[Icare dixit]

Do you think taking things too seriously negatively affects your mood? If so, what do you do to prevent it.

I try not to care too much about personal banter, as I hope it's not meant to hurt. But if it's about anything that can be considered a symptom, I don't always find it easy. It can really drag you down eventually if it's done persistently.

In my case, I know I "talk rubbish" sometimes. I know I write a lot, just in the hope it can be better understood, but I don't do it deliberately. I do my best to add something that could be valuable to others. I am very much used to it being made fun of, but I am not without feeling or emotions.

For others, it might be being seen as lazy or whining or not trying hard enough (such things influence my mood as well, of course, but people that know it can be very hurtful at least don't presume people like them intentionally or carelessly are "lazy" or "not trying hard enough", generally).

[Icare dixit]

For me personally, please consider that I have schizomania (SZA/BP), not just BP, and I have difficulty communicating ideas, forgetting words and phrasing and using them more loosely than most. I try to counteract that.

I use some banter and maybe loose associations jokingly which aren't always easy to follow. Don't presume malevolence.

[gina_re]

Seriously???

Sometimes I don't take serious things seriously. Sometimes I take inconsequential issues too seriously. I can be easy going, or uptight. Maybe it's mood dependant. Not sure.

[venusss]

This is so offensive. I am so offended I will hysterically sob in corner of my rotunda and then make post on TUMBLR with all kinds of various tags on it and some dramatic picture added to it.

[Icare dixit]

Originally Posted by venusss

This is so offensive. I am so offended I will hysterically sob in corner of my rotunda and then make post on TUMBLR with all kinds of various tags on it and some dramatic picture added to it.

I am soooo sorry, you cute, tender soul! I'll refrain from all posting here and be sweet as pie now.

You wish!

Know you're awesome.

Funny: awesome sauce!

[Icare dixit]

Seriously, seriously, I think not trying hard to put things in (maybe a somewhat self-transcending) perspective always, training yourself to do that, may really make your depressions so much more severe.

It's something I needed to learn (amongst other things) to escape my first, severe, long, hebephrenic-like depression. I mean, nobody should take me too seriously or they'll probably get some existential crisis, since my worldview just seems to clash with common sense (it doesn't really, much, just the deepest foundations).

[gina_re]

Do you journal? That helps me with all the thoughts swimming around my head.

I take things all too seriously and it feeds my irritation or aggitation.

[Icare dixit]

Originally Posted by gina_re

Do you journal? That helps me with all the thoughts swimming around my head.

Good question. If I just write stuff "for myself" it's sometimes impossible to decipher by me even. Writing is always a bit difficult, because there is so much less feedback, but if I try very hard I hope people will understand and I get at least some feedback. I am doing better when talking face-to-face, but people really need to be assertive enough to interrupt me and have strong beliefs themselves and be honest.

There is always just a slight dissociation between what I mean and the words to express it, like there is some perspective where the words are further away than for most, while I have to hit a word with a bazooka rather than a gun, and the words a always moving a bit, moving targets. But it could be far worse, but it can be almost alienating for some.

Luckily nowadays pretty much all my friends do that. They might think my ideas are crazy, but they do take it seriously. Not too much, though, luckily: it's certainly not always warranted.

So I feel blessed. But my writing needs work. Please bare with me. I don't really mind people saying they don't get it, jokingly or otherwise, as long as they have put in at least some effort to understand. If you ignore it, which I can understand, I'd rather you didn't tell me what I already know.

[Icare dixit]

The thoughts are like piranhas sensing blood: it gets crowded only when I try to express some ideas or points of view.

[Icare dixit]

Related, since it's a great example of someone who takes oneself far too seriously: why is pirilin so quiet? Not reprimanded for posting thousands posts a day, I hope (I'd think not).

I can't take things too seriously alone, you know.

[Septembersrain]

I'm a very serious person. I tend to take everything to heart. I'm very tough on myself mentally.

I also tend to miss certain jokes and get frustrated. My sense of humor is dry.

Only time I really loosen up is when I drink. Unfortunately I'm on heart medication and mixing alcohol could kill me. So I haven't been much fun lately.

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[wiretwister]

due to the kind of work I do I must take myself very seriously , maybe too much so , but since property and even people could be at risk if I screw up .... I have too ... this is most of the stress I live with and I am trying hard to overcome it ... you would think after working for so long I would be used to it ... and I am less serious than I used to be ... but no matter how much I might try it never goes away completely ... it is probabily why in my personal life I take my mistakes way to seriously ... I think as I age I find it no longer possible to be so serious and because of that I want to just get away and leave it all behind ... this was why years ago I sought help and wound up ip ... I wish I had these meds twenty years ago ... Tigger

[pirilin]

Count on me for anything serious.

i'm so bad at taking things too seriously (and sometimes really over react)

general rule of thumb is, if you're talking about a situation- never mention me

i'll only take offence