Comments on: Blogs that make me think http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: luckymud http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-13 luckymud Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:20:00 +0000 http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-13 Well, hello there! Thanks for visiting my blog. It's exciting that we're so alike! (Wooh Canadian chicks!) I'm just finishing up my 2nd degree, my 7th year of university, so I hear you about being happy about it being over. Looks like you have a great blog started here. I'm going to add you to my blogroll as well. Let's keep in touch! Well, hello there! Thanks for visiting my blog. It’s exciting that we’re so alike! (Wooh Canadian chicks!) I’m just finishing up my 2nd degree, my 7th year of university, so I hear you about being happy about it being over.

Looks like you have a great blog started here. I’m going to add you to my blogroll as well. Let’s keep in touch!

]]> By: Marissa Miller http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-33 Marissa Miller Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:18:07 +0000 http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-33 This is the first time I've stumbled upon this blog and it's really interesting! I'll add you to my blogroll and hopefully (!) try to read this rather regularly. "Marissa at depression introspection posts about the Virginia Tech shootings, bullying, compassion, and prevention. It’s titled The Most Controversial Post You’ll Ever Read Today, but it’s hard for me to see it as controversial, when I agree with much of what she says, especially the parts about Columbine. When I was in junior high, I never considered killing the people who bullied me, but I certainly understood where Harris and Klebold were coming from. What I’ve never understood is why school shooters also tend to kill absolutely anyone that’s around — why wouldn’t they just target the bullies? Why do they also kill people who’ve never done anything to them?" You know, I never realized how many people would end up identifying with how I felt. It wasn't as controversial as I thought. I thought I'd get blasted for having these thoughts. It amazed me to see that people actually AGREED with me. In retrospect, the post should have been titled, "The Most Identifiable Post You'll Ever Read Today." Best to you! Marissa P.S. "You know you are hypomanic when… …you have thirty-two tabs open in your browser window because you keep jumping from topic to topic, page to page, yet you can’t bring yourself to close any of them." Oh - I just thought that was ADD. I guess I'm hypomanic then. This is the first time I’ve stumbled upon this blog and it’s really interesting! I’ll add you to my blogroll and hopefully (!) try to read this rather regularly.

“Marissa at depression introspection posts about the Virginia Tech shootings, bullying, compassion, and prevention. It’s titled The Most Controversial Post You’ll Ever Read Today, but it’s hard for me to see it as controversial, when I agree with much of what she says, especially the parts about Columbine. When I was in junior high, I never considered killing the people who bullied me, but I certainly understood where Harris and Klebold were coming from. What I’ve never understood is why school shooters also tend to kill absolutely anyone that’s around — why wouldn’t they just target the bullies? Why do they also kill people who’ve never done anything to them?”

You know, I never realized how many people would end up identifying with how I felt. It wasn’t as controversial as I thought. I thought I’d get blasted for having these thoughts. It amazed me to see that people actually AGREED with me. In retrospect, the post should have been titled, “The Most Identifiable Post You’ll Ever Read Today.”

Best to you!
Marissa

P.S.

“You know you are hypomanic when…

…you have thirty-two tabs open in your browser window because you keep jumping from topic to topic, page to page, yet you can’t bring yourself to close any of them.”

Oh - I just thought that was ADD. I guess I’m hypomanic then.

]]> By: Polly http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-34 Polly Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:36:32 +0000 http://polarcoaster.net/2007/04/18/blogs-that-make-me-think/#comment-34 Marissa, at the time of the Columbine massacre, I was finishing up my first year of university and I was way too depressed to do things like buy newspapers or watch TV in the common room. Almost nothing I learned about Columbine at the time came from the mainstream media, it came from independent media and just talking to other people online about it, particularly in a depression newsgroup. We all agreed with you. While none of us in any way condoned mass murder, we understood how horrible it is to be bullied, and how a kid could reach that sort of breaking point. It wasn't until quite a long time later that I realized much of the rest of the world didn't think the same way we did, that their first reaction was (I'm gonna quote from Wikipedia) "a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social pariahs... violent films, teen internet use, and violent video games." Yeah, and <em>we're</em> supposed to be the crazy ones. I mean, talk about them missing the point. Realizing that my opinion wasn't a commonly held one was really, really weird for me. There is, finally, after some more school shootings, some dialogue going on about bullying. I'm extremely thankful that people are now posing some questions. I'll be even happier when we figure out some solutions. Re: ADD, a few months ago I was very surprised to realize that I probably have it. This is one of the few diagnoses that I've actually never received! I'd previously thought that all of my AD/HD symptoms must be caused by my manic depression. I know that my hyperactive symptoms are, because I wasn't hyperactive as a child, so it's clearly a hypomania thing. Even though I've always had pretty severe problems with attention and organization, I assumed I couldn't have ADD because as a child, I was an excellent student and a voracious reader. Now that I know that highly gifted, well-behaved girls <em>can</em> have ADD and nearly always slip under the radar, I think it's very likely that I have it. I usually have about ten or twelve browser tabs open at any given moment, but thirty-two is a bit much for me, so it was a pretty good indicator of hypomania. Marissa, at the time of the Columbine massacre, I was finishing up my first year of university and I was way too depressed to do things like buy newspapers or watch TV in the common room. Almost nothing I learned about Columbine at the time came from the mainstream media, it came from independent media and just talking to other people online about it, particularly in a depression newsgroup. We all agreed with you. While none of us in any way condoned mass murder, we understood how horrible it is to be bullied, and how a kid could reach that sort of breaking point. It wasn’t until quite a long time later that I realized much of the rest of the world didn’t think the same way we did, that their first reaction was (I’m gonna quote from Wikipedia) “a moral panic aimed at goth culture, social pariahs… violent films, teen internet use, and violent video games.”

Yeah, and we’re supposed to be the crazy ones. I mean, talk about them missing the point. Realizing that my opinion wasn’t a commonly held one was really, really weird for me.

There is, finally, after some more school shootings, some dialogue going on about bullying. I’m extremely thankful that people are now posing some questions. I’ll be even happier when we figure out some solutions.

Re: ADD, a few months ago I was very surprised to realize that I probably have it. This is one of the few diagnoses that I’ve actually never received! I’d previously thought that all of my AD/HD symptoms must be caused by my manic depression. I know that my hyperactive symptoms are, because I wasn’t hyperactive as a child, so it’s clearly a hypomania thing. Even though I’ve always had pretty severe problems with attention and organization, I assumed I couldn’t have ADD because as a child, I was an excellent student and a voracious reader. Now that I know that highly gifted, well-behaved girls can have ADD and nearly always slip under the radar, I think it’s very likely that I have it.

I usually have about ten or twelve browser tabs open at any given moment, but thirty-two is a bit much for me, so it was a pretty good indicator of hypomania.

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