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Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote:

Oh, I'm not the kidney gal, I'm the psycho.
Baha

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN)

That's funny - I confuse these two, also. I think because they joined
RPCA at about the same time, and are both very entertaining writers whose
writing styles have *something* in common that I can't quite describe.

To have to take an anti-depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho",
whatever that is.

"Psycho" simply means "I don't understand your behavior." Seriously. I've
heard people say, "I'm not crazy, I have bi-polar disorder." or, "Just
because you have schizophrenia doesn't mean you're *crazy*." But if these
things aren't "crazy", then what is? Crazy simply refers to unusual
behavior that has not been explained. When something can be labelled
and treated, then it is no longer scary, and people don't have to be
ashamed to say they have that illness.

But why should they ever be ashamed? Wouldn't it be great if people
could make the logical leap to say: They used to think that people who
heard voices were "crazy", and then they found out that those people
have a chemical disorder called schizophrenia. And they used to think
that people whose moods changed constantly from hyped-up to catatonic
with depression were "crazy", but then they found out that those people
have a disorder called bi-polar. So maybe all the so-called weird
behaviors we still don't understand and still call "crazy" (or "psycho")
are just not-yet-explained disorders, that are no more scary or weird
or threatening than the ones that have been explained and treated. And
that we don't have to call anyone "crazy".

Or else, we're all crazy, and proud of it!

Joyce

Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote:

Oh, I'm not the kidney gal, I'm the psycho.
Baha

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN)

That's funny - I confuse these two, also. I think because they joined
RPCA at about the same time, and are both very entertaining writers whose
writing styles have *something* in common that I can't quite describe.

To have to take an anti-depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho",
whatever that is.

"Psycho" simply means "I don't understand your behavior." Seriously. I've
heard people say, "I'm not crazy, I have bi-polar disorder." or, "Just
because you have schizophrenia doesn't mean you're *crazy*." But if these
things aren't "crazy", then what is? Crazy simply refers to unusual
behavior that has not been explained. When something can be labelled
and treated, then it is no longer scary, and people don't have to be
ashamed to say they have that illness.

But why should they ever be ashamed? Wouldn't it be great if people
could make the logical leap to say: They used to think that people who
heard voices were "crazy", and then they found out that those people
have a chemical disorder called schizophrenia. And they used to think
that people whose moods changed constantly from hyped-up to catatonic
with depression were "crazy", but then they found out that those people
have a disorder called bi-polar. So maybe all the so-called weird
behaviors we still don't understand and still call "crazy" (or "psycho")
are just not-yet-explained disorders, that are no more scary or weird
or threatening than the ones that have been explained and treated. And
that we don't have to call anyone "crazy".

Or else, we're all crazy, and proud of it!

Joyce

Cheryl wrote:
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "jmcquown"
artfully composed this message within
news
As the anniversary of the
9/11/2001 is coming up those horrific images will be all over
the news again. I don't plan to watch television on 9/11.

I don't watch all that on TV either. It was horrible enough when it
happened, and while I'll never forget, I don't need an "anniversary"
reminder.

What's really weird (to me, at least) is the company I worked for, the
subsidiary who lost those transfrerred people, would hold a "picnic" on the
anniversary of 9/11. For the last two years they had a cook-out in the
parking lot with a catering company serving up fried fish and chips and
chicken and fixin's. And then have people from the company sing patriotic
American songs. It struck me as so bizarre. I suppose it was intended to
be a remembrance of the heroes, as Baha mentioned, but it seemed... well,
just not appropriate.

I gather they aren't going to do that again this year; apparently other
people felt as I did. Or maybe they just got tired of paying to feed 500
people. (shrugs)

Jill

Cheryl wrote:
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "jmcquown"
artfully composed this message within
news
As the anniversary of the
9/11/2001 is coming up those horrific images will be all over
the news again. I don't plan to watch television on 9/11.

I don't watch all that on TV either. It was horrible enough when it
happened, and while I'll never forget, I don't need an "anniversary"
reminder.

What's really weird (to me, at least) is the company I worked for, the
subsidiary who lost those transfrerred people, would hold a "picnic" on the
anniversary of 9/11. For the last two years they had a cook-out in the
parking lot with a catering company serving up fried fish and chips and
chicken and fixin's. And then have people from the company sing patriotic
American songs. It struck me as so bizarre. I suppose it was intended to
be a remembrance of the heroes, as Baha mentioned, but it seemed... well,
just not appropriate.

