Gonna Abstain - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T15:59:36Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/gonna-abstain?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI should've seen a psycholog…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-19:4661400:Comment:3514142020-04-19T14:20:30.098ZJessica Ballantynehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JessicaBallantyne492
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<p>I should've seen a psychologist a long time ago, but I feared the expenses. My mom thinks it's more likely I should see a psychiatrist. She thinks what I've been doing is crazy, as has so many other people. It blows my mind how MDD can practically ruin your life. It started when I was 12, and then grew into something that made others not like and distrust me. So I decided to stop doing MDD altogether. <br></br><br></br>Now that I got out of my head, my mind is a lot clearer and I have more…</p>
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<p>I should've seen a psychologist a long time ago, but I feared the expenses. My mom thinks it's more likely I should see a psychiatrist. She thinks what I've been doing is crazy, as has so many other people. It blows my mind how MDD can practically ruin your life. It started when I was 12, and then grew into something that made others not like and distrust me. So I decided to stop doing MDD altogether. <br/><br/>Now that I got out of my head, my mind is a lot clearer and I have more perception of others in my surrounding environment. I'm also beginning to understand what went wrong in my past and why. I think the more I gradually improve, leaving behind MDD, the better my future will be. Then this will all be a thing of the past. <br/><br/><br/></p> I'm trying to stop MD, I also…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-19:4661400:Comment:3515032020-04-19T06:03:06.645ZRobertahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Roberta101
I'm trying to stop MD, I also have Asperger's syndrome and I started to realize that I was suffering a lot in my world. I have problems with external feelings and with MD I did that and I was temporarily happy. Over time I realized that I was having problems in family relationships and friendships, because I don't know how to deal with most situations and I end up being very rude to everyone. I have had MD for over 10 years and it is very difficult to get out of it. I decided to seek help from…
I'm trying to stop MD, I also have Asperger's syndrome and I started to realize that I was suffering a lot in my world. I have problems with external feelings and with MD I did that and I was temporarily happy. Over time I realized that I was having problems in family relationships and friendships, because I don't know how to deal with most situations and I end up being very rude to everyone. I have had MD for over 10 years and it is very difficult to get out of it. I decided to seek help from a psychologist and maybe he can help me even more on this journey. I stopped MD, because it got…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-15:4661400:Comment:3510902020-04-15T23:34:04.057ZJessica Ballantynehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JessicaBallantyne492
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<p>I stopped MD, because it got a bit too scary. I have Asperger syndrome too, and it just doesn't mix with MD. It makes everybody think your a stupid jackass. I can't tell you how many embarrassing moments I faced, when just innocently going with my everyday life. My behavioral mannerisms and habits made others feel like I needed a whack or a scream in the face. I didn't win over a relationship, because everybody either found me antisocial, deaf, stupid and very rude and obnoxious. </p>
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<p>I stopped MD, because it got a bit too scary. I have Asperger syndrome too, and it just doesn't mix with MD. It makes everybody think your a stupid jackass. I can't tell you how many embarrassing moments I faced, when just innocently going with my everyday life. My behavioral mannerisms and habits made others feel like I needed a whack or a scream in the face. I didn't win over a relationship, because everybody either found me antisocial, deaf, stupid and very rude and obnoxious. </p> Hello Marcy,
I'm ok, thanks.…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-01:4661400:Comment:3507492020-04-01T07:52:11.451ZAnniehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Annika
<p>Hello Marcy,</p>
<p>I'm ok, thanks. Being more productive today than the entire past two weeks. I'm glad to hear you are alright as well.</p>
<p>Sending positive thoughts, Annie</p>
<p>Hello Marcy,</p>
<p>I'm ok, thanks. Being more productive today than the entire past two weeks. I'm glad to hear you are alright as well.</p>
<p>Sending positive thoughts, Annie</p> Annie said:
Hey Marcy!
How…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-01:4661400:Comment:3508372020-04-01T06:22:18.345ZMarcyhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Marcy
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Annie said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/gonna-abstain#4661400Comment350663"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hey Marcy!</p>
<p>How are you doing with this? I am also trying to go cold turkey again for the... gosh... 100th time? I had a particularly bad emotional breakdown a few days ago (in my MDD world) and so I am trying to channel the energy into the real world and snapping myself out of it as soon as I notice myself daydreaming.…</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Annie said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="https://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/gonna-abstain#4661400Comment350663"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hey Marcy!</p>
<p>How are you doing with this? I am also trying to go cold turkey again for the... gosh... 100th time? I had a particularly bad emotional breakdown a few days ago (in my MDD world) and so I am trying to channel the energy into the real world and snapping myself out of it as soon as I notice myself daydreaming. I am here to support you with this if you need someone to listen.</p>
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<p>Cheers, Annie</p>
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<p>Thanks! I'm doing alright. You've just described my approach, and I guess it's the feeling of uncertainty that's driving me away from reality. And I'm sorry to hear about your breakdown, I hope you are doing okay now!</p>
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<p>Sincerely, Marcy</p>
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</blockquote> Hey Marcy!
