Are any of you mentally ill?

[Noituudenaika]

Me AND my girlfriend has that phone thingy. I can have it at times, but a previous job has made me tougher, because I had to call all different kinds of people and businesses to ask them all kinds of silly questions. (guess the job )
I have also have to call for my gf often..and it's easier if I do it for her.

Professional calls are harder if they are something I need to fix that has to do with me..my trick now is just to think that they are just other people and most of the time want to help...if they don't...well, then they are not very professional..heh..

The electrical bill thing you also mention is something I really have to call them about too...haven't seen an electric bill in 4 months or so I think...good reminder...probably won't call them though...I'm hoping it will magically sort out itself

I had exactly the same thing, then I got a job in Ireland where homeless pricks called me all day screaming and threatening suicide, or I had to call them and now all other phonecalls seem easy compared to that.

Wow I am weird with eating meat like your friend too. Always thought it was a thing in my mind cause I am not veggie either.

 

[Vincent J.]

Hmm, I was really down occasionally when I was younger. That was the time I discovered Katatonia and was drawn to them by the emotions I found in it.
Now I am not down anymore, and I think Katatonia has got perfect melodies, Jonas' vocals are stunning and well... it's just really good music.
No mental illness AT ALL here, just some down periods in my mid-teens.

 

[MiniMoose]

Noituudenaika;7548334]I had exactly the same thing, then I got a job in Ireland where homeless pricks called me all day screaming and threatening suicide, or I had to call them and now all other phonecalls seem easy compared to that.

Eep, tough job!

Wow I am weird with eating meat like your friend too. Always thought it was a thing in my mind cause I am not veggie either.

Nah, you're still alone, I was just trying to flush out the real loonies..you've been flushed out and we now know who you are ;-P
Ok, jokes aside, just make sure you get your B12 vitamins (eggs and diary products have it)...or you'll feel rather tired all the time....just have to say it..because I seem to be hung up on nutrition this year...for some reason. (probably because of a sudden urge to be useful..haha..scary..so yes, just play along and make me feel useful..or I'll kill myself.. )

Do you dislike all meat, or is there some meat types you can stand?
My friend can eat meat that is on pizza (not sure if it's all types) and hot dogs..or sausages (not sure if he can eat everything there either..heh)

 

[brownden]

i fucking love life and katatonia is just another reason why

 

[Silent paragon]

If by mentally ill you mean chemical imbalance's in the brain, I say I don't think so. I try to avoid talking to people and some times I feel like Quiet World on repeat, but eh, whatever, you get over it.

I do however have a fucked up brain. To prevent people jumping to conclusions I won't tell you what its called. Basically there is a part of my brain that doesn't work. So I use other parts of my brain instead. I have learnt to deal with it though. You would probably think I was normal unless you were a high school teacher marking one of my in class essays.

 

[Vincent J.]

This is the moment where one of your high school teachers appears to be a katatonia fan

 

[Silent paragon]

Oh noes... Miss Roberts in disguise!!!!1!!!onetwo

 

[Porcelain]

Hmm I went through a period of depression when I was younger, in my late teens, and that's when I really counted on music the most. It went on for a few years.
Now I'm reasonably happy and healthy of course, but I still have that deep connection to heavier more moody sorts of music and I can strongly feel the emotion in it.
I'm also a very shy introverted person so socialising has never been "easy". Guess that all adds to it.

 

[Blackfield]

And in this way wish away each day.

when i first heard sentimental i was crying like a baby.....the lyrics touch me so much

 

[Vincent J.]

Oh noes... Miss Roberts in disguise!!!!1!!!onetwo

It is I, miss Roberts!!! *lifts glasses*

 

[Richard Mongler]

It is I, miss Roberts!!! *lifts glasses*

Hey, you guys lost me. Inside joke, or what?

 

[JohnMS]

I thought I would ask, being as we are all drawn to Katatonia's music and it seems to be magnetic for clinically depressed people, or people with mental illness.

That is not to say that all Katatonia fans are depressed, just that I speak for myself and I was drawn to the music because the lyrical content and music is what attracted me in the first place because I could relate (thought I could relate) to the feelings of hopelessness and despair.

But, aside from that, I do suffer from clinical depression and social anxiety. Lots of regular folks don't understand it or what causes it or what it feels like.

Anyway, just thought it'd make for interesting conversation to those of you who may also have mental illness.

Well, certain forms of music draws certain types.

All I can say is that "Discouraged One" was the soundtrack to my mental unravelling, back ten years ago. I was diagnosed with a "depressive crisis" etc. back. It took years to get over all the shit, and Katatonia used to be the music running in the background.

But now is now, I just try not to think about that time.

 

[BlackLodge]

As everyone, I can feel a little depressed sometimes (in a non emo-way, thank you). And I don't like people that much. Although it's not because of anxiety, I just don't like most people.

 

[LifeDepraved]

Depressed in a non emotional way? NO WAI!!!!!

 

[BlackLodge]

Depressed in a non emotional way? NO WAI!!!!!

Non emotional-EMO-way (ze kids with blach hair over their eyes, not ze feeling)

If I was depressed in a non emotional way. THEN, I would be mentally ill.

 

[LifeDepraved]

I know...I was trying to get my laffs for the day.

 

[BlackLodge]

I know...I was trying to get my laffs for the day.

Sorry, I guess I have one of those "guess-I-can't-see-if-someone-uses-sarcasm"-days.

 

[Richard Mongler]

Misconceptions of mental illness piss me off. It's really frustrating trying to describe it to those who do not suffer, since it's not really describable.

 

[LifeDepraved]

Sorry, I guess I have one of those "guess-I-can't-see-if-someone-uses-sarcasm"-days.

The "wai" gave it away methinks. Oh well...we can still be comrades.

 

[insidethefall]

I've never been diagnosed, but I know that I have some kind of social anxiety. This comes as a result of this jaw condition that has effected my appearence (after years of waiting I'm finally getting it fixed!!) I'm 29 now, and while I'm a lot better than I was in my teenage years/early twenties, I'm still battling all the trauma - hopefully things will soon get better. Katatonia and melencholy music in general has been a great comfort zone, but I remember always being attracted to the darker side of music, wether it's my condition or just my personality, I can't tell you, but I certaintly can relate