Random MSN Gibberings LXXXIX: Off my rocker babbling about nothing

[ColtDan]

you guys should check out rockstar69 on facebook, fucking priceless

 

[mattnotrik]

2500 fucking words in 1 day, report DONE anyway only 16 brews, 2 wanks and a shit load of ritalin later though. gonna rack myself up a congratulatory line of ket and go and have a lie down, not leaving it till last minute again, I always say!

 

[Albion]

Now that sounds like a day well spent.

 

[brimz]

Alright Brimz!! Having a pish day & a para sketch that I've definitely lost my job this time. Fuck it though, off on holiday in 2 weeks regardless so I've decided to forget my troubles until then, plus I've got plenty weed so it can't all be bad lol. I'll worry about the shite when I get home

Sapnin' with you?

Posty job does sound ideal in the summer, strolling about getting a smoke. In a nice area it would be great. Both my mates got put in the same area when they started though, the place where over 400 green traffic lights have been smashed (just for being green), shops like Subway etc have had to change their shop signs from green to black, there's areas where union jack & red hand flags fly proudly all year long & the kerbs are painted red & blue. Not such a nice place to be strolling about in despite the weather lol.

Yeah i stayed in Brigton remember !!

 

[brimz]

Curry sauce n chips is calling me loud !!!

 

[Mailmonkey]

Can be physically hard tho but does keep me fit. I eat about 6000 calories a day and don't put weight on. I probably eat more than you mailmonkey

It's a fact that working on delivery for Royal Mail is the most physically demanding job in the world.

Eat more than me? Game on :D

 

[Allein]

You're dead right in that it's seen as the latest 'magic bullet'. Main reasons for this are that A) It works, very well for some, not that well for others and B) It's relatively cheap compared with the other psychotherapies due to the much shorter duration.
There are often fast and scientifically quantifiable results with cbt - great for the statistics.

Unfortunately CBT while undoubtably valuable, often seems to tackle symptoms instead of causes - which is why on one hand it appeals to the medical model (as medicine also often takes this approach), but on the other hand many psychologists / psychotherapists feel it to be a bit of a 'quick fix' which often 'wears off' when the deeper unresolved issues resurface in some other format

Psychiatry on the other hand....well, let's just avoid those fuckers eh

AS I've said above, I really don't think there is a magic bullet and I doubt there ever will be, depression is such a wide a varying condition we are all so different.

I've done mt own self help courses, had the phone support and just finished face to face, maybe I was lucky,I wasn't checking that the person I was seeing was following and set format. but hi approach was not as you describe at all, he certainly spent time explained the theory, that endless cycle that some can get caught in and how our own behaviors and responses jut fed this cycle, but that was a very small part of the therapy I received.
He managed to get to some of the real root causes of my problems and helped me to find ways to get them resolved, or at least look at them in a different way. You can't change other people, clearly but you can change the way yo react to them, the same goes for many situations.
For me this isn't a short term fix, I've learnt allot about myself and feel like I have a tool kit for all situations in the future, I think there are 3 Big factors with CBT.

• Does your depression suit such treatment?
• Is the practitioner any good?
• Are you going to put in the work?

It's got to be worth a try for many people, is sure as hell beats being on ADs which I just don't get on with at all, I intend to be off in within 6 months, certainly by the end of the year as long as everything keeps going in the direction it is now. There is o doubt in my mind that, if you can find one you can tolerate they will help you stabalise, it's ll very well people saying that they either don't work at all or are ineffective but my experience of Venlafaxine, which I'm on now is that they can "compress" your emotional state, cutting the real highs and the real lows. Ultimately you can't get effective CBT if you have committed suicide

 

[Allein]

Any how morning EADD:D looks like its going to be chilly but dry up this way today.

I got my new job offer formally by email last night and a hardcopy of the contract will be posted today, I spent 2 hours filling in and prearing all the pre employment screening stuff last night.

Can't hand in my notice until I see ink on paper, but its a done deal and I cant wait for that moment, its been about 5 years coming :-

'You can stick your post and your franking machine and all that other rubbish I have to go abahhtt with and shove 'em right up your arse!'

It wont be like that I shall politely hand over the envelope and exit with grace but it will amount to the same thing for me

 

[JedTheHumanoid]

^ couldn't agree more atm. I've certainly seen cbt be effective for those whose depression is exacerbated by obsessive negative thought patterns. Also for people with psychotic illnesses the cbt can help them recognise when they are starting to become unwell. As with all things though it won't suit everyone and the quality of practitioner is key. Often contemplated retraining in cbt, although I think my days of 1-1 work may be behind me...

How did the interview go atm?

EDIT Just saw your post: congratulations! :D

 

[Allein]

Thanks, at last a bit of :-

 

[been head]

It's a fact that working on delivery for Royal Mail is the most physically demanding job in the world.

Eat more than me? Game on :D

I take it your joking? i hope so.

Game on it is, I'll keep note of every thing i eat today in the food thread. I'm not working today tho, i took the day of to get stoned so i might eat a bit more than i normally do.

 

[breakcorefiend]

Morning people, thought it was friday today, feeling abit better, managed to hold down some food last night with the aid of a few beers, my cough is worryingly developing into a chest infection so a trip to the docs to catch it early is on the cards today me thinks, whats the fine folks of EADD upto? i know dan is munching down a mountain of picklized toast and salad lol

 

[JedTheHumanoid]

Speaking a someone who has eaten this;

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)

I say that toast and salad is a step too far...

 

[Myshkin]

Food really is revolting, isn't it? Thanks Jed. I'm going to continue dreaming of a retrofuturistic paradise where people pop pills to stay nourished...

 

[MonsoonMoon]

Most of it is foul yes.. In all seriousness though, with my history of eating disorders. I'm unlikely to be able to keep it down.

 

[breakcorefiend]

ive been unable to keep food down for the last 3 days, only last night did some rice do the trick off to the docs in a bit as my chest is getting proper gacky and i fear a chest infection is on its way, jeven though ive been ill the past few days i have been in a good mood so its nice to have the days to chill

 

[Myshkin]

If it's anything like the virus I had the other week (which took a week and a half to clear up) then I'd see to it right away. Your weekend will be ruined otherwise.

A day's chilling would be great just now, but living in shared accommodation makes even days off a hassle unless you want company, which I usually don't. I'm seriously going to have to move, though my experiments at living alone have always just brought out my obsessive-compulsive tendencies to a frightening extent.

Fond memories of brushing my teeth twenty-odd times a day and checking that the water heater you checked on ten minutes ago is still turned off...

 

[Albion]

So I just picked up a kilo of mimosa hostilis root bark.


Best get dying, yo.

 

[Myshkin]

Ahhhh... the joys of home alchemy, eh Pete?

I should get busy with some bark or cactus myself - the latter especially, since it's getting warmer and close to prime tripping season. Have fun!

 

[Tripman]

I just picked up 4 grams of MXE.

Be prepared for Triptroll EADD .

Edit: Upon weighing it would appear to be 4.66 grams. Thats an extra 660mg of troll potential.