How are you doing…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-04-01:4661400:Comment:3506632020-04-01T05:33:06.766ZAnniehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Annika
<p>Hey Marcy!</p>
<p>How are you doing with this? I am also trying to go cold turkey again for the... gosh... 100th time? I had a particularly bad emotional breakdown a few days ago (in my MDD world) and so I am trying to channel the energy into the real world and snapping myself out of it as soon as I notice myself daydreaming. I am here to support you with this if you need someone to listen.</p>
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<p>Cheers, Annie</p>
<p>Hey Marcy!</p>
<p>How are you doing with this? I am also trying to go cold turkey again for the... gosh... 100th time? I had a particularly bad emotional breakdown a few days ago (in my MDD world) and so I am trying to channel the energy into the real world and snapping myself out of it as soon as I notice myself daydreaming. I am here to support you with this if you need someone to listen.</p>
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<p>Cheers, Annie</p> It saddens me that I got so…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-03-07:4661400:Comment:3500372020-03-07T00:24:50.212ZSilver Swanhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SilverSwan51
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<p>It saddens me that I got so entrenched into these astonishing worlds for years, and yet it was never real and nobody ever knew about it, but me. I believed my worlds promised me happiness, love, adventure and success. What makes me so mad is that I didn't once snap out of it and realized what the blazes I was doing. I kept on chugging at it for nearly two decades. In a way, I didn't promise me any of these things. Instead it ruined my life and dampened my mental health. Now I'm…</p>
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<p>It saddens me that I got so entrenched into these astonishing worlds for years, and yet it was never real and nobody ever knew about it, but me. I believed my worlds promised me happiness, love, adventure and success. What makes me so mad is that I didn't once snap out of it and realized what the blazes I was doing. I kept on chugging at it for nearly two decades. In a way, I didn't promise me any of these things. Instead it ruined my life and dampened my mental health. Now I'm really sorry I ever got involved, and really wish I had payed attention to my real life. My life would've look so much better and happier today. problem is that I was only 12 years old when I picked up this addiction. I didn't know any better back then, so I thought it was OK to do this. <br/><br/>Scary thing is, every peer my own age was sane enough in their minds not to go there, and probably knew the consequences of doing it. I was an artistic, imaginative and sentimental person with a rare gift, so that fact didn't get into me. I guess, because their parents taught them from pre-school not to daydream. Shockingly enough, adults still get away with this, and especially when their working. I work in a job where I haven't been caught daydreaming in four years now, because I'm a communication designer that draws on a computer. So unless I didn't listen or follow instructions, I'm golden.</p> Haha yeah, growing up people…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-03-02:4661400:Comment:3500142020-03-02T07:00:51.487ZMarcyhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Marcy
Haha yeah, growing up people thought I was weird and creepy too, and I don’t blame them. But, honestly, I don’t care anymore. I know that MD has nothing to do with my real personality, so I don’t take it personally anymore.
Haha yeah, growing up people thought I was weird and creepy too, and I don’t blame them. But, honestly, I don’t care anymore. I know that MD has nothing to do with my real personality, so I don’t take it personally anymore. Ever since I decided to quit…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2020-03-01:4661400:Comment:3500092020-03-01T15:23:24.676ZSilver Swanhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SilverSwan51
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<p>Ever since I decided to quit daydreaming, I've been trying to abstain from MD ever since. I have managed to stop living in alternative worlds, and after that, others stopped witnessing that I'm deaf. Still I can't completely keep clear from the habit. I have a strong imagination and always have since I was born. So many people have never understood this about me, so often, they've reacted in ways that made me wish to just sink through the floor. Looking back, I do remember people…</p>
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<p>Ever since I decided to quit daydreaming, I've been trying to abstain from MD ever since. I have managed to stop living in alternative worlds, and after that, others stopped witnessing that I'm deaf. Still I can't completely keep clear from the habit. I have a strong imagination and always have since I was born. So many people have never understood this about me, so often, they've reacted in ways that made me wish to just sink through the floor. Looking back, I do remember people commenting that I did look as if I was in another world. <br/><br/>MDD seemed like this wonderful thing that made me so happy and filled me with hope. I believed that it was my destiny! Eventually it turned into something dark that sucked up my life and nearly ruined my future. In the end I felt scared, miserable and deeply embarrassed. I then realized that I got addicted into something that made me feel so good at first, but eventually spiraled me into a hole. <br/><br/>Lately, I've picked up gross habits and revealed them in public that make female strangers snap at me, but because I live in my head, this prevents me from feeling their horror and understanding that I'm disrespecting them. Over the past, when I did MDD on a constant basis, I'd make strange faces and gestures, stare into the distance and even laugh at inappropriate moments. However, what I was actually doing was offending all of my classmates in school. SO I made no friends as a result. They found me too weird or creepy to be their friend. <br/><br/>So I learned that MDD was never a destiny. It was a "lying thing" that played tricks on my mind. I should've known this from the very beginning, but I was just so young and stupid with no real world experience. <br/><br/><br/></p>