Asperger's Syndrome

[Urjak]

Then we have drugs.....  And yeah anyone who smoke a joint knows that feel good drugs work.  It doesn't mean being intoxicated is the state of a normal mind.

EDIT: Damn computer messes up my text.

Comparing recreational drugs to psychiatric drugs isn't all that fair.

Look at it this way, there are some people who can't stop crying and think about how worthless they are in their bed, I can see why those people needed Prozac.  Even then functionality should not be equated with normality, as normality implies some kind of objective state of values/beliefs that everyone must strive for.

The moment we stop trying to "normalize" people and recognize that psychiatric drugs are used for "functional" purposes, the line between recreational and psychiatric drugs becomes meaningless.  Drugs should be judged based on their effects.

With the bad press aside, marijuana works wonders as an anti depressant/anti anxiety/pain relief.

Some psychiatric drugs are crap, I definitely agree with you there. However, drugs that are used to treat ADD or Tourettes have effects on the body that are different than recreational drugs. These drugs improves people's standards of living by making their disorders more manageable. There is a distinction that can be drawn between psychiatric drugs and recreational drugs.

[System32]

Jesus christ, do you even read your own posts urjak?
 
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[Avalanche]

Wasn't it said somewhere that LRA2 had this? *censored for younger viewers*

Indeed that is correct! And at my age its not going well with this forum.
It results in the spam since its enough to fill...I dont know,A XBOX 360 with PROFESSIONALITY?
*thats about enough to fill 36*0*sainsbury  stores.*

[Little lost bot]

Then we have drugs.....  And yeah anyone who smoke a joint knows that feel good drugs work.  It doesn't mean being intoxicated is the state of a normal mind.

EDIT: Damn computer messes up my text.

Comparing recreational drugs to psychiatric drugs isn't all that fair.

Look at it this way, there are some people who can't stop crying and think about how worthless they are in their bed, I can see why those people needed Prozac.  Even then functionality should not be equated with normality, as normality implies some kind of objective state of values/beliefs that everyone must strive for.

The moment we stop trying to "normalize" people and recognize that psychiatric drugs are used for "functional" purposes, the line between recreational and psychiatric drugs becomes meaningless.  Drugs should be judged based on their effects.

With the bad press aside, marijuana works wonders as an anti depressant/anti anxiety/pain relief.

Some psychiatric drugs are crap, I definitely agree with you there. However, drugs that are used to treat ADD or Tourettes have effects on the body that are different than recreational drugs. These drugs improves people's standards of living by making their disorders more manageable. There is a distinction that can be drawn between psychiatric drugs and recreational drugs.

Thats two people that have this too. Yay I'm not the only one.

[123savethewhales]

Some psychiatric drugs are crap, I definitely agree with you there. However, drugs that are used to treat ADD or Tourettes have effects on the body that are different than recreational drugs. These drugs improves people's standards of living by making their disorders more manageable. There is a distinction that can be drawn between psychiatric drugs and recreational drugs.

Naturally, different drugs has different effects.

In regard to ADHD and Ritalin, the thing is Ritalin can improve academic performance of many people, with or without ADHD.  I know some people in college buys them at 20 dollars a piece "out of the book", and use them the day before an exam/paper due.  Why should ADHD patience be the only ones to have access to them, if raising people's standard of living is the concern?

123's intellectual rants (not that's it's a bad thing) slightly reminds me of madiaba :P

Anyways,   drugs in general can be considered as bad because they are mostly   shackles (Yes, I'm talking of alcohol as well, even if I drink some).   Unless you can't control yourself without special drugs of course, but   then it's a "necessary evil" and needs to be fixed.

Besides drugs, people are shackles to many recreational things, such as television or gaming.

[Urjak]

Jesus christ, do you even read your own posts urjak?
 

It is my browsers doing. Everything looks fine until it is posted, and then some issue in formatting surfaces. I have tried to fix it, but more issues just appear.

[Naryar]

There's quite a lot of formatting fail these days on the forums...

Carroll Cole: "He's perfectly sane folks! move along!"

At least the guy has a freudian excuse. Stupid mother.

Besides drugs, people are shackles to many recreational things, such as television or gaming.

*looks at both of us*

Fair enough :P

[Clickbeetle]

I've been diagnosed with Asperger's, so was goose I believe (or something similar).  I credit Asperger's with how I've been able to continue playing the same mediocre PC game for 7 years and not get bored. 




But really, if you look closely enough, you can find something "wrong" with ANYONE and slap some kind of a label on them.  There's no such thing as a normal person.

[Enigm@]

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

[J24]

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

No... That's just Insanity

[somestrangeguy]

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

No... That's just Insanity

And yet you just labeled him insane.

[J24]

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

No... That's just Insanity

And yet you just labeled him insane.

Touche

[NFX]

But really, if you look closely enough, you can find something "wrong" with ANYONE and slap some kind of a label on them. There's no such thing as a normal person.

QFT.
 
There's either an average, or the majority, but "normal" is just a man-made concept, it doesn't exist at all. And from the people I've come across, the more that people strive for this nonexistant normality, the more ignorant they seem to become of people who do things differently. And if more people try to be "normal", then they become even more ignorant, and even more convinced that they're "correct". The problem is that this applies to more or less everything in society. Maybe that's why I hate it so much.

[Naryar]

Click makes a valid point.

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

You can be labeled Chaotic Evil for that, and yes, wrong indeed. Or stupid. Your choice.

[123savethewhales]

Can I be labeled wrong for hearing voices in my head? They're telling me to kill and drink the blood of my cat...

You are wrong.

There I just label you so you know it can be done.

[Hydro]

What if I enjoy slicing my hand open? I'm getting good at not drawing any blood when I do it...

[Naryar]

What if I enjoy slicing my hand open? I'm getting good at not drawing any blood when I do it...

How can a person believing he is destined for greatness can cut itself this ?

Or you are joking. I hope you are. :P

[Hydro]

What if I enjoy slicing my hand open? I'm getting good at not drawing any blood when I do it...

How can a person believing he is destined for greatness can cut itself this ?

Because that's how awesome I am >:D

[Naryar]

"Cutting yourself" does not gets well with "awesome", i think.

Magnificent Bastards doesn't cut themselves !

[Hydro]

What? It doesn't even hurt!