I gather they aren't going to do that again this year; apparently other
people felt as I did. Or maybe they just got tired of paying to feed 500
people. (shrugs)

Jill

Cheryl wrote:
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "jmcquown"
artfully composed this message within
news
As the anniversary of the
9/11/2001 is coming up those horrific images will be all over
the news again. I don't plan to watch television on 9/11.

I don't watch all that on TV either. It was horrible enough when it
happened, and while I'll never forget, I don't need an "anniversary"
reminder.

What's really weird (to me, at least) is the company I worked for, the
subsidiary who lost those transfrerred people, would hold a "picnic" on the
anniversary of 9/11. For the last two years they had a cook-out in the
parking lot with a catering company serving up fried fish and chips and
chicken and fixin's. And then have people from the company sing patriotic
American songs. It struck me as so bizarre. I suppose it was intended to
be a remembrance of the heroes, as Baha mentioned, but it seemed... well,
just not appropriate.

I gather they aren't going to do that again this year; apparently other
people felt as I did. Or maybe they just got tired of paying to feed 500
people. (shrugs)

Jill

Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
news
Christina Websell wrote:
"Singh" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote in message
...
Oh, no! I thought it was all over..

Brandy's mama-to-be is just out of the hospital, where I had to
spend a bit of time for observation. I had an interaction with
recently prescribed medication and they had to call the ambulance
to my work. Took forever to get out of there.

Did the kidneything go okay yesterday? I thought that's why you
were in there.

Oh, I'm not the kidney gal, I'm the psycho. The drug reaction was a
complication resulting from a change in antidepressant dosage and
the resulting effect on my system began to also affect my work.
I've
tried to get the powers that be to let me keep a cat at my cube to
keep the stress away, but no dice...

Blessed be!

Baha

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN) You are *not* a psycho. I had to go on anti-depressants
myself as a result of a bereavement, and I don't consider myself a
psycho, just reacting to a bad happening. To have to take an
anti-depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho", whatever that is. You
are just sensitive, as are all the nicest people.

Tweed

Indeed. I had to go on anti-depressants after watching 30 (actually
295 but I personally knew/had worked with 30) co-workers die when
the World Trade Center collapsed. My doctor said it was the
"trigger" for my depression. Prior to those tragic events, I was
just fine. As the anniversary of the 9/11/2001 is coming up those
horrific images will be all over the news again. I don't plan to
watch television on 9/11.

Jill


OMG. How awful for you. It's no wonder you got depression. Sudden
bereavement was a "triger" for mine too, but actually depression
doesn't need a trigger at all, it can just happen. It's impossible to
describe what it's like to someone who's never had it, it certainly
wasn't like I *ever* imagined.

On 9/11 I went to the local farm, maybe 3 miles away to get chicken
food, like I have to do every week. I drove into the farmyard and
when the farmer came out, he said to me that a plane had crashed into
the WTC and then another one. And I am very ashamed to say that - as
a Brit - I'd never heard of the WTC before then

Why would you have? I don't pay much attention to what goes in in Britain,
either. Of course I'd know if a plane flew into Buckingham Palace, but
that's a different thing altogether.

I just thought it meant two planes had crashed, sad as it was, and
wondered why he seemed so upset about it.
I soon found out when I switched on the TV. I was absolutely
horrified, almost traumatised, by what I saw, and I don't think I
will ever get the images of the people jumping from the windows out
of my mind as long as I live.

Yes, it was horrific. I was told the first plane to hit the North tower
flew directly into the office of our former director of I.T., Gary Lasko on
the 99th floor. He commuted from Memphis to NYC weekly and left behind here
a wife and young daughter. It was to be his 50th birthday the following
week.

In the days that followed, a co-worker was over at Mrs. Lasko's house and
his daughter kept saying to him, "He has a pager. Can't you page him?
He'll answer." It was so tragic because Neel knew, he couldn't answer. How
do you explain that to a child? GAWD.

Some people from my home county also died there that day, one a 23
year old young woman, who lived perhaps 15 miles away from where I do.

