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wanderer, grate to know that you're good and upbeet. keep up the good work! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176399#p176399
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Leachblock, now there's something that could come in handy, wish I'd known about that during the school year. I think a great many people do now share a sense of community more than ever, which is good, but which really sucks for the ones who don't
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At Wanderer, glad to hear things are looking better for you. I might enroll in another Hadley course one of these days. I have taken courses from them previously, and it was a great experience. But I'm still weighing my options. Regarding joke/rehab, I think
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I liked school (up until I got senioritis that followed me all the way through college). I'm still pretty much in the exact same boat.I moved into my own place a week and 2.5 hours ago. Almost all of that time has been spent on the couch or pacing.Thursday,
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Crashmaster, about school I can totally relate. When I was growing up I hated school. I didn't want to go. My wish was for every day to be like the weekends where I could stay home, sleep in , play games, listen to audio books, whatever. Now, that I have bee
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Hi all.Join the club.I have skimmed through a few posts on here.Well the first page mainly.I can relate to all of this.I was in a normal school back in the early 90s with some special teaching and other stuff chucked in, being one of the first in my country to get
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Hi.Thanks for the update. I'm so glad to hear that things are going better.Good luck on the next school year. If you have other questions or other things you wanna share with us, I would love to read it and comment on things from my point of view.I wish yo
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Yeah the site got hacked to send spam messages, if you haven't heard. The website owners took it offline, that was the host domain's "website unavailable" page. Btw there's actually been a backup server running the forum software for a whi
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Hey! The website's back! I think no one was replying since it got hacked and everytime I tried to come back it was just that weird site. HahaURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=176315#p1
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Okay, so given this thread is over a month with no responses, I should probably just let it die a dignified death, sorry for reviving and old one again. Just wanted to share a few updates, if anyone cares.First, I did end up going to my prom. It wasn't really
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Yeah, agree with pretty much everything said here. I've been told I'm very talented with computers, but I'm certainly not the best, and am worried I'll be overlooked when trying to get a job for someone with vision, even if they're technica
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Best of luck, Turtle:)URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173894#p173894
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As much as I love music, I've never been able to stick with playing an instrument myself for any length of time. When I was a kid, I played the piano, and I would go to recitals, but I would always be the worst performer there. Maybe some of that is s
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As much as I love music, I've never been able to stick with playing an instrument myself for any length of time. When I was a kid, I played the piano, and I would go to recitals, but I would always be the worst performer there. Maybe some of that is s
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I can do it with Noteworthy Composer, but that's dependent on the music being in a readable format (and even then, midis tend to have their rhythms and dynamics scrambled when imported).I don't know if I would have been able to learn NWC with NVDA, though
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I actually haven't been able to skype for a while now, because I'm running linux and for whatever reason the windows virtual machine I use for skype doesn't see my microphone. Is there any way to convert sheet music to ABC notation or some more r
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wanderer wrote:@slj no, my hearing loss is just bad enough to be a huge nuisance, but isn't too bad, as long as I have hearing aids in. Most of the blind people I knew when I attended my state blind school are people I don't really care to associate with
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Wanderer, if you would like, you can add me on skype and I can explain some of the musical terms to you some day and offer advice and the small bits of information I've gotten over the years. I can't help you with piano-specific things, but, I can
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I've often felt that music is a good thing. I previously took piano, celllo, and guitar lessons but stopped for various reasons. But I have a Yamaha keyboard here in my apartment. I had an analog one when I still lived with my parents, but that one had some b
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@slj no, my hearing loss is just bad enough to be a huge nuisance, but isn't too bad, as long as I have hearing aids in. Most of the blind people I knew when I attended my state blind school are people I don't really care to associate with, and I am no
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wanderer:Have you considered contacting professionel people and organisations regarding your hearing loss as I suggested previously? I think it'll help you a lot to get a great network of people who are also blind and have a hearing loss.URL:
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Re: music. I didn't really pick up much from it being taught via terms. I kinda had to just learn how to play, then the terms made sense when I found what they were needed for.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173650#p1
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Wanderer, you make perfect sence. As a high school student I am currently going through the same problems. I learn names easily enough, but it's rather difficult to actually "talk" to anyone, let alone know if they're talking to someone else.
