I crave intelligent conversation and you my friend are intelligent. Like a breath of fresh air
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There are ppl around me that complain all the time about working and what not. I just want to say,"lets trade "
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I can relate. I feel like people dislike me or that I am a threadkiller.
But, I like you and value the links to articles you share. Itās like getting a dose of news.
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Certain actions have left me feeling there are people who donāt want me here.
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To H with them.
Screw them. This is your life and if you want to express your life here then go ahead. you donāt need otherās approval to meet the expectations of your life.
You are as it happens are much appreciated here. You trawl the internet and provide information and you personally enjoy doing that. If you get the feeling others donāt like you, dismiss it. it matters not a jot. Do not measure yourself by other people, but as you are.
Just be and try to be happy doing that. There is little more joyous of being yourself and not caring what other people think. 
I have better days and worse days. Some days itās a struggle to organise my thoughts. I donāt have much common sense/practical intelligence. I do better now precisely because Iām getting the support I wasnāt getting at my old address. Itās not always wise to judge how well a person is doing/functioning based on participation here, in what is an environment favouring predominantly verbal skills. Some of us have high verbal intelligence but low non-verbal/performance intelligence and struggle with day to day practical tasks.
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I think a lot of us who are older and doing better also want to try to āpay it forwardā if we can. I wish I had this forum twenty years ago when I was suicidal, paranoid, delusional and hallucinating. For those who have recovered it helps us to see similarities to others who are younger and see āheyā¦ That happened to me and this is what worked for meā. We all have a unique DNA of problems but most of us all have some common ground if nothing more than symptoms and some hope for the future.
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I have good days and bad days.
Exactly! This is why I get angry over some things and Iām not going to go further than saying that some people need to realize that being good with words doesnāt equate rational thinking. It isnāt fair that the need for support is divided between the low functioning and those able to express themselves. Hell I write for a living so of course I can make myself understood. Does that mean I deserve less support than someone who canāt? Because that is what it feels like.
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I totally get you on this @anon4362788
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@anon35166066 I am impressed with how well you are able to write when in obvious distress. This is why I find it hard to believe you have low iq like you keep saying!
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Oh I think my iq is ok I think. Certainly my emotional intelligence is pretty high.
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I think it does serve as a good indicator of overall intelligence. Being a chundering idiot is something that tends to show up in oneās writing despite best efforts to the contrary. (And @firemonkey, that is not directed at you at all, I hold you in high regard because you DO write well.)
read it
got it
I go by what Iām given, maybe knee jerk responses
Intelligence, yes. Rationality isnāt the same. I like to think Iām fairly intelligent yet I have extreme bouts of irrational behavior and thinking.
Also my word of the day seems to be bout.
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Itās not supposed to be a contest. I think they also need a place to goā¦
It is true though, most of the BP people and others all consider themselves just as much sufferersā¦ and as a schizophrenic my first impulse is to say that they got no clue.
However they are trapped in there heads just like everybody elseā¦ they canāt see what others are going throughā¦ nor can they just snap out of their own sufferance.
Honestly though, today I just came here today to practice writing, check in, and reconnect with people. I have paranoid schizophreniaā¦ it is getting tough to tell what I haveā¦ as Iām more just anxious than paranoid. My persecution complex is on itās last legsā¦ and Iāll tell you that the strangest part is just accepting that āI can and am acceptable and successful in a normal life.ā I deserve to be happyā¦ I shouldnāt question it so muchā¦ and I am actually liked by peopleā¦ all real weird ā ā ā ā to meā¦
Maybe one of these days Iāll actually breath easy and feel content with my actual life across the boardā¦ instead of wondering why itās so hard to trust!
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