Wouldnāt that just be called mixed mania/mixed bipolar disorder? Itās normally pretty rare for me, but there are good reasons not to have firearms or a lot of alcohol in the house. Not that Iād want firearms in the first placeā¦
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Itās plausible. I was having some pretty bizarre emotions (e.g. dysphoria + laughter) from time to time, plus mood swings (animatedly socializing one hour, deciding on suicide methods the next). Racing thoughts, supercharged libido, panic attacksāit was utter hell.
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Yep, sounds familiar. (Iām not officially diagnosed, I just had those symptoms and thatās what I suspected). It freaked me out more than a little.
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Being mentally interesting myself and more than ambivalent with the taxonomy of pathology handed down from organizations of dubious intention; it is my observation that those who have been subject to such a categorization are significantly more invested in introspection than their ānormalā counterparts. I am not a doctor, or psychologist, nor in anyway affiliated with the mental health field outside of my own treatment. What I am, is a long time resident of small, rural, whitopian communities. Also a Navy brat. In my personality I exhibit a high degree of openness but also struggle with paranoia which I contend is linked to living in these circumstances. Isolation has been linked to mental illness as well as addiction. So, in rural communities that are typically undeserved when it comes to basic health care it seems a too tall order to address what is a social norm among those who feel they must be armed for their protection. The nearest town has a burger shop that offers a 10% discount for a concealed or open carry permit. They display nun chucks on the wall over the hand wash station. I have pictures:
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While I in no way backpedal on previous assertions that ultimately we are our own worst enemies; I think my paranoia might be significantly assuaged if mortal threats as a tool for solving problems werenāt considered so viable to so many people. Though itās merely anecdotal I would also like to mention that when I attended a community meeting with our local deputy as speaker, a significant portion of attendees were eager to get his input on when they could shoot someone. To his credit, he advised that even in the case of home invasion one must be prepared to defend their actions in court. Maybe its just me but sometimes I feel like my neighbor might turn out to be Yosemite Sam.
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YES! Thank you. I was having a devil of a time finding it on the archived forum. No idea why this didnāt come up through Google. Good work.
In the culture that I live in, everyone has lots of guns. But many of us can reasonably expect to one day succumb to senility or some related mental issue. What happens, is that grandma decides that she is no longer comfortable with grandpa and guns. So she calls the kids, and they remove the guns to their homes. Grandpa is not usually happy about the situation, but he has probably been preparing himself for the eventuality since he picked up his Dadās guns decades before. I have known people who had teenagers with drug or other issues, and sometimes they made similar decisions. It is an issue of responsible ownership. And it is important to think about visitors as well. You canāt really know what is happening at the homes of your childās friends. I do not want to carry the burden of having someoneās tragedy enabled because of my guns. So we have a ritual checking of safes and the vault door whenever people, especially kids, are coming over.
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