome Pa-chinko:. I hope the info helps you some. :)

No... don't ever live in Seattle... traffic and 1 way streets galore... it's horrible...
Plus from what my Psyche teacher said there's a lot of really drugged up people down there... I heard about how you would get to a certain area of Seattle and people would just be "floating by"... sounds sad that the doctor decided they be over medicated... but also it's kinda creepy that they're basically floating around outside...

Ahhh. Well, the traffic wouldn't bug me. I already deal with that because I live in a college town, but I do always forget that most people don't handle rain and cloudiness 24/7 well. Lots of depressives in those areas.

There is technically plenty clinically and mentally wrong with me.
But I'd probably go crazy if I posted the specifics.
With.. regret.. and just.
No.
But, hey, I get along pretty well.
It's nice to be hidden behind a computer screen and all.

True, it is nice to be hidden behind a screen. Crazy? How come?

My therapists diagnosed me with serve depression and psychosis. But my papers actually say that I have "cronic depression with serve, reoccurring psychotic effects (psychosis)"

Psychosis doesn't sound like fun, I have trouble telling what dreams I had are real as is. Plus given my brain already being rather detached from reality as is doesn't help >.>"
*keeps reading* Seeing or hearing things that aren't there....... that happens to me constantly... those obnoxious phantom noises o.o

I've suffered with depression like that, though mine was bullying induced depression, it's never fun no matter where it comes from.

I have horrible eyesight, Immotile Cilia Syndrome [where the little hairy things in your lung that bring out the mucus and junk DONT bring up the mucus and junk] which causes me to cough and hack and be totally gross, kind of acts like asthma. Also I have Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus [Dextrocardia situs inversus refers to the heart being a mirror image situated on the right side. For all visceral organs to be mirrored, the correct term is dextrocardia situs inversus totalis.
Dextrocardia is believed to occur in approximately 1 in 12,000 people, so i'm pretty special!]
My sister has cerebral palsy, she can't talk [makes lots of noise though] or do much herself but can walk and has the thought process of a small child. She loves the muppets and elmo and other kids stuff.

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I also have Depression and suicidal tendencies [not so much anymore but it comes and goes]
Paranoia... anxiety... I might be bipolar.. i sure as hell feel like it half the time.
D:

you are special to us, Ofelia♥!

You guys are special to me too!

I once got sent to a school counselor for writing an outwardly suicidal paper, but it was too overblown to be serious. I found it hilarious.
But never have I been diagnosed as anything at all.
I am just a little strange. I carry around stuffed animals (like my FOX!) and I eat plain sugar packets and have weird hand gestures and I don't interact well with people.
But it's just because I'm really awesome.

Originally Posted by Nuclear

I once got sent to a school counselor for writing an outwardly suicidal paper, but it was too overblown to be serious. I found it hilarious.
But never have I been diagnosed as anything at all.
I am just a little strange. I carry around stuffed animals (like my FOX!) and I eat plain sugar packets and have weird hand gestures and I don't interact well with people.
But it's just because I'm really awesome.

Can we just be best friends now?
kay thanks.
i have weird habits too.. and everyone just doesn't understand how fantastic i am and that i'm seriously hilarious also.

@ Nuclear - A lot of people eat plain sugar packets... I think really all that is, is taking a healthier shortcut to a sugar rush.
Weird hand gestures? Like what? o.o almost every body gesture is weird to me... even the ones I do.
I know the feeling of not getting along with people well. I kinda fail at that "making friend" thing.

@ Ofelia - Mirrored organs? That must really confuse people who try to check your heartbeat
I know the feeling of hacking up a lung, though I don't know why I do it. I've had pretty messed up lungs since I was a kid though.
Sister can't talk? That would suck. I know if I couldn't speak or tell the world what I wanted past grunts I'd get so annoyed.

Poet: oh yes, very confusing for people, and when i was little my old doctor would play tricks on the other doctors and nurses with me!

If my psych classes are to be believed (are they to be believed?) abnormality can be defined using three methods: statistical infrequency/deviation from ideal mental health, deviation from social norms, and cultural relativism. Even when you use all three methods in conjunction with one another a diagnosis is still terribly subjective.

At ten or so I still wasn't able to read, write, or do math despite numerous attempts and a lot of migraines (both my mothers and my own). I was told (or my mother was told) I wouldn't be able to read, write, or do math above a elementary level because severe dyslexia and ADHD. Because my mother's a banshee I ended up going to this doctor and after about a few years of seeing him doing these really odd exercises and whatnot I was able to read and write. I went from not being able to read or write to preferring the company of books to people xD. The weirdest part is I still can't recite my ABC's in order! :P Afterwords I wasn't thrown into special education classes and I haven't had to register at the disabilities office on campus. Which is great and I know there's someone else who really needs the help and I never want to take that place away from someone else. I think my brain might be rather awful at balancing all of those relatively important chemicals. I'm prone to depression, mood swings, and random bouts.

I think because of those experiences (my mother's a psychiatrist and my father's a neurologist, so that might also have something to do with it) I've always been fascinated by psychology. There's so much mystery and so many unanswered questions. Why this? Why that?

I can recite my ABC perfectly in order... but if you ask me to say what's after a certain letter, there's likely a 50% chance I'll have to recite quite a few before it to tell you or delay in my response.

Personally for reading I have an extremely high reading comprehension, (high school level in elementary) but everyone still wanted to throw me in "reading" classes so I could "learn to comprehend reading"... sure I can't pass the test of "what does this random word mean" but that doesn't mean it's important to the story. Most big words are just thrown in there anyways and don't apply to the plot of the story anyways. It's sad how schools always seem to want to target people who are "different"... honestly my love of reading got destroyed by school, constantly being forced to read books that were way too simple.

I enjoy psychology myself, part of the reason I made this thread, just to see how different everyone in the world is. I've never met 2 human beings that are alike, and I find it fascinating how people will place a large label on them for the smallest things.