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I've been trying to pick up piano off and on for a while now, but keep getting confused over some of the concepts they try and describe, like half and wholesteps. I think I may end up looking to take actual lessons if I don't find something that works soo
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I have lirked on this thread and have a few things to say:Joe: Welcome to the forum, I agree completely with all of your advice. I joked like that all the time in school and class and kids were a bit more comfortible talking to me because of it. I made several
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Jo, welcome to the party! I agree that you were not the least bit offencive, and, also with the "Joking" part.Thomas, that was a good "matching skeem" for a start, and I've been told almost the same things. while I could never understa
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At Jo, welcome to the forum. It's nice to have a sighted perspective on these things. Regarding being offensive, you were not in the least bit. I firmly believe that the only stupid question is no question at all, so ask away. Somehow I knew that the NFB
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Thanks Tward, I agree with your post, and is very useful your hint about color. I am blind from the Birth, so any hint in this sense is cool.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173481#p173481
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@tward I agree, which is why I don't worry about clothes that much. I'm self-conscious enough in public without constantly having to think about clothes and style as well. I think as long as things fit, are comfortable, and match (if you care, I don&
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Tom: I totally agree. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173466#p173466
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Based on what I've read of the last few posts I really think people are making too much of their personal appearance. Yes, personal appearance does matter when going out in public, but seriously its not that complicated. All that really matters is that you a
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Hi.Jo: welcome to the forum! Awesome to see comments from a sighted persons point of view. Regarding the clothes you're wearing, that makes a huge difference. It's not a matter of wearing the smartest clothes ever, but wearing clothes which doesn&#
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TurtlePower: yes, the shades will look stereotypical if you don't bother to get a pair that fit your face and over all style. I also agree with you that people who are put off talking to you because of something superficial like lack of eye contact probably a
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Yeah, the sunglasses I wear are prescription strength, so I probably don't have too many options when it comes to what type I wear. Which, honestly, is fine by me, because the alternative is a lot worse.If you'd asked me what I would have done 10 years a
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The glasses thing is a load of ass. Anyone put off by whatever they see with you not wearing glasses has a very high likelihood of not being worth while. I had to gently read a former boss the Riot Act when she sought to force me to wear sunglasses by asking her
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@wanderer: That offends me deeply! The correct terminology when referring to the Windows operating system is functionality impaired, or differently usable. LOL JKURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173402#p173402
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Hi, I think being offended by questions about blindness is kind of stupid. Because you're created like that, you will live like that. Nothing will change if you talk about those subjects or not. You're just blind. That's my opinion.URL: http://forum
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Precisely, I'd rather someone ask something about blindness, even if it's rude or awkward, than ignore me, since I guess most of the time it still can make a conversation starter. though I got asked by some girl the other day how I watched youtube v
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At nsomniartCrew: Most blind people I've encountered don't seem to get offended when you ask about these things. I'm sure there must be some that do, but honestly... I'd say the biggest turning point for me in college was, in my *fourth* semeste
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@turtlepower, the glasses thing seems pretty ridiculous to me; if they're comfortable then by all means wear them. If you're not being noticed or talked to much to begin with, it can't hurt, and I'm pretty sure a person who's not used t
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I don't think wearing sunglasses seems so stereotypical per se. It depends on what kind of sunglasses you wear; so that goes along with what Chandu has mentioned. If they are purposefully stylish instead of only serving the purpose to shield your eyes then i
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I'm a bit taken aback by the suggestions to wear sunglasses, to be honest. Isn't that a pervasive stereotype about blindness--that we walk around wearing sunglasses all the time, and that doesn't make us look good? I'm just going by what I&
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Chandu: I hope it works out for you. Like I said before, bring a trusted style sensetive woman with you to help pick out your shades, you want them to look good on your face. Wanderer: to each his own, keep in mind though that on a superficial level, pride in
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Hello everyone! My name is Jo. I am a student about to graduate and I aspire to be an indie game developer. I came to this website to try and get to know the community. Reading Wanderer's post and the others whom have had similar experiences was very enlight
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I, too, totally agree about the clothes thing. I have often gotten compliments about what I wear. I feel that, since I don't have a job, I therefore will be okay if I don't wear the nicest of clothing. However, I do try to look dressy for special occa
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shuteye: thanks for the sunglass trick. I never knew that and am gonna try it out the next best opportunity. and totaly agreed on the "clothes" thingURL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=1731
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Some people find body language very challenging to learn or even master, and others find it quite easy.I know it might sound weird, but I was lucky to find some older people who just naturally without me requesting it, began to show and tell me about body language
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I read all the time, and I agree most books don't truly reflect life, but thanks to books I have a pretty good visual understanding of the world, body language etc, the problem though is that knowing something in theory and on paper, and experiencing it in re
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@jjgeek: For whatever reason, the email went into my spam folder in gmail. So check there, maybe?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=173142#p173142
