jskains wrote:Trying to figure me out rather than just trying to talk to me honestly are two different animals. In all my years online, no one wanted to know me, rather everyone has wanted to demonize me, so I just play along.
How have I demonized you?
I'm not trying to figure anyone out. I just have fun with arguments.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
In my short time over at ZLMB, I recall JSKains as being emotionally unstable. Just going off of memory though, I haven't been over there to re-read any posts.
This is not a personal attack, just an observation. Anyone else have any memories of him from over there?
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. - Plato
Gazelam wrote:In my short time over at ZLMB, I recall JSKains as being emotionally unstable. Just going off of memory though, I haven't been over there to re-read any posts.
This is not a personal attack, just an observation. Anyone else have any memories of him from over there?
How could that not be personal, thank you very much.
The plot thickens.....or the attacks begin.
When you put yourself out there like you did you are bound to get reponses and questions like Gazelam's
Besides he just wants to know if anyone else has any thoughts or dealings with you
When I wake up I will be hungry....but this feels so good right now aaahhhhhh........
In all my years online, no one wanted to know me, rather everyone has wanted to demonize me, so I just play along.
Josh, I am going to be momentarily very serious with you. Your perception stated here: "no one wanted to know me", "everyone has wanted to demonize me" is one big red flag, to say nothing of all your past erratic behavior. You really do need to get help, and I'm not saying this to insult you, although I realize it will probably feel that way to you.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
Mister Scratch wrote:Additionally, MAD did indeed put out a "call for Mods" recently. As it turns out, I would be more than happy to serve as a mod on MAD.
Why would you want that? You disagree with everything they stand for. They should make me a mod. The board would either be paradise or end in a spectacular explosion. Either way it would be quite a ride.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
In all my years online, no one wanted to know me, rather everyone has wanted to demonize me, so I just play along.
Josh, I am going to be momentarily very serious with you. Your perception stated here: "no one wanted to know me", "everyone has wanted to demonize me" is one big red flag, to say nothing of all your past erratic behavior. You really do need to get help, and I'm not saying this to insult you, although I realize it will probably feel that way to you.
Did you get your psychology degree from a cracker-jack box? When you get a real one, then I'll allow you to determine when/if I need "help".
Many feel Ex-Mormons who sit on Mormon discussion sites to dwell on Mormonism all day is just as scary. So perhaps as I said before, it is all of you who need help.
"Everyone" is fairly restrictive to "people who sit on Mormon Message Boards crying about Mormonism". In real life, I actually have good, solid relationships.
Perhaps your ENTIRE world is online, but that isn't true for a great deal of us.
I don't know if you remember who I am, but I'm Trixie from the old boards. So I, and other posters here who knew you from those boards, have not forgotten the things you used to say about your real life, either - and the complaints you had about your real life sounded quite a bit like the complaints you had about your online life. People didn't respond to you, you had a hard time making friends, and when you got married, the same pattern seemed to repeat for you and your wife. Nor have we forgotten your emotional volatility, and how, at times, you were even suicidal. And yes, people did reach out to you, try to help you. But you can't respond to that for some reason. I had hoped that when you disappeared from those boards that you were trying to get help with your issues. But now you're back, and it's the exact same pattern of behavior. You fly onto a board and make aggressive, even obnoxious, posts. You attack the board in general and people in specific, and then when, of course, posters react defensively to you and attack back, you use that as evidence as how horrible and stupid the people on the board are. Then you declare the people are not worth your time.
I knew you would react the way you did to my comments, but I still hope that maybe, deep down inside, you recognize some validity in my words and think about getting help. There is no shame in needing help. There is shame in being so afraid of change, which help entails, that you completely refuse to admit your own problems, even when you're miserable. And yes, you still sound miserable.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
I have a degree in psych, a masters in counseling psych, actually. I wouldn't ever try to analyse someone in an online environment. My only advice is that I personally believe that everyone can benefit from a little counseling, some more than others.
I'm certainly not analyzing Josh. But it's not rocket science to recognize that an individual who has complained about problems in establishing real life relationships, demonstrates an inability to recognize his own problematic behavior online, has complained about depression and sees the world as a dark place, and has engaged in suicide ideation really needs to get help.
I do agree that many people could benefit from professional help. I think there is no shame in it. I got therapy myself when I struggled with depression during my marriage. I got therapy for all of my children when we were going through a divorce, and my son, who has bipolar, has regular intervention and help. There really is no shame in it. The only shame is that our society has stigmatized it.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.