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hunter

(39,573 posts)
2. Seconding Tobin, be careful.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 08:32 PM
Jan 2014

With me the very first thing that flies out the window is my ability to judge my own mental state.

My obsessive-depressed-paranoid black hole-in-hell becomes my reality.

I need people around who will convince me to seek help, or even drag me out of the cold kicking and screaming if it's that bad.

I never want to be my crazy grandma dragged out of her home by police and paramedics kicking, screaming, cussing, kicking, hitting, and biting, a danger to herself and others.

I'm not saying you'd ever be anything close to that, but this adventure is never anything you want to do alone.

Somewhere along I built a support system. Otherwise there is a crazy homeless guy in me, living in his car in a church parking lot.

I've done that and I don't want to do it again.

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Be careful. Tobin S. Jan 2014 #1
Seconding Tobin, be careful. hunter Jan 2014 #2
I wasn't ever that bad off in the first place... Neoma Jan 2014 #3
i would say wait. mopinko Jan 2014 #4
I've already waited years and I'm already at a good spot. Neoma Feb 2014 #5
that's good. mopinko Feb 2014 #6
This is more of a, "I could probably get by with less." Neoma Feb 2014 #7
like i said, i am an incorrigible fiddler. mopinko Feb 2014 #8
Do not do it alone! LoveLight Apr 2014 #9
? Neoma Apr 2014 #10
That is good to hear! TBF Apr 2014 #12
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Apr 2014 #13
Please keep checking in - TBF Apr 2014 #11
Just be careful. Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2014 #14
Someone kicked this thread, this was in January, I'm fine. Neoma Apr 2014 #15
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