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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 623612" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I was lucky to have two excellent, long term friends who knew I was different and liked me anyway.. It was fun to be with me sometimes...I had good humor about myself and was a great friend. I did not want to hang around with, what I considered, losers (drug addicts). Yet I have always had a hard time hanging around with people who care about normal things that have never mattered to me...how much money people have, how good someone else looks, the status of a career, and just basic small talk which bores me to death and which I am not very good at.</p><p></p><p>I became a loner, but not a lonely loner. Just a loner. I AM close to my hub and Julie, Jumper, Sonic and even 36. They all know I'm strange, but we all laugh about it.</p><p></p><p>I would have ruined my life if I'd taken drugs. If you have any mental illness or neurological difference, drugs make things worse, and that includes pot (sorry to those who think pot is harmless to all). Pot can actually trigger some disorders that were not active yet, such as schizophrenia and depersonalization/derealization. I have read this and have been told this many times. Depersonalization and derealization, which were my scariest depression symptoms, did not start with pot for me, but pot is often the main trigger to long term D & D. I did try pot. I'm lucky the D&D disappeared on prescribed antideprssants. That doesn't always happen with D & D. It can become chronic and it is very frightening to feel that maybe you and the world are not real (shudder). I wouldn't wish that feeling on anyone, but it's common with depression (a lot of the patients in the hospital with me had depression plus D & D). THat's the first time I knew others felt the same way I did.</p><p></p><p>I digress...</p><p></p><p>The most horrible candidates to take drugs are often the ones who take it and are then unable to quit and everything deteriorates. Drinking is nothing to sing about either if you are mentally ill or neurologically different, even if you only do it moderately.</p><p></p><p>Our difficult children don't see that. Sadly, some parents don't see it either and don't try to tell their "different" adult children that other people may be able to do this or that, but that it will make them worse. Not that they will listen to us, but, hey, we can say it once...we can try. It's better to start very early, as soon as ya know the child is neurologically or mentally different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 623612, member: 1550"] I was lucky to have two excellent, long term friends who knew I was different and liked me anyway.. It was fun to be with me sometimes...I had good humor about myself and was a great friend. I did not want to hang around with, what I considered, losers (drug addicts). Yet I have always had a hard time hanging around with people who care about normal things that have never mattered to me...how much money people have, how good someone else looks, the status of a career, and just basic small talk which bores me to death and which I am not very good at. I became a loner, but not a lonely loner. Just a loner. I AM close to my hub and Julie, Jumper, Sonic and even 36. They all know I'm strange, but we all laugh about it. I would have ruined my life if I'd taken drugs. If you have any mental illness or neurological difference, drugs make things worse, and that includes pot (sorry to those who think pot is harmless to all). Pot can actually trigger some disorders that were not active yet, such as schizophrenia and depersonalization/derealization. I have read this and have been told this many times. Depersonalization and derealization, which were my scariest depression symptoms, did not start with pot for me, but pot is often the main trigger to long term D & D. I did try pot. I'm lucky the D&D disappeared on prescribed antideprssants. That doesn't always happen with D & D. It can become chronic and it is very frightening to feel that maybe you and the world are not real (shudder). I wouldn't wish that feeling on anyone, but it's common with depression (a lot of the patients in the hospital with me had depression plus D & D). THat's the first time I knew others felt the same way I did. I digress... The most horrible candidates to take drugs are often the ones who take it and are then unable to quit and everything deteriorates. Drinking is nothing to sing about either if you are mentally ill or neurologically different, even if you only do it moderately. Our difficult children don't see that. Sadly, some parents don't see it either and don't try to tell their "different" adult children that other people may be able to do this or that, but that it will make them worse. Not that they will listen to us, but, hey, we can say it once...we can try. It's better to start very early, as soon as ya know the child is neurologically or mentally different. [/QUOTE]
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