A phase of nothingness. - Wild Minds network2024-03-28T21:06:12Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis is a very good idea, I t…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-04-13:4661400:Comment:846552012-04-13T23:57:45.818ZKirsty Amherthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KirstyAmhert
<p>This is a very good idea, I think I'll have to give it a try.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Lisa Smith said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment82545"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I actually just posted a reply to a different post about this exact thing. If you want to read it, it was in reply to 'nicole's post about her day dreams becoming too much.</p>
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<p>Anyway what im going to do is write down…</p>
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<p>This is a very good idea, I think I'll have to give it a try.<br/> <br/> <cite>Lisa Smith said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment82545"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I actually just posted a reply to a different post about this exact thing. If you want to read it, it was in reply to 'nicole's post about her day dreams becoming too much.</p>
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<p>Anyway what im going to do is write down how long these phases are, what i did and how intense they were. maybe by keeping track of it we can get learn how to get a handle on it...because i know how hard it is to come out of one of the 'down' phases.</p>
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</blockquote> wow, thats exactly how i am t…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-04-02:4661400:Comment:834072012-04-02T08:48:07.394ZLisa Smithhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LisaCanta
<p>wow, thats exactly how i am too! i actually never realised this could be because of MD. When i was in high school i used to skip days at a time and when i did go i was always late...people made fun of me because they saw me as this friendless loser that didnt care about anything. One thing they used to say was that i probably wondered the streets with a bag on my head lol...im laughing now but at the time it wasnt so funny to me :( i let my friends down because after daydreaming i dont feel…</p>
<p>wow, thats exactly how i am too! i actually never realised this could be because of MD. When i was in high school i used to skip days at a time and when i did go i was always late...people made fun of me because they saw me as this friendless loser that didnt care about anything. One thing they used to say was that i probably wondered the streets with a bag on my head lol...im laughing now but at the time it wasnt so funny to me :( i let my friends down because after daydreaming i dont feel like being social. I never had motivation to apply for college (im 20), i got really bad grades, i dont have a job...i spend all my time at home...and yet i dont feel any guilt or remorse like you say. I get depressed as hell and beat myself up over it when i look at it in retrospect but yet i keep doing it and i dont feel guilty...its almost like id rather daydream forever and let my life fall to shambles<br/> <br/> <cite>Nicola said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=msg_com_forum&id=4661400%3ATopic%3A75723&page=2#4661400Comment83405"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I tend to feel like this when I'm in a severe daydreaming phase. I can see the stress and upset I cause my family (who think I'm depressed), when I'm spending long periods in my room, but I don't feel any guilt about it. MD becomes my number one priority and that's all that concerns me.<br/> <br/> I have an 11 year old niece and I neglect her when I'm in a severe MD phase but again I don't feel bad or guilty at the time. I don't turn up for work, I lie, I make excuses to avoid having to get up and go somewhere, I let people down, I lose interest in our dogs and again no guilt, no regret, no remorse, no nothing.<br/> <br/> Its like I'm completely detached from my emotions, apart from the ones I experience during daydreams.<br/> <br/> As far as motivation goes, I rarely have any so I'm pretty lazy most of the time. And as for creativity, I get bored and lose concentration very quickly. Someone suggested I write a book, so I've written 10 chapters then got bored of that too and can't motivate myself to carry on with it do it's left unfinished. <br/> <br/> Nic xx</div>
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</blockquote> I tend to feel like this when…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-04-02:4661400:Comment:834052012-04-02T08:29:11.104ZNicolahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Nicola
I tend to feel like this when I'm in a severe daydreaming phase. I can see the stress and upset I cause my family (who think I'm depressed), when I'm spending long periods in my room, but I don't feel any guilt about it. MD becomes my number one priority and that's all that concerns me.<br />
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I have an 11 year old niece and I neglect her when I'm in a severe MD phase but again I don't feel bad or guilty at the time. I don't turn up for work, I lie, I make excuses to avoid having to get up and go…
I tend to feel like this when I'm in a severe daydreaming phase. I can see the stress and upset I cause my family (who think I'm depressed), when I'm spending long periods in my room, but I don't feel any guilt about it. MD becomes my number one priority and that's all that concerns me.<br />
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I have an 11 year old niece and I neglect her when I'm in a severe MD phase but again I don't feel bad or guilty at the time. I don't turn up for work, I lie, I make excuses to avoid having to get up and go somewhere, I let people down, I lose interest in our dogs and again no guilt, no regret, no remorse, no nothing.<br />
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Its like I'm completely detached from my emotions, apart from the ones I experience during daydreams.<br />
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As far as motivation goes, I rarely have any so I'm pretty lazy most of the time. And as for creativity, I get bored and lose concentration very quickly. Someone suggested I write a book, so I've written 10 chapters then got bored of that too and can't motivate myself to carry on with it do it's left unfinished. <br />
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Nic xx I actually just posted a repl…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-04-02:4661400:Comment:825452012-04-02T01:12:25.264ZLisa Smithhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LisaCanta
<p>I actually just posted a reply to a different post about this exact thing. If you want to read it, it was in reply to 'nicole's post about her day dreams becoming too much.</p>
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<p>Anyway what im going to do is write down how long these phases are, what i did and how intense they were. maybe by keeping track of it we can get learn how to get a handle on it...because i know how hard it is to come out of one of the 'down' phases.</p>
