I will not Americanize myself for your benefit. I will not remain silent when I see something that affects another human negatively. I will stand up for them as others have stood up for me. I will keep my humanity thank you and even fight for it.

I worked as a paramedic for almost two decades. I saw the outcomes of your joking and people’s negative attitudes towards those with mental health issues. I held the dead and dying, I comforted the sick and weak. I did my best to help them and failed often. It drove me into the same place as all those I helped at work. I won’t encourage that from anyone. Ever.

I’m glad you’re offended. Perhaps you’ll think twice next time

Have a great evening.

Sorry for my directness but I have many of the same problems this person speaks of. It is very easy for me to relate to them. The big difference is I am 50 years old and have dealt with this shit my entire life. To me, even joking about self medicating with booze when someone is reaching out for help is exceptionally offensive.

I am someone who lost years of my life, jobs, relationships, money, stability, trust and more to alcoholism caused by untreated mental illness that for most of my life was even frowned upon as a real medical condition and in many circles still is.

I can appreciate your point if view but I would really ask you to consider the seriousness of things as opposed to the levity of them when it comes to another human’s well being.

PLEASE DO NOT SELF MEDICATE WITH BOOZE OR OTHER SUBSTANCES.

You are Canadian and you have options. I self medicated with booze and lost most of my life to alcoholism because there was no mental health help for me then. It simply didn’t exist. That’s a terrible suggestion to someone having a mental health crisis. This person should be ashamed of themself as should those who supported the suggestion.

That and your parents should be there to help you. As I have learned from our interaction they do not. Normalizing this person’s ideas of morality is fucked. Please don’t listen to this bullshit.

People will care about you but this person does not. They are suggesting things that can only further hurt your.physical and mental well being.

Please don’t wait for the appointment. Push it. See doctors until someone takes you seriously. It’s a problem in our medical system across the nation that people with mental health problems often get ignored or forced to wait because it’s not seen as on par with physical medical distress. The feelings you are having and the fact you are reaching out is important. It’s a sign that it’s not ok for you no matter how much you try to normalize it in your own mind.

It’s ok to ask for help. It’s ok to be demanding for your own health benefit. No one will advocate for you except you when it comes to your health and mental well being. You can do this and it can get better. It doesn’t have to be like this for you.

Forgetfulness can be tied to both PTSD and neuro divergency. The brain is a complicated thing. It certainly sounds like the trauma you experienced from your arguments and treatment from your father could be a possibility for why you are feeling this way. I am no mental health expert for sure but I have worked in emergency medicine extensively and experienced these things in my own life.

It’s a tough world and the chaos that surrounds us now will weigh heavily in those with any form of mental illness or distress. Please just know you aren’t alone. There are many of us out here experiencing the same things and some of us have even managed these feelings and thrived within our own lives.

I am an old man. I have often felt like this a lot in my life. I also have had problems with PTSD and depression from my history. Within the past few years my kids have been diagnosed with various neuro divergencies and this has taught me much about myself and this way if thinking.

I have learned fairly recently that a lot of my feelings like this are related to the differences in my brain and a so called “normal” brain and learning about why I had this thought process really has helped me understand why this happens to me. It all was because I cared about my kids and saw the same things happening to them. I just wanted them to avoid all the mental anguish I experienced in life.

It has been so enlightening and mostly came from sitting with them during their diagnosis and treatments and learning about how these things are genetic (possibly why it’s so difficult to talk to your family about it as well) and passed from parents to kids.

Go to a doctor. You are Canadian I assume by your user name. Tell them how you feel. Ask for a referral to a mental health professional. Depending on where you live there may also be a mental health help line to do all that stuff so you don’t actually have to go anywhere.

Please take care of yourself. Should you find that I am someone you could perhaps talk to about your problems feel free to reach out. If not I encourage you to find someone. Keeping all that inside leads to more problems than fewer and can easily destroy your life and those you love when unchecked and unchallenged. You can do this! One step at a time and one day at time.

Great for the soil biome.

Yes you are correct. Though a larger container will give a larger root and thus larger seed head.

De platform this asshole already.

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As someone who used to work in huge hockey arenas. Piss everywhere. All the time.

1990? Old? Get off my lawn!