There were a lot of foreign diplomats and other non Americans in the
buildings that day. It wasn't just an attack on the United States. *WORLD*
Trade Center.

You might consider counselling to help you heal.

Tweed

Thank you. I've done that. I'm better now but I sure don't want to be
reminded by seeing those images replayed on television.

I'll be busy packing for my next trip to work an art show with my long-lost
love. Think these jeans would be good? How about this top? (We won't get
into a discussion of lingerie.)

Jill

Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
news
Christina Websell wrote:
"Singh" wrote in message
...


Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote in message
...
Oh, no! I thought it was all over..

Brandy's mama-to-be is just out of the hospital, where I had to
spend a bit of time for observation. I had an interaction with
recently prescribed medication and they had to call the ambulance
to my work. Took forever to get out of there.

Did the kidneything go okay yesterday? I thought that's why you
were in there.

Oh, I'm not the kidney gal, I'm the psycho. The drug reaction was a
complication resulting from a change in antidepressant dosage and
the resulting effect on my system began to also affect my work.
I've
tried to get the powers that be to let me keep a cat at my cube to
keep the stress away, but no dice...

Blessed be!

Baha

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN) You are *not* a psycho. I had to go on anti-depressants
myself as a result of a bereavement, and I don't consider myself a
psycho, just reacting to a bad happening. To have to take an
anti-depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho", whatever that is. You
are just sensitive, as are all the nicest people.

Tweed

Indeed. I had to go on anti-depressants after watching 30 (actually
295 but I personally knew/had worked with 30) co-workers die when
the World Trade Center collapsed. My doctor said it was the
"trigger" for my depression. Prior to those tragic events, I was
just fine. As the anniversary of the 9/11/2001 is coming up those
horrific images will be all over the news again. I don't plan to
watch television on 9/11.

Jill


OMG. How awful for you. It's no wonder you got depression. Sudden
bereavement was a "triger" for mine too, but actually depression
doesn't need a trigger at all, it can just happen. It's impossible to
describe what it's like to someone who's never had it, it certainly
wasn't like I *ever* imagined.

On 9/11 I went to the local farm, maybe 3 miles away to get chicken
food, like I have to do every week. I drove into the farmyard and
when the farmer came out, he said to me that a plane had crashed into
the WTC and then another one. And I am very ashamed to say that - as
a Brit - I'd never heard of the WTC before then

Why would you have? I don't pay much attention to what goes in in Britain,
either. Of course I'd know if a plane flew into Buckingham Palace, but
that's a different thing altogether.

I just thought it meant two planes had crashed, sad as it was, and
wondered why he seemed so upset about it.
I soon found out when I switched on the TV. I was absolutely
horrified, almost traumatised, by what I saw, and I don't think I
will ever get the images of the people jumping from the windows out
of my mind as long as I live.

Yes, it was horrific. I was told the first plane to hit the North tower
flew directly into the office of our former director of I.T., Gary Lasko on
the 99th floor. He commuted from Memphis to NYC weekly and left behind here
a wife and young daughter. It was to be his 50th birthday the following
week.

In the days that followed, a co-worker was over at Mrs. Lasko's house and
his daughter kept saying to him, "He has a pager. Can't you page him?
He'll answer." It was so tragic because Neel knew, he couldn't answer. How
do you explain that to a child? GAWD.

Some people from my home county also died there that day, one a 23
year old young woman, who lived perhaps 15 miles away from where I do.

There were a lot of foreign diplomats and other non Americans in the
buildings that day. It wasn't just an attack on the United States. *WORLD*
Trade Center.

You might consider counselling to help you heal.

Tweed

Thank you. I've done that. I'm better now but I sure don't want to be
reminded by seeing those images replayed on television.

I'll be busy packing for my next trip to work an art show with my long-lost
love. Think these jeans would be good? How about this top? (We won't get
into a discussion of lingerie.)

Jill

Christina Websell wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
news
Christina Websell wrote:
"Singh" wrote in message
...


Christina Websell wrote:

"Singh" wrote in message
...
Oh, no! I thought it was all over..

Brandy's mama-to-be is just out of the hospital, where I had to
spend a bit of time for observation. I had an interaction with
recently prescribed medication and they had to call the ambulance
to my work. Took forever to get out of there.