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Thanks for the suggestion. I just registered on the site and it seems great in terms of accessibility in both Safari and Google Chrome with VoiceOver. One thing I especially like is the text-based CAPTCHA's they use! However, I still have yet to receive an
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Chandu: you're absolutely right about books not being real life. What I was getting at is that descriptions of scenes, body language, etc are taken from what the author sees on a daily basis in real life. You'll have better luck getting such information f
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I think I'd have to agree about the friendship thing. Ever since moving out of my parents' house and into the apartment building where I currently live, I have created a circle of friends around me. This building is part of a nonprofit organization cal
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@jgeek: if you're still looking, I can't say enough good things about dreamwidth.org. It's based on the old LJ code, before it got annoying and stupid. The default layout could use some access work, but it's fully configurable, so you can
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I think I'd have to agree about the friendship thing. Ever since moving out of my parents' house and into the apartment building where I currently live, I have created a circle of friends around me. This building is part of a nonprofit organization cal
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I think Shuteye raises a very good point here about friendships. A lot of sighted people seem to have lots of friends, but in reality they probably only have two or three really good friends at most. The rest are just acquaintances they happen to talk to in passing
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shuteye: a number of valuable points there. while I don't totaly agree with the "books" view(books're not always real life) I absolutely agree with the other things. yes, the so called selfpitty (no offence to anybody) arices because we feel
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shuteye: a number of valuable points there. while I don't totaly agree with the "books" view(books're not always real life) I absolutely agree with the other things. yes, the so called selfpitty (no offence to anybody) arices because we feel
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I definitely agree about the journaling thing. I have had online journals--or blogs--on a few different sites. To date all of them have been abandoned, but not because I don't know what to write. I abandoned most of them due to accessibility concerns, and my
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I definitely agree about the journaling thing. I have had online journals--or blogs--on a few different sites. To date all of them have been abandoned, not because I don't know what to write. But I abandoned most of them due to accessibility concerns, and my
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Yep, all of you and I have had very similar experiences. The thing is, sighted people go through the same things, just in slightly different ways. There were a few people talking about finding sighted people to give you descriptions of environments you're in
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wanderer: I'd say what you've described as an improvement. you try to talk to at least 3 strangers(in a loosid sence) daily; you started a journal; that's good for a start! one of the things you could try out is meditation. it really works for me
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wanderer: I'd say what you've described as an improvement. you try to talk to at least 3 strangers(in a loosid sence) daily; you started a journal; that's good for a start! one of the things you could try out is meditation. it really works for me
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The usefulness of journalling is often looking back at a series of entries and spotting patterns that you miss while going through but become apparent when you can see many days together.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172690#p172690
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Sorry it's been a while since I've posted on this topic, got a bit of writing to do. @slj, ditto with the visual gestures in conversations thing. The other day I was sitting and eating across the table from my brother and a friend of his. They'r
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Hi,This is a really good topic, and a lot of great advice has come out of it.I, too, can relate to being excluded by sighted people. My experience has been sort of different though in regards to older people being more accepting. Perhaps it's a cultural thing
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Hello,There is much to say, and those who know me will know that if I begin a post like this, then it is going to be a long post, so buckle up...Everyone, not just blind people go through a phase like this. For some, it's a repeating issue, for others it p
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Chandu: I'm not really blaming anyone. That's just how teans mostly works, and that's okay. Those teans I mentioned in my post are teans who have known me their whole life. As a blind guy, I have felt the need to learn about life like this pretty e
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SLJ: so true!however, one can't blame the teens for that kind of behavior it is within there nature. it is, like you said, that they don't know or understand the depth of a Blinds dificaltys. they dom't have enough experience to think that wa
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SLJ: so true!however, one can't blame the teens for that kind of behavior it is within there nature.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=171708#p171708
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Hi all.There are so many things I wanna comment on in the topic, but I can't find the right words to comment on it all, so I'll just make it pretty short for now and come back later on. I wish I speak fluently english... I agree on what have been s
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For those of you in middle school/high school: one thing that helped me, a *lot*, was participating in events where the roll was called, or attendance was taken. My middleschool homeroom did this every morning, and after listening carefully for about a week, I had
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and don't worry too much about the FB friendship thing. let me narrate something that happened to me. well, the other day, I sent a request to a friend(classmate). she not only rejected me, but also blocked me. to say the least, I was pissed off. cos we knew
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Yeah, I suppose it is pretty funny, looking at it that way. I actually started a conversation with a teacher about the whole nonverbal communication thing, and talked to a few other people yesterday, so who knows?URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid
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themadviolinist: again, an important point.there was a time when I got embarrassed easily, and thought it extremely maddening if others made fun out of me. however, it did, later on dawn on me that complaining about it only made enimies. so, it's good, for yo
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hi my thoughts on this. this is probably a bit late but here goes. I'm 13 and I go to a perfectly normal school. and I Need to say, I'm not the social type my self, and nither are the others in my class. the other Boys I would like to hang out with are
