So my Mom has gone crazy. Raz on the March!

[jamesww]

Good luck Raz, take it easy. 

[CountDeMoney]

She said she's going to "Hash everything out".  I don't know exactly what that means.  I suspect it means she's going to take a bunch of stuff.

Sorry, but I LOL'd.

[LaCroix]

Say, if you don't have hallucinations, that means you're not schizotypal, right?

not a requirement for schizophrenia. my mother, for example, doesn't. likely because she lacks sufficient mental imagery, i think

[Caliga]

I thought schizophrenics typically hear voices, as opposed to having visual hallucinations.

[LaCroix]

both can occur, or one, or neither, along with the other list of typical symptoms. she doesn't hear voices either, not that i would expect her to--for the same reason

[Caliga]

So is your mother Helen Keller?

[Razgovory]

Good luck!

Say, if you don't have hallucinations, that means you're not schizotypal, right?

Not necessarily.  Usually they have 8 criteria and and if you fit 5 of them you get the diagnosis, besides the hallucinations are rare.

[Razgovory]

Well I talked to her today.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry.  So I did both.  Apparently, my dad and I are holding her back.  He's sick and I'm crazy, and she's tired of all that.   She wants to go to Illinois, finish her medical transcription training, join the Union, and use that as a stepping stone to a career in Illinois politics.  All at the young age of 55. Seriously.  Totally fucking serious.  That's what she couldn't tell me over the phone.  I have half a mind to call the hospital to get her sent to the loony bin.

For the first time in my life I really hate her.

[LaCroix]

So is your mother Helen Keller?

what i mean is not the physical senses, but the mental. some people can actually hear a -splash- when they read haiku about frogs jumping in ponds. i don't. some actually see an ocean when they close their eyes during relaxation exercises--i see the inside of my eyelids. she is similar, and since i've never heard her mention foreign voices in her head once (the paranoia limited mostly to strange "logic" and how she -feels- about some-one/thing) i highly doubt she suffers from that

@raz: that really sucks

[Syt]

Well I talked to her today.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry.  So I did both.  Apparently, my dad and I are holding her back.  He's sick and I'm crazy, and she's tired of all that.   She wants to go to Illinois, finish her medical transcription training, join the Union, and use that as a stepping stone to a career in Illinois politics.  All at the young age of 55. Seriously.  Totally fucking serious.  That's what she couldn't tell me over the phone.  I have half a mind to call the hospital to get her sent to the loony bin.

For the first time in my life I really hate her.

[DontSayBanana]

Well I talked to her today.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry.  So I did both.  Apparently, my dad and I are holding her back.  He's sick and I'm crazy, and she's tired of all that.   She wants to go to Illinois, finish her medical transcription training, join the Union, and use that as a stepping stone to a career in Illinois politics.  All at the young age of 55. Seriously.  Totally fucking serious.  That's what she couldn't tell me over the phone.  I have half a mind to call the hospital to get her sent to the loony bin.

For the first time in my life I really hate her.

Look on the bright side; this is the day you discovered you're not the craziest one in the family.

[lustindarkness]

For the first time in my life I really hate her.

Don't.

[Monoriu]

Well I talked to her today.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry.  So I did both.  Apparently, my dad and I are holding her back.  He's sick and I'm crazy, and she's tired of all that.   She wants to go to Illinois, finish her medical transcription training, join the Union, and use that as a stepping stone to a career in Illinois politics.  All at the young age of 55. Seriously.  Totally fucking serious.  That's what she couldn't tell me over the phone.  I have half a mind to call the hospital to get her sent to the loony bin.

For the first time in my life I really hate her.

I suggest that you forget her and think about what you can do for yourself 

[Zoupa]

You can't forget your mother, or pretend she's out of your life. She was probably a moral support to Raz, and that seems about to change.

Life sucks man. You just deal with shit as it comes along, and try to find happiness in the little things. Like having a cup of tea and reading a good book, or taking a stroll or whatever. Don't overthink it. Just deal with shit and plow through.

[Ideologue]

So is your mother Helen Keller?

what i mean is not the physical senses, but the mental. some people can actually hear a -splash- when they read haiku about frogs jumping in ponds. i don't. some actually see an ocean when they close their eyes during relaxation exercises--i see the inside of my eyelids. she is similar, and since i've never heard her mention foreign voices in her head once (the paranoia limited mostly to strange "logic" and how she -feels- about some-one/thing) i highly doubt she suffers from that

If you specifically recall the sound or image, you can reproduce it though, right?