Posts by Islander
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You – as a human being- CANNOT predict irrational random responses from anything – let alone other human animals-
"tell your story to the whirlwind
make the firestorm your slave
and - as the tsunami rises-
call it to behave-" -
O! Glorious vegetal life! Swinging springing slinging it out there winging it singing it just brillantly being it -slung!
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Hard News: Cultures and violence, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Z and Australia only allow ownership of firearms for the purposes of hunting and sports. Self-defence is not a valid or legal reason.
When I first applied for a gun licence, the law required I had 2 witnesses (one a relation/one not) that I was a fit & proper person to own a gun. Had I ever had treatment for depression? (Nope.) Did I have a secure place to keep my gun/s?
Indeedy! A purpose- built beauty! And ammo? Ditto. Those questions were asked by a cop who came to my home- and I had to have the backup bits (signed witnessed statements, and the gun cabinet in situ.) And then the cop asked, "What would you do if you were attacked here?"
And I said, "See that wee hatchet on the chopping block there? I'd grab it and use it to defend myself as I know how."*
"And if the attacker had a gun?"
"Runaway duck gettoutahere-"
"And?"
"Throw whatever was handy-"As the cop said, when I picked up my gun-licence - "This is the only one where people attest & ascertain you are a fit & proper person to be in charge of a lethal weapon. Not like a driver's licence eh?"
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to David Hood,
Turret shells galore!
I look forward so much to getting back to my southern east coast beaches! -
Capture: The Castle, in reply to Lilith __,
Bless the walnut tree! Wonderful being to have in a garden - cheers Islander, who has rather a lot of walnut recipes & is happt to share 'em-
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Capture: Art On The Street, in reply to David Hood,
I love hoiho - but am a bit distressed at how that bird's eye-band is depicted (it is a slightly lighter yellow - but v. definitely yellow...seen hundreds of them on the family kaik' beach at Moeraki-)
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Hard News: This is Your TV on Drugs, in reply to greenlove33,
Im really sorry to hear that Islander, I think for people with severe depression if the correct drugs are prescribed and they work, that is a good thing. I am more concerned with the wave of Prozac etc being prescribed for people as an antidote for normal glumness.
Thanks Nick - and I thoroughly concur with your following comment.
Pain/sadness/disappointments/glumness are all part of being a human*, and most of us learn to cope with them in our different ways. But severe depression is another sort of beast altogether - I've been alongside people I love, and watched, hapless, as it hollowed them out into shells of themselves...I am very grateful that there are such meds as Venlafaxine/Effexor (for instance - whanau have been on several different ones) that gave me back people I very deeply care for-*As someone who was born & continues dysthymiac, I've found walking, the sea, music , good whisky & wine (and especially, reading and basic non-religious meditation) a sufficiency of resources
without any other drug-taking ( dysthymia isnt really treatable with drugs anyway - tho I wonder about the hormone oxytocin (which I dont produce...)) -
Hard News: This is Your TV on Drugs, in reply to greenlove33,
Even for the small percentage of people SSRIs work for there is a hellish ‘discontinuation syndrome’ or fiending withdrawal in laymans terms, something most GPs never seem to mention.
4 of my immediate family have necessarily* been on SSRIs for severe clinical depression - 2 still are.
In our experience
a)they work, and work well - once the right one is prescribed (this varies for each individual.)
b) GPs and hospital pyschiatrists have been excellent in detailing risks and possible discomforts, and ameliorating those that occurred.
c)talk-therapy turned out to be useless for all 4-
d) without SSRIs, I would no longer have a parent or 3 of my sibs (one did die, but from cancer 5 years ago.)*all had tried suicide or intended to : none of them could work or be happy in any way (normal for severe depression.)
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Capture: The Castle, in reply to Chris Waugh,
I always resist saying Awww - but your wee daughter stalwart in the snow....awww-
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
They don’t shit unless you scare them and I’ve been there done that. Its easier all round to let them have a wee snack and go on their merry way
Ditto!
I once had a pipiwharauroa/shining cuckoo roost in the top of the pole that holds up my roof (a seawashed/seabourne totara.) It didnt crap the entire night - and I felt so honoured by its presence (me & pipiwharauroa go back a loooong way.)
The blackbirds that hop in & out of my front (seaward)door never crap inside either-