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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:20 PM
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I'm worried I'm losing my mind.
I no longer know what is real and what isn't. I'm even starting to wonder if I am.

Plus I just burned my toast. :cry:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:21 PM
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1. But if you have toast...
it means you remembered to buy bread at least.

:hug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:22 PM
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3. That seems to be the only thing I have got right.
:(
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:25 PM
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5. In my experience it is the people who insist they are sane who
are usually the crazy ones, the rest of us question our sanity on a daily basis.

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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:21 PM
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2. Losing your mind?
Did you look behind the fridge?
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BeachBaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:24 PM
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4. I'm right with ya, honey.
I didn't burn my toast, but I lately feel like I'm recklessly driving my car at about 180mph, straight for a cliff.

:hug:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:30 PM
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7. It seems as if the whole world is going on right past me
in a great crazy frenetic waltz, going round me, past me, through me and nobody sees that I am here. I'm starting to wonder if maybe they're right and I'm not.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:27 PM
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6. This is real, brother
Hows about some Jimmy Smith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMbHPHtQhCg

:hug:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:32 PM
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8. You are a wave in a vast sea.
...a bubble on the surface of a stream.

You seem to be an individual, but you are simply a manifestation of everything in the entire vast universe.

Are you the dream, or the dreamer?

Put the burned toast out for the birds. Toast another slice.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:33 PM
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9. I know nothing is real
and therefore I am not either

nor are you :P

cheer up

life is tough and it sucks, face it there is no gravity, life just sucks.

:hug:
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:49 PM
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10. Hey billy.


I would offer to share my mind with you, but there is so little of it already that I fear it could not handle the increased demand. Plus then you might start driving on the right side of the road, and that would be dangerous.

You are real and present in a way that others are not because you are living in the moment. The people whirling around you... I'm quite certain that upon a closer inspection, you really wouldn't want their lives.

:hug:

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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:06 PM
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15. I think there is nothing wrong with your mind.
And thank you.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:51 PM
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11. i know the feeling, sweetie
i know i'm real, but lately i've been feeling like i've lost all sense of who i am. it's a tough feeling.

:hug:
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 02:54 PM
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12. Hugs for ya, Billy....
:hug:

If you are questioning your sanity, then you are not yet insane. :D (Serious.)

I'm sorry that the world is feeling overwhelming right now. Wanna come over and have a cup of tea? :loveya:
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:02 PM
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13. issolatiion is not good
And sometimes troubles can make a person feel issolated, like others don't understand. Or things are to different to talk about.

Hang in there, lots of people feel that way.

There is a thought, "It is impossible to know what is real outside your own experiance, except to trust what others say." When the trust of things like TV or News, or establish sources is weakened. Suddenly its impossible to know what is real or not.

But in reallity you never knew what was real before, you just trusted it was. You can only truely know the box you are in. Outside of that is trust, a good thing, but you can back it up with critical thinking.

Anyway, good luck, and don't let it get you down.

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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:03 PM
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14. It's not so bad. They have really good cake in Crazy Town.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:11 PM
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16. a true story
years ago when I was young and cute my girlfriend and I were sitting in a bar drinking vodka. She was on a "poor poor pitiful me" drunk .

A guy we worked with joined us.

She said " M---- I think I have lost it"


The guy said " have you looked under the table?" as he began searching under the table/

Maybe you just need to look under the table
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:18 PM
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18. I just looked
I can see a mass of wires that somewhat resembles a telephone exchange.
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crimsonblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:18 PM
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17. you might want to call a PI to find it for you
Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 03:19 PM by crimsonblue
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is, at least according to Dan Quayle. Maybe he can find it for you. :D
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:39 PM
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19. you couldn't burn toast
Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 03:43 PM by JitterbugPerfume
with this piece 'o shit toaster of mine if you tried and I must be losing my mind because I bought it at Wallmart


a 1980s bumper sticker said of all the things I have lost I miss my mind the most
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:46 PM
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20. Maybe your mind is fine, but the toast isn't really burnt?
Or maybe you just need more ABBA in your life. Have you seen "Mama Mia!" yet?

Hang in there, and if the thoughts seem truly abnormal, talk to someone who knows more than the average Lounge wise-cracker. :)
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 03:47 PM
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21. Should I call out the dogs to help you find it?
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 06:46 PM
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22. How are you sleeping?
Not sleeping regularly or well can really mess you up.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 06:48 PM
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24. Seconded.
(my direct response was half-silly, and in reverence to the OP because I respect him a great deal, but in utter seriousness you make an excellent point. Sleep deprivation and underlying causes can be serious.)
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 06:47 PM
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23. There is no spoon. Only a spork.
Do not worry about the toast. Feed it to some ducks. Make some new toast.

The fact you ask shows you are not losing your mind.

Now, are you a virgin? :evilgrin:

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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:04 PM
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25. alright, my schedule is very busy but I will squeeze you in
I will kick your toast-burning ass
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:15 PM
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26. You have toast?
When I was a kid, there was NO toast.
We had to hang around eating raw dough until somebody discovered fire.
Consider yourself fortunate and count your blessings.
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Ava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:16 PM
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27. i thought you already lost it billy
Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 07:16 PM by Ava
:P as has everyone in the lounge

sorry about your toast :hug:
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:33 PM
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28. Where did you last have it? I'd look there.
But seriously, a shrink once told me that you're okay if you're worried about not being okay. Real crazy people think they're the ones who know what's what, and think the rest of us aren't paying attention.

Just be grateful for you what you have. You have bread. That's a good thing. :hug:
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 12:22 AM
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29. The only toast is burnt toast.
That is truly the only way to eat it. You must have butter and jam. Not margarine. And there doesn't even need to be a spoon.

But if you got no knife and you only got a spoon, life can still be good.

The last thing you want to do it look for it.

Somebody else will recognize you as being there.

Because you are.

Until then nobody else will be able to see you.

All is well.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 03:53 AM
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30. always about the bread with you!
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 06:55 AM
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31. Awwww Billy!
We all know that you are not losing your mind. But I know what you mean about having that out of sync feeling. I too think that I am experiencing that right now. Sometimes I feel like a shadow.

Hope your spirits pick up soon.

:hug: :hi: :loveya:
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 07:12 AM
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32. you're not alone in feeling that way
.... or are you?

Ok, you're not. It's pretty fucked up though.
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 11:20 AM
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33. You've been to my house
Therefore I can vouch that you are indeed real. Of course, that could also mean that I'm not real either.

:crazy:

:hug:
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