<p>I actually just posted a reply to a different post about this exact thing. If you want to read it, it was in reply to 'nicole's post about her day dreams becoming too much.</p>
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<p>Anyway what im going to do is write down how long these phases are, what i did and how intense they were. maybe by keeping track of it we can get learn how to get a handle on it...because i know how hard it is to come out of one of the 'down' phases.</p> I just went on that site, and…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-02-03:4661400:Comment:772192012-02-03T22:38:14.228ZWish Upon A Wishhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/wishuponawish
<p>I just went on that site, and read: "Numbness is also often the result of too much input and not enough output. Every day we are confronted with a barrage of information: RSS feeds, emails, advertising, TV, inane chatter, work demands — all of this swirls around in our heads and ends up getting stuck. It’s too much to process at once, and as a result our minds go “See ya!” and shut down."</p>
<p>We have so much going on in our heads, so could that be the 'too much input'?</p>
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<p>I just went on that site, and read: "Numbness is also often the result of too much input and not enough output. Every day we are confronted with a barrage of information: RSS feeds, emails, advertising, TV, inane chatter, work demands — all of this swirls around in our heads and ends up getting stuck. It’s too much to process at once, and as a result our minds go “See ya!” and shut down."</p>
<p>We have so much going on in our heads, so could that be the 'too much input'?</p>
<p>I'm not quite 'numb' like she says, and I feel empathy, and although I care about my friends, I just don't get that happy feeling people get. In fact it's hard for me to feel what a lot of people describe as 'happy'. I'm going to the Evanescence concert in Auckland in the end of March, yet whenever I think about it, all get get is a small twinge of excitement, and then feel nothing. It kinda sucks.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jenna said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness#4661400Comment75823"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yeah I'm getting nervous too, because it's starting to affect my grades some. Not to badly, but sometimes I'll read something, and not remember anything I just read, so I have to read it 5 times til I understand what I just read. Sigh! I looked it up one day and found this website <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/">http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/</a>. It may help a little or not, but still to at least try something.<br/> <br/> <cite>Kirsty Amhert said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A75822&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment75822"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>It is a scary thing. I'm getting increasingly nervous that I'm missing things that are very important, and that it's going to affect me horribly in the long run.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jenna said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76113"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I'm going through the exact same thing, and it's a little scary to me. It's like I'm not there mentally or emotionally, yet I'm still there. I can relate very well.</p>
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</blockquote> I feel like i'm missing out o…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-01-30:4661400:Comment:764992012-01-30T05:57:02.285ZKirsty Amherthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KirstyAmhert
<p>I feel like i'm missing out on everything because I am constantly on autopilot and it's like I'm not really there at all! I agree that reading is one of the hardest things to do in this state, which sucks the big one because I absolutely love reading.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for linking that article! It does a very nice job at explaining it, which for some reason I have not been able to do very well. When I tried to search a lot of semi-unrelated things came up. Or it was mostly about…</p>
<p>I feel like i'm missing out on everything because I am constantly on autopilot and it's like I'm not really there at all! I agree that reading is one of the hardest things to do in this state, which sucks the big one because I absolutely love reading.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for linking that article! It does a very nice job at explaining it, which for some reason I have not been able to do very well. When I tried to search a lot of semi-unrelated things came up. Or it was mostly about depression or autism. <br/> <br/> <cite>Jenna said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment75823"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Yeah I'm getting nervous too, because it's starting to affect my grades some. Not to badly, but sometimes I'll read something, and not remember anything I just read, so I have to read it 5 times til I understand what I just read. Sigh! I looked it up one day and found this website <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/">http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/</a>. It may help a little or not, but still to at least try something.<br/> <br/> <cite>Kirsty Amhert said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A75822&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment75822"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>It is a scary thing. I'm getting increasingly nervous that I'm missing things that are very important, and that it's going to affect me horribly in the long run.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jenna said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76113"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I'm going through the exact same thing, and it's a little scary to me. It's like I'm not there mentally or emotionally, yet I'm still there. I can relate very well.</p>
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</blockquote> Ah, I don't have friends eith…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-01-30:4661400:Comment:763932012-01-30T05:50:05.974ZKirsty Amherthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KirstyAmhert
<p>Ah, I don't have friends either except my roommate. She and my family seem to have just gotten used to be acting dull and being consistently inexpressive, though when I do meet new people, they seem put off by it.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76426"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well I really don't have any friends, but my family can't tell (as…</p>
