The General Discussion Thread

Originally posted by Scribble
Well you are a good addition to this thread 👆

This place was swiftly becoming Bash and Surt calling each other triggered all day erry day so some new-ish faces are more than welcome to mix it up. But yeah, definitely, I'm really surprised by the GDF atm haha, like I didn't know it had the capability to be more than just constant partisan bile-spewing, self-back-patting, and the word 'truggurrrred'

Preesh.

If you ignore the memes long enough are weed through them, there will be some good commentary to be found. lol

Originally posted by Scribble
Since you can read Foxsteak's precise mental state right now based on his posts, would you mind diagnosing me right here right now? Saves me waiting ages for them to get back to me

Originally posted by Scribble
Since you can read Foxsteak's precise mental state right now based on his posts, would you mind diagnosing me right here right now? Saves me waiting ages for them to get back to me

#enabling

"he's not drunk at the moment so he's fine. it is YOU who are being a reckless pseudo-psychologist, not me."

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
#enabling

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
"he's not drunk at the moment so he's fine. it is YOU who are being a reckless pseudo-psychologist, not me."

word for word. ok

I think he's butthurt because I used the word conjecture.

Uh oh you said the B word

you implied it. but nevermind that. truly care about you pal? then try to reach him and shake him out of his denial so that he can start recovery, instead of helping to reenforce that denial. (preferably in private)

I honestly think it would help my recovery if I was doing it with company. I'm so lonely.

Originally posted by Scribble
I'm seriously asking, because I'm impressed that you can figure out the entirety of his mental state just from a few posts. Nobody else I know has that power.

It seems that you have a lot of inner conflict due to the feeling portion of your mind and the thinking portion of your mind. Those are two very opposing thought processes. When you throw in the INP's rampant fear of failure and under achievement, it's not hard to see how someone could be depressed.

Once you realize that most of these qualities can be used constructively and that a blend of feeling/thinking thought is valuable in this world, I think you would feel better.

Originally posted by Foxsteak
I honestly think it would help my recovery if I was doing it with company. I'm so lonely.

you are not in recovery. taking an 8 hour break from booze is not recovery. we discussed this many times. you are in denial and making excuses for yourself.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
you implied it. but nevermind that. truly care about you pal? then try to reach him and shake him out of his denial so that he can start recovery, instead of helping to reenforce that denial. (preferably in private)

I HAVE to drink (or drug) to drown my sorrows!
The victim of a dysfunctional childhood or the survivor of a difficult life, the addict attempts to persuade others, as he has largely persuaded himself, that continuing to engage in destructive addictive behavior is a rational and healthy response to his problems - or that if he does not drink or drug, he will fall apart or behave even worse.

Oh my god you're an AA creep, aren't you?

Originally posted by Scribble
I'm not in a position to do that, nor am I qualified, nor is it my responsibility. In the absence of that, I think general support works better than anything else.

there is a fine line between support and enabling as both tend to have the best of intentions. for example: someone making excuses to others for a friend/family/spouse to cover for their addiction tend to do it out of love, but are actually serving as another roadblock to recovery. just because your heart is in the right place doesnt mean you're doing the right thing.

Originally posted by socool8520
It seems that you have a lot of inner conflict due to the feeling portion of your mind and the thinking portion of your mind. Those are two very opposing thought processes. When you throw in the INP's rampant fear of failure and under achievement, it's not hard to see how someone could be depressed.

Once you realize that most of these qualities can be used constructively and that a blend of feeling/thinking thought is valuable in this world, I think you would feel better.

I'm defo working on it, but I think I need routine before I can really get any better: basically, a job would sort me right out. Jobs are great for over-thinkers because they give the mind something specific to focus on for much of the day, limiting their ability to constant analyse themselves.

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
just because your heart is in the right place doesnt mean you're doing the right thing.

Originally posted by Foxsteak
Oh my god you're an AA creep, aren't you?

^revealing

Originally posted by Bashar Teg
^revealing