Epically Schizoid Moments

Viinasu wrote:anyone care to share one of those moments when your pd just comes out to shine? like when you pretended to care about your grades and study so you could be away from your family, pretended you weren't single when that nice-looking person of the opposite gender asked you out, or said you had the stomach flu so you wouldn't have to attend a party? post 'em here! >:3

me first!

i was in a debate class in high school (my parents made me take it to help with my social issues >8( ). at the end of the year, we went around the class and everyone had to give a compliment and a criticism to everyone else in the class. and the criticism i got from every single person in the class, i mean EVERYONE, was that i was too quiet and that i should talk more. i was proud too. XD

anyone got any stories?

Every time this one person who considers me his friend calls to complain about his loneliness (he hates being alone as much as I enjoy being alone). I've gotten to the point of telling him that I have no idea what that's like for him and that it just makes no sense to me.

There was this one time this guy from work asked me out on a date and I said 'yes'. I didn't really want to, but I had used up all the excuses I had atm and I thought, 'well, one time won't hurt anyway.' So we go and have dinner and then he goes and 'parks'. Yes, the dreaded parking on top of an isolated hill. I was silently freaking out. He then goes and gives me this sob story about how he missed his family so much and they live somewhere else and he's lonely, etc. Meanwhile, I'm just listening without saying a word while I scrunch myself as far away from him as I possibly can in his car. After about ten minutes of that crap, I said flat out. 'I want to go home now. Take me home.'

Driving back to my house, he said to me, 'you know, I think I love you.' I replied, not even looking at him, 'no you don't. You don't even know me.' The next time I saw him at work, I told him not to ask me out again. WRONG person to use those tactics on, buddy-boy!

Other than that, I acted extremely naive around men like I didn't have a clue that they were hitting on me (but all the while painfully aware that they were). Ugh. This man from work basically asked me to marry him and I pretended that I didn't understand what he was asking and he said 'nevermind'. Thank goodness otherwise I would have made a remark of something like, 'if you were the last man on earth I wouldn't marry you.' Sometimes I wish that meanness came easy for me because he deserved it. Anyhow, even my fiance, who is a therapist, was fooled by my naive act. He said to me after he found out how I really am, 'I thought you were all sweet and innocent... but you're not!'

I have also skipped countless classes at school/university because I couldn't muster up the drive to leave the house. I even had to withdraw from three courses due to missing so many classes I would have gotten a failing grade if I didn't withdraw. The money I paid for those courses was entirely wasted ($2000+ total, I think...).

I've basically thrown two men out of my life completely without a glance backward. They were toxic relationships anyway, and if I decide that a relationship is not good for me, I'll end it right then and there. No questions asked, nothing said. Most other relationships just died slowly as I did nothing to feed them, but these two I actively and abruptly ended.

hmm... that's all I can think of atm, but I'm sure I have more.

christine321 wrote:Anyhow, even my fiance, who is a therapist, was fooled by my naive act. He said to me after he found out how I really am, 'I thought you were all sweet and innocent... but you're not!'

I heard this one so many times!
Funny thing - I always used to warn people that I was not what they thought, but they never listened. And then - disappointment (for them, ofc ).

Viinasu wrote:anyone care to share one of those moments when your pd just comes out to shine...anyone got any stories?

No funny stories, but it has recently been made clear to me that I seem to have a habit of walking away from people in the middle of conversations. I really had no idea I was doing this until my wife pointed it out to me. And although I thought she was exaggerating at first, I have had to admit that she was totally right. It's kind of hard to explain. I'm not trying to be rude in the situation. Basically what happens is that as soon as there is a long enough pause in the conversation, my interpretation is that the conversation is over, and I (naturally) walk away. The other person has usually asked me a question that I have failed to answer and is still waiting for me to respond. I guess my mind just starts to wander and I get thinking about other things. I am also told I often start sentences but fail to finish them as well.

Noelle_Winters wrote:Twit: You know, everyone thinks your weird.
Me: I am weird.
Twit: ...
Me: See you in class. And don't forget a number two pencil, we have a test.

i lol'd. XD

WichitaLineman wrote:

Viinasu wrote:anyone care to share one of those moments when your pd just comes out to shine...anyone got any stories?

No funny stories, but it has recently been made clear to me that I seem to have a habit of walking away from people in the middle of conversations. I really had no idea I was doing this until my wife pointed it out to me. And although I thought she was exaggerating at first, I have had to admit that she was totally right. It's kind of hard to explain. I'm not trying to be rude in the situation. Basically what happens is that as soon as there is a long enough pause in the conversation, my interpretation is that the conversation is over, and I (naturally) walk away. The other person has usually asked me a question that I have failed to answer and is still waiting for me to respond. I guess my mind just starts to wander and I get thinking about other things. I am also told I often start sentences but fail to finish them as well.

Wow. That is me exactly. I often am told by my wife that I leave the room before the conversation or sentence is complete. I really upsets here but I don't do it on purpose, there's just more important things to do or think about...

christine321 wrote:'
I have also skipped countless classes at school/university because I couldn't muster up the drive to leave the house. I even had to withdraw from three courses due to missing so many classes I would have gotten a failing grade if I didn't withdraw. The money I paid for those courses was entirely wasted ($2000+ total, I think...).

I have also withdrawn from countless classes because of absence. Its unfortunate the money is wasted but I've found online classes work wonders . If only I could obtain my full degree online...

alexander wrote:

christine321 wrote:If only I could obtain my full degree online...

Many regionally accredited colleges and universities offer entire degree programs online (I would, of course, only go with regionally accredited ones).

Chan wrote:

Many regionally accredited colleges and universities offer entire degree programs online (I would, of course, only go with regionally accredited ones).[/quote]

I've looked into it, currently I'm a Kinesiology major. There's branch degrees I could obtain online such as Exercise Physiology.I would just change my degree, but I don't think I could muster up the effort for more prerequisites. Unfortunately some of the core classes for my specific degree are not offered online. Regardless I just want to be out of institutionalized schooling for good asap .

alexander wrote:

Chan wrote:Many regionally accredited colleges and universities offer entire degree programs online (I would, of course, only go with regionally accredited ones).

I've looked into it, currently I'm a Kinesiology major. There's branch degrees I could obtain online such as Exercise Physiology.I would just change my degree, but I don't think I could muster up the effort for more prerequisites. Unfortunately some of the core classes for my specific degree are not offered online. Regardless I just want to be out of institutionalized schooling for good asap .

What about the school you're attending now? Does it offer any of its courses online? Also, depending on the school, most credits transfer.