what's on your mind? (off-topic thread)

lindi wrote:I thought that avolition is only considered one of the symptoms of depression (or something else), so thanks for enlightening me!

It is a feature of depression and schizotypy, as well as the borderline psychological structure to some degree.
Depressive avolition though, I think is more complete.

I am like that as well, except it does not bother me. I procrastinate a lot, unless I get angry with myself, a bit like you did.

Anything material really bothers me. I like thinking, not doing stuff.

I've got a mild depressive feeling today I just can't pinpoint. I don't know if it's a schizoid thing, or a normal thing, or something else to just have no idea where a feeling comes from.

I've currently been thinking about my sleep schedule. I seem to sleep an average of 12-14 hours a day (the bulk of that time during day-light hours). Do any of you also experience odd sleep patterns?

Ashlar wrote:I've got a mild depressive feeling today I just can't pinpoint. I don't know if it's a schizoid thing, or a normal thing, or something else to just have no idea where a feeling comes from.

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TheAbsurd wrote:Do any of you also experience odd sleep patterns?

if i could decide for myself, i'd go to bed around 5 am and sleep til noon. it's what feels best for me. unfortunately, for most people, daily life dictates sleep, and it sucks.

Suicide, as is often the case. Wish I had the courage to do it.

Gentlesmith wrote:Suicide, as is often the case. Wish I had the courage to do it.

i am convinced that death isn't the end. who knows, maybe what's on the other side is even worse.

TheAbsurd wrote: Do any of you also experience odd sleep patterns?

I was when i stayed all night awake and the slept in the morning,only waking up at 4-6PM.Nowadays i go at 12:00AM and wake up at 7-9AM.

If objects of consciousness constitute their own criterion of existence, as Pyrrhonist’s propose, they are entirely trustworthy. There can be no mistakes in objects of consciousness, only mistakes about them. To quote Sextus again: “what we investigate is not what is apparent but what is said about what is apparent.”16 In the case of illusions, hallucinations, and other anomalous objects of experience, there is no mistake about them as such. I might see a mirage in the desert. There is no mistaking the mirage itself, that is, the visual experience of a shimmering blur off at a distance. The mistake is to take that blur for a body of water. I might eat a mushroom and watch the trees in the forest dance the tango. There is no mistaking the dancing trees I see. The mistake is to take them for the trees in the forest I saw earlier, that is, for linking them together in terms of some continuous, eternal, substance underlying both. Whenever an anomaly arises among objects of consciousness, it is a clue that we are making mistaken assumptions about the objects in question. If the Pyrrhonists are correct and perceptual illusions are in fact illusions of interpretation and not of perception (appearance), then we have no reason to doubt the phenomena we encounter. And no longer need to assume that the phenomena are somehow subjective. Nor is there any good reason, in their view, to doubt that the appearances I entertain can be entertained by you as well.

Pyrrhonism by Adrian Kuzminski

Ashlar wrote:I've got a mild depressive feeling today I just can't pinpoint. I don't know if it's a schizoid thing, or a normal thing, or something else to just have no idea where a feeling comes from.

I also don't know if it's a schizoid-thing (and hopefully you're already feeling better), but I also have sometimes mildly depressed or anxious feelings that seem to come out of nowhere.
It's really frustrating, 'cause if I knew the reason behind them, I could try to do something about it or at least try to accept it (if it's something that can't be helped), but when I don't even know why I feel down, I just have to wait for it to pass or try to distract myself

you ever find it difficult to express why you're asocial and/or dislike people? i sure do, but today, the stars aligned and the universe came to my aid.

one of my collegues took a sh** in the shower at work.

there you go.

-- Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:53 pm --

stirner wrote:If objects of consciousness constitute their own criterion of existence, as Pyrrhonist’s propose, they are entirely trustworthy. There can be no mistakes in objects of consciousness, only mistakes about them. To quote Sextus again: “what we investigate is not what is apparent but what is said about what is apparent.”16 In the case of illusions, hallucinations, and other anomalous objects of experience, there is no mistake about them as such. I might see a mirage in the desert. There is no mistaking the mirage itself, that is, the visual experience of a shimmering blur off at a distance. The mistake is to take that blur for a body of water. I might eat a mushroom and watch the trees in the forest dance the tango. There is no mistaking the dancing trees I see. The mistake is to take them for the trees in the forest I saw earlier, that is, for linking them together in terms of some continuous, eternal, substance underlying both. Whenever an anomaly arises among objects of consciousness, it is a clue that we are making mistaken assumptions about the objects in question. If the Pyrrhonists are correct and perceptual illusions are in fact illusions of interpretation and not of perception (appearance), then we have no reason to doubt the phenomena we encounter. And no longer need to assume that the phenomena are somehow subjective. Nor is there any good reason, in their view, to doubt that the appearances I entertain can be entertained by you as well.

Pyrrhonism by Adrian Kuzminski

http://www.cracked.com/video_18941_mind ... think.html

-- Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:55 pm --

lindi wrote:

Ashlar wrote:I've got a mild depressive feeling today I just can't pinpoint. I don't know if it's a schizoid thing, or a normal thing, or something else to just have no idea where a feeling comes from.

I also don't know if it's a schizoid-thing (and hopefully you're already feeling better), but I also have sometimes mildly depressed or anxious feelings that seem to come out of nowhere.
It's really frustrating, 'cause if I knew the reason behind them, I could try to do something about it or at least try to accept it (if it's something that can't be helped), but when I don't even know why I feel down, I just have to wait for it to pass or try to distract myself

i think it's quite normal, and maybe even a good thing sometimes. if you feel bad, you're more likely to take a look at yourself or things around you than when everything's fine, so would rarely ever do that otherwise. at least it's like that for me.