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Humor is an indispensable part of social lubrication. I cannot count the number of times I have been able to make a joke out of something awkward that happened because of my blindness that removed any stigma that might have accrued. It's also gott
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Wanderer and others.I can relate all too well. I think many things might be teen sympthoms combined with the fact you're blind. As a teenager, you're looking for confirmation, and if you can't find it in people around you, you might do like me, becom
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Well with regards to talking to people and taking the initiative in conversations, that's definitely something I should do more, the problem is that most places I am during the day are pretty crowded when I'm there, with a lot of loud noise and peop
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frastlin: [[wow]]! I thought it was only me! thank you for giving company! the almost exact is what happens with me! and yes, I also have the problem of being "overmotivated" the only extra bit I can add is that I want to be constantly in the thick/middle
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Hello,I have the opposite problem. I become motivated to do everything and end up doing things really intensely for a short time, then switching focus to another thing, go to another thing, go back to the first thing, and it then takes everything a long time to get
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A change in location, for at least a month or so, might help; it mightn't necessarily improve the situation directly, but you might learn some things, notice changes, get a better idea of what helps and what doesn't (or at least what to experiment
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Wanderer, as you can tell by the number of people who have responded to your comments what you are going through is quite common among the blind population. Even I can admit to having been through what you are experiencing a few times in my life as well. However, I
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Hey everyone. I can relate to the boredom thing. I recently got my first Mac and have been familiarizing myself with it, and I must say it's been a much better experience than I ever anticipated. When my parents approached me over Thanksgiving last year
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Hey everyone. I can relate to the boredom thing. I recently got my first Mac and have been familiarizing myself with it, and I must say it's been a much better experience than I ever anticipated. When my parents approached me over Thanksgiving last year
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Hi,I agree with pretty much everything said here. I have a long, complicated and really quite depressing story, but we've already had too many of those.suffice to say, i've been through depression, bipolar disorder and all of it with no help. That, and
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Yeah I've got hearing aids, have had since I was 5. Without them I'mm basically out of the game when it comes to conversations, and pretty much everything else. As for being annoyed with people, I'm rarely noticed by any of the other students, so th
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hi wanderer,another thing that I am going to suggest is treating your hearing lossfind out if you can benefit from hearing aids and wear themif you can understand conversations better it will help you join into conversationsURL: http://forum.audiogames.net
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Hello guys, I am living the same things like you. Because of those, I sometimes don't want to live. But when friends annoy me at school, I just try to be patient. But I'm not so patient, so when they annoy me further, I just get angry and try to bea
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I can...sort of relate. At least to the bit about food and mood. I often have serious, terrible stomach problems. To the point where many days, I was sick after every single meal. This has taken me from a person who attended university, had a social life, was
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@Ghost Rider: This is one of those things where you either get it or you don't, and getting it usually requires experiencing it. I've never been able to explain it to someone who hasn't gone through it.There's this part of the brain called t
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@Ghost Rider: This is one of those things where you either get it or you don't, and getting it usually requires experiencing it. I've never been able to explain it to someone who hasn't gone through it.There's this part of the brain called t
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Well, it really is easier said than done, at least for some such as myself. I don't know, maybe it's just a certain personallity type or something. I am extremely self-concious around people my own age, I think partially because I have no idea what people
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hey guys. I don't wanna come off as a stuck up jerk, but, I cannot relate whatsoever. However, there are a few people at my school I would like to befriend, and I am getting pretty close to that. I have lots of motivation, unless I'm all confy on the c
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Hello.Since everyone's kinda telling their story here, I shall do the same.I can relate to just about everything both of you have said. I have no idea why, well actually I might, but I have a hard time believing that something so simple that happened like 6
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Hello.Since everyone's kinda telling their story here, I shall do the same.I can relate to just about everything both of you have said. I have no idea why, well actually I might, but I have a hard time believing that something so simple that happened like 6
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@Cae, I'm 17, and almost everything you just wrote is pretty similar to my own experiences. With regards to excersise, my family goes to a gym usually about 2 or 3 times a week, and the machines there actually are pretty useable. Speaking of which, they'
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Hey, what have I told you about posting my biography under your name? (Translation: I'm in the same boat. A few years later, presumably; I don't know your age.)This has really seriously screwed with my everything for many years. I do not yet have soluti
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All I can say is ... I had this happen to me before that kinda stopped now, and I know how you feal. It comes into my understanding that you're being thought by other people who have sight that you are dumb and worthless because you'll never succsess in
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Hi,Wanderer, i think i can help you.If you have a skype, mine is kkylec13k.I know exactly what you're going through because its simptoms of something i'd rather not discuss here.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=1710
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Well it's my third day of spring break, and I'm wasting this whole week, which I believe is the last long break I will get from school until the end of the year. Not that it's much of an improvement over school, since my school days are basically the sa
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