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Triggering Tiger said:
Sorry for your loss so is mine and my oldest brother.
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Don't be sorry.

My dad was the absolute scum of the earth and I hope and pray I am nothing like him.

Sorry to hear that you've lost both your dad and your oldest brother though.
 
Feraligatr said:
Don't be sorry.

My dad was the absolute scum of the earth and I hope and pray I am nothing like him.

Sorry to hear that you've lost both your dad and your oldest brother though.
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My father was no saint either very selfish man but my brother was a good bloke with mental issues unfortunately, bipolar.
 
My old man passed away, too, day before he turned 51. He was a good man, had some attitudes I may not have agreed with (Boomer-Millennial divide, I suppose), but life didn't treat him well. We were close when I was growing up, but then I became a bit of a shit towards him. Took him dying to make me a better person.
 
Triggering Tiger said:
My father was no saint either very selfish man but my brother was a good bloke with mental issues unfortunately, bipolar.
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I have bipolar too. I feel for your brother.

As long as I take my loopy pills every day I'm fine though.
 
Feraligatr said:
I have bipolar too. I feel for your brother.

As long as I take my loopy pills every day I'm fine though.
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Just be careful how many you take and when you take them sweetie, my brother took strong pills for his bipolar which destroyed his kidney's that eventually killed him.
 
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Triggering Tiger said:
Just be careful how many you take and when you take them sweetie, my brother took strong pills for his bipolar which destroyed hid kidney's that eventually killed him.
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I'm really sorry to hear that. It's horrible when you're pretty much damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I don't know if mine are super strong, but I get a blood test every 6 months or so much to check all my levels. Pretty much have to go to the G.P every 3 months for some sort of check up.
 
Feraligatr said:
I'm really sorry to hear that. It's horrible when you're pretty much damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I don't know if mine are super strong, but I get a blood test every 6 months or so much to check all my levels. Pretty much have to go to the G.P every 3 months for some sort of check up.
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That's good news, i hope you can beat it eventually.
 
James Colorado said:
My old man passed away, too, day before he turned 51. He was a good man, had some attitudes I may not have agreed with (Boomer-Millennial divide, I suppose), but life didn't treat him well. We were close when I was growing up, but then I became a bit of a s**t towards him. Took him dying to make me a better person.
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Sorry for your loss JC.:(
 

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I suppose if you equate supporting a football team with a mental illness that no one chooses and people take their lives from I'd rather have bipolar then be that kind of person.
 
Feraligatr said:
I suppose if you equate supporting a football team with a mental illness that no one chooses and people take their lives from I'd rather have bipolar then be that kind of person.
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I am sincerely sorry that you feel personally aggrieved by AG's comment, I honestly felt he was taking the piss out of your football club and your supporters (who to be fair, have a reputation of being Cray cray)

I honestly didn't believe it was a pot shot at you and your Bipolar diagnosis, if it was, I am very disappointed with AG (one of my favourite Carlton supporters on the Bay)

I certainly am guilty of posting thoughtless/insensitive crap here over time I thought was funny but many others didn't (I have Aspergers)

Especially when drinking (I am an alcoholic, have a problem with booze, I have to be honest here) my common sense filters can sometimes go through the proper scooper.

I realise though that this may have hit a sore spot with you though but as I say, I honestly don't believe he meant to take the piss out fo your condition but more being a Richmond supporter !
 
Elmer_Judd said:
I am sincerely sorry that you feel personally aggrieved by AG's comment, I honestly felt he was taking the piss out of your football club and your supporters (who to be fair, have a reputation of being Cray cray)

I honestly didn't believe it was a pot shot at you and your Bipolar diagnosis, if it was, I am very disappointed with AG (one of my favourite Carlton supporters on the Bay)

I certainly am guilty of posting thoughtless/insensitive crap here over time I thought was funny but many others didn't (I have Aspergers)

Especially when drinking (I am an alcoholic, have a problem with booze, I have to be honest here) my common sense filters can sometimes go through the proper scooper.

I realise though that this may have hit a sore spot with you though but as I say, I honestly don't believe he meant to take the piss out fo your condition but more being a Richmond supporter !
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Maybe he wasn't intentionally. I don't care about being BiPolar, it's just a part of me that I live with. I take the piss out of myself for being loopy all the time. Lol. What can I do, you gotta play the cards you were dealt.
I don't have any personal issue with AG or what he says. I probably get more upset with people attacking the tiges then my mental ness lol


But there may be other people struggling with mental health who feel like it's a weakness. Stuff like that can make people who are struggling feel like they are a failure. Especially people who don't know how to open up about it because they are scared that they will be ridiculed.
 
Elmer_Judd said:
I am sincerely sorry that you feel personally aggrieved by AG's comment, I honestly felt he was taking the piss out of your football club and your supporters (who to be fair, have a reputation of being Cray cray)

I honestly didn't believe it was a pot shot at you and your Bipolar diagnosis, if it was, I am very disappointed with AG (one of my favourite Carlton supporters on the Bay)

I certainly am guilty of posting thoughtless/insensitive crap here over time I thought was funny but many others didn't (I have Aspergers)

Especially when drinking (I am an alcoholic, have a problem with booze, I have to be honest here) my common sense filters can sometimes go through the proper scooper.

I realise though that this may have hit a sore spot with you though but as I say, I honestly don't believe he meant to take the piss out fo your condition but more being a Richmond supporter !
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Yeah this. Humour is a coping mechanism. The humour was footy based not mental health based. If we're going to be touchy people could be touchy at the act of calling them loopy pills. I am sure a decent cross section of people on medication pills would get genuinely upset at saying their meds are 'loopy pills'.
 
AvantGardener said:
Yeah this. Humour is a coping mechanism. The humour was footy based not mental health based. If we're going to be touchy people could be touchy at the act of calling them loopy pills. I am sure a decent cross section of people on medication pills would get genuinely upset at saying their meds are 'loopy pills'.
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Yeah, I thought you were equating mental health to footy teams so I fd up.

That's the problem with text based forums, the body language part is missing.
I'm sorry man.
 

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