Did the kidneything go okay yesterday? I thought that's why you
were in there.

Oh, I'm not the kidney gal, I'm the psycho. The drug reaction was a
complication resulting from a change in antidepressant dosage and
the resulting effect on my system began to also affect my work.
I've
tried to get the powers that be to let me keep a cat at my cube to
keep the stress away, but no dice...

Blessed be!

Baha

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN) You are *not* a psycho. I had to go on anti-depressants
myself as a result of a bereavement, and I don't consider myself a
psycho, just reacting to a bad happening. To have to take an
anti-depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho", whatever that is. You
are just sensitive, as are all the nicest people.

Tweed

Indeed. I had to go on anti-depressants after watching 30 (actually
295 but I personally knew/had worked with 30) co-workers die when
the World Trade Center collapsed. My doctor said it was the
"trigger" for my depression. Prior to those tragic events, I was
just fine. As the anniversary of the 9/11/2001 is coming up those
horrific images will be all over the news again. I don't plan to
watch television on 9/11.

Jill


OMG. How awful for you. It's no wonder you got depression. Sudden
bereavement was a "triger" for mine too, but actually depression
doesn't need a trigger at all, it can just happen. It's impossible to
describe what it's like to someone who's never had it, it certainly
wasn't like I *ever* imagined.

On 9/11 I went to the local farm, maybe 3 miles away to get chicken
food, like I have to do every week. I drove into the farmyard and
when the farmer came out, he said to me that a plane had crashed into
the WTC and then another one. And I am very ashamed to say that - as
a Brit - I'd never heard of the WTC before then

Why would you have? I don't pay much attention to what goes in in Britain,
either. Of course I'd know if a plane flew into Buckingham Palace, but
that's a different thing altogether.

I just thought it meant two planes had crashed, sad as it was, and
wondered why he seemed so upset about it.
I soon found out when I switched on the TV. I was absolutely
horrified, almost traumatised, by what I saw, and I don't think I
will ever get the images of the people jumping from the windows out
of my mind as long as I live.

Yes, it was horrific. I was told the first plane to hit the North tower
flew directly into the office of our former director of I.T., Gary Lasko on
the 99th floor. He commuted from Memphis to NYC weekly and left behind here
a wife and young daughter. It was to be his 50th birthday the following
week.

In the days that followed, a co-worker was over at Mrs. Lasko's house and
his daughter kept saying to him, "He has a pager. Can't you page him?
He'll answer." It was so tragic because Neel knew, he couldn't answer. How
do you explain that to a child? GAWD.

Some people from my home county also died there that day, one a 23
year old young woman, who lived perhaps 15 miles away from where I do.

There were a lot of foreign diplomats and other non Americans in the
buildings that day. It wasn't just an attack on the United States. *WORLD*
Trade Center.

You might consider counselling to help you heal.

Tweed

Thank you. I've done that. I'm better now but I sure don't want to be
reminded by seeing those images replayed on television.

I'll be busy packing for my next trip to work an art show with my long-lost
love. Think these jeans would be good? How about this top? (We won't get
into a discussion of lingerie.)

Jill

CatNipped wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN) You are *not* a psycho. I had to go on anti-depressants
myself as a result of a bereavement, and I don't consider myself a
psycho, just reacting to a bad happening. To have to take an anti-
depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho", whatever that is. You are
just sensitive, as are all the nicest people.

No problem Tweed, it takes a while to get all us characters here
straight (we tend to be equally weird, which is what makes this group
so nice to be part of).

Hugs,

CatNipped

It's not us that are wierd, it's everybody else. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

CatNipped wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in
message ...

whoops Sorry, I temporarily got you mixed up with CatNipped..
(sorry CN) You are *not* a psycho. I had to go on anti-depressants
myself as a result of a bereavement, and I don't consider myself a
psycho, just reacting to a bad happening. To have to take an anti-
depressant doesn't make you a "pyscho", whatever that is. You are
just sensitive, as are all the nicest people.

No problem Tweed, it takes a while to get all us characters here
straight (we tend to be equally weird, which is what makes this group
so nice to be part of).

Hugs,

CatNipped

It's not us that are wierd, it's everybody else. :-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.