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<p>Ah, I don't have friends either except my roommate. She and my family seem to have just gotten used to be acting dull and being consistently inexpressive, though when I do meet new people, they seem put off by it.<br/> <br/> <cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76426"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Well I really don't have any friends, but my family can't tell (as far as I know). We aren't exactly a normal family and we don't share our emotions or problems willingly. The only time I am aware they know of any sort of issue is when I go through the angry state. Usually one of them causes my mood somehow, so that's probably the only reason.<br/><cite>Kirsty Amhert said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness#4661400Comment76115"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>That sounds much more stressful. Even in my more positive phase, I have very little emotions, but at least then I have a sense of being content, and and urge to work on and accomplish things.</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking, do you friends and family notice these changes in you?<br/><br/><cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76004"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p> That sounds oddly similar to what I go through, except for that I have a third emotional state that is short lived and spuratic. I become incredibly infuriated (sometimes without a cause) and am even more rude to people than I usually am. Also in my emotionless state, my daydreams seem more intricate and I get very philisophical for some reason. My more positive phase is also very short, only lasting about a week and half long at a time. It's frightening to me though, because it's an incredibly drastic change for such little time.</p>
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</blockquote> Well I really don't have any…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-01-27:4661400:Comment:764262012-01-27T02:03:15.302Zlittleschrodinger'scathttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/littleschrodingerscat
<p>Well I really don't have any friends, but my family can't tell (as far as I know). We aren't exactly a normal family and we don't share our emotions or problems willingly. The only time I am aware they know of any sort of issue is when I go through the angry state. Usually one of them causes my mood somehow, so that's probably the only reason.<br></br><cite>Kirsty Amhert said:…</cite></p>
<p>Well I really don't have any friends, but my family can't tell (as far as I know). We aren't exactly a normal family and we don't share our emotions or problems willingly. The only time I am aware they know of any sort of issue is when I go through the angry state. Usually one of them causes my mood somehow, so that's probably the only reason.<br/><cite>Kirsty Amhert said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness#4661400Comment76115"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>That sounds much more stressful. Even in my more positive phase, I have very little emotions, but at least then I have a sense of being content, and and urge to work on and accomplish things.</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking, do you friends and family notice these changes in you?<br/><br/><cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76004"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p> That sounds oddly similar to what I go through, except for that I have a third emotional state that is short lived and spuratic. I become incredibly infuriated (sometimes without a cause) and am even more rude to people than I usually am. Also in my emotionless state, my daydreams seem more intricate and I get very philisophical for some reason. My more positive phase is also very short, only lasting about a week and half long at a time. It's frightening to me though, because it's an incredibly drastic change for such little time.</p>
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</blockquote> Yeah I'm getting nervous too,…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-01-25:4661400:Comment:758232012-01-25T02:34:44.956ZJennahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Jenna
<p>Yeah I'm getting nervous too, because it's starting to affect my grades some. Not to badly, but sometimes I'll read something, and not remember anything I just read, so I have to read it 5 times til I understand what I just read. Sigh! I looked it up one day and found this website <a href="http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/">http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/</a>. It may help a little or not, but still to at least try something.…<br></br> <br></br></p>
<p>Yeah I'm getting nervous too, because it's starting to affect my grades some. Not to badly, but sometimes I'll read something, and not remember anything I just read, so I have to read it 5 times til I understand what I just read. Sigh! I looked it up one day and found this website <a href="http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/">http://sprinkleofginger.com/what-to-do-when-you-feel-numb/</a>. It may help a little or not, but still to at least try something.<br/> <br/> <cite>Kirsty Amhert said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A75822&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment75822"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>It is a scary thing. I'm getting increasingly nervous that I'm missing things that are very important, and that it's going to affect me horribly in the long run.<br/> <br/> <cite>Jenna said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76113"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I'm going through the exact same thing, and it's a little scary to me. It's like I'm not there mentally or emotionally, yet I'm still there. I can relate very well.</p>
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</blockquote> That sounds much more stressf…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-01-25:4661400:Comment:761152012-01-25T02:25:08.192ZKirsty Amherthttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KirstyAmhert
<p>That sounds much more stressful. Even in my more positive phase, I have very little emotions, but at least then I have a sense of being content, and and urge to work on and accomplish things.</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking, do you friends and family notice these changes in you?<br></br> <br></br> <cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:…</cite></p>
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<p>That sounds much more stressful. Even in my more positive phase, I have very little emotions, but at least then I have a sense of being content, and and urge to work on and accomplish things.</p>
<p>If you don't mind me asking, do you friends and family notice these changes in you?<br/> <br/> <cite>littleschrodinger'scat said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/a-phase-of-nothingness?xg_source=activity#4661400Comment76004"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p> That sounds oddly similar to what I go through, except for that I have a third emotional state that is short lived and spuratic. I become incredibly infuriated (sometimes without a cause) and am even more rude to people than I usually am. Also in my emotionless state, my daydreams seem more intricate and I get very philisophical for some reason. My more positive phase is also very short, only lasting about a week and half long at a time. It's frightening to me though, because it's an incredibly drastic change for such little time.</p>
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