On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 06:03:17PM +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
On 05/06/05, Andreas Philipp <andreas.philipp@noemasol.com> wrote:
Colin:
El Dom 05 Jun 2005 10:23, Colin Carter escribió:
If he is well known then please post his work address on this list so that we can all write a physical letter (you know, on the old stuff made from trees) and we can all bombard his boss and embarrass him. IF he really is ill then somebody at his work ought to see that he gets help, otherwise he will just pull embarrassment onto their office. IF he is "intelligent", as some would like to believe, then he must be reading this and realise that his social intelligence level is very low.
With all due respect, but your words give ample evidence that you have no experience with mentally ill people at all. This is not the place to discuss mental conditions, but I would like to be clear about one point. Rather than to embarrass a mentally ill man - if he really can be embarrassed - or to lock him away, I would prefer the list owners to take up their administrative responsibilities with due diligence. Who really should feel embarrassed is Novell/SuSE's list amdinistrator. -- Andreas Philipp Noema Ltda. Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia http://www.noemasol.com
Please forgive and correct me if I am wrong but as far as I am aware Tourette's sysndrome is a vocal one. It is a disorder whereby a sufferer is forced against their better judgement to shout obscenities and profanities. It does not compel the sufferer to write these utterances either by hand or electronically.
Actually Vocal is the rarest form of it there is. Most people have Motor tics. As I do. With very small vocal ones. The force part, I can tell you from experience, it's not a force, but then again it is. IT's like, you feel compelled like you HAVE to do it to feel better. You're not sitting there tyring to be a dick head but you can't help it. Imagine the most stressfull you've EVER been. Times that by 7 and you're almost close to how it feels everyday all day. You ever hear of people who are worried and just stressed out who would clean a lot? Like a person who cleans the kitchen 42 times or somethign while waiting to see how their daughter is doing in the hospital. Tada! You can now understand how stress makes you do weird things.
For the record, I have suffered from a mental illness (not Tourette's) in the past and do know just how it can take over one's life.
I have OCD as well as Tourrette's and ADD. All 3 are related. Meaning I have a temprer, I mnight swear a lot, and my IQ is LARGE. You know what really helps? God, Opiates, music, writing, and some arrogance. You might seem like an asshole to others, but at least you'll feel better. Oh, and do NOT do Cocain. You think Tourrette's makes you look funny now try that and you'll be locked away, weed however, actually calms it as Opiates allow you to explore it. Funny how it works, something that helps me could have me arrested.
-- Take care. Kevan Farmer
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