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Can't think of a movie that fits that description, but it reminds me of an X-files episode where some guy (called Coombs or something like that), would kill people for specific organs, so that he could hibernate for another century or so... The guy is called Eugene Victor Tooms. And he needed to eat 5 livers every thirty years to hibernate. :wink: X-files, truly a great series! :D

:lol: Awesome!

I don't have much to say at the moment, but: Young people can't wait till they're older, old people always wish they were younger. :wink: Now this isn't entirely true of course, since most adults don't continuously wish they were young again. But still, children and teenagers always want to be older, so they aren't restricted in their actions anymore. Most of the time, a person doesn't realise how great childhood was untill it is long gone.

Any one can carry that risk True. It's just that the risk is higher for people who engage in unprotected anal sex and as far as I know homosexual men do this more often than heterosexual men. (I do not base this on any sources, just on my feeling)

What is up with people stating things that are incorrect as facts? :-s Simply not true... Quoted from http://www.avert.org/testing.htm Quoted from http://www.aids.org/info/how-long-test-hiv.html Please do some research before you post...

The school had every right... Here's a piece of my earlier post. And here another important part: I don't know about the "other extracurricular activities", but I feel they were right to suspend the athletes who had been drinking, it's their own fault.

I agree. But.... :P If we assume that people don't use condoms (I know, a lot of people do use condoms, but most sexual diseases are transmitted because of unprotected sex as far as I know), then this isn't so unreasonable, simply because you have a way higher chance of contracting hiv as a homo-sexual man because of anal sex.

Difficult topic... After thinking it over for a while, I agree with not allowing homo-sexual men to donate blood. I have nothing against homo-sexuals, but they do carry a risk with them. If it were about a more simple disease then hiv, I would be inclined to allow them to donate blood, but it's difficult with hiv. First of all, just about anyone knows that homo-sexual men have increased risk of contracting hiv. If it could be easily screened for, there would be no problem. But the thing to remember is, hiv has a window period. This means that for a certain period, one is already infected with hiv, but it is not yet detectable. This is what makes this issue so difficult for me. Ultimately I have to be against the homo-sexuals on this one. I am against discrimination, but this is for the greater good. (imho)

Almost true. In your example humans would have 2ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâý fingers on each hand, so 5 fingers in total. :wink: Here's some examples, the first you will (or not) recognize as binary. [hide]2 fingers in total (not per hand): 0 = 0 1 = 1 10 = 2 11 = 3 100 = 4 101 = 5 110 = 6 111 = 7 1001 = 8 etc 3 fingers in total (not per hand): 0 = 0 1 = 1 2 = 2 10 = 3 11 = 4 12 = 5 20 = 6 21 = 7 22 = 8 etc 4 fingers in total (not per hand): 0 = 0 1 = 1 2 = 2 3 = 3 10 = 4 11 = 5 12 = 6 13 = 7 20 = 8 etc[/hide] Now I hope I didn't make a mistake. :P

Exactly the same for me... I don't mind small rooms or anything, but if I can't stretch my arms or something like that I panic. When I was young my brother and I always messed around. But sometimes that was in bed (no dirty thoughts!) and he'd trap me under my blanket and I would totally freak because (I don't have any better explanation then the one I thought of as a kid) it felt like my arms couldn't breath. I know that sounds really weird, but it really felt like that. Besides that I'm afraid of heights and spiders. I guess I'm a pretty frightful guy. [hide=Barihawk] Try to imagine what it would be like. You can't. Ergo, it's incomprehensible. Just because I can't "feel" nothingness, just because I can't shut down my mind at will, that doesn't mean it's impossible for me to comprehend the concept :| . Try to comprehend nothingness for eternity. It's hard for me to describe, and that's the point. Imagine being concious after death in nothingness for eternity. It's like being buried alive, but worse. There's your fear.[/hide] Hmmm, if that's what death is like I wouldn't mind it at all, I would almost welcome it, since I know what being concious in nothingness is like (or close to it, seeing as what I experienced wasn't exactly nothingness :wink: ). I'm currently on a pill called efexor xr (Venlafaxine), which has produced some extremely strange side effects. I doubt I'm even allowed to talk about some of the side effects (effects of sexual nature for example), but I'm sure this one is ok. I normally take this pill at 17:00, just once every day. A couple of weeks ago, I forgot to take it and woke up in the middle of the night with a massive head-ache. Later on I realised I had forgotten my pill and took it, which was somewhere around 6:00. Then when it was 17:00 I took the pill for that day as well.... Five minutes after I had taken the second pill I started to feel a tingling throughout my whole body (most strongly in my fingers) just like when I'm stoned... (note that I haven't had a joint in over a year) I started to get dizzy too, but both effects passed away after some minutes. Then I went to the bathroom and while I sat there thinking about something, (can't remember what) I experienced the strangest thing, which is extremely hard for me to describe. It felt like my entire body shut down, including my brain. There were no thoughts, really just nothing. Then after probably half a second (It felt really long, but I don't think it lasted more then a second) my brain went online again and I didn't know who I was, what I was, were I was, what I was doing, and I asked myself these questions (this experience also lasted probably no more then a second, though my thoughts and question raced through my head at incredible speed). Then after a second I was back to normal, sat thinking about it for a while, wiped my arse and went on with my daily business. Anyway, the point of this whole story is my feelings during the "shutdown". Though it might sound strange, I have never in my entire life felt so peaceful as when my brain "shut down". It felt truly like the perfect kind of existance...

I agreed with this, untill I read the article... Here's a quote from the article at startribune: And here another important part: I don't know about the "other extracurricular activities", but I feel they were right to suspend the athletes who had been drinking, it's their own fault.

<-------- :( You and you're partner's chances weren't good, but that would mean there would at least still be a chance, no? :pray:

I'm all for it. If I had my way in the world, you would need a parenting license to be allowed to have a baby. :wink:

Hmmm... I can't really give you much advice, but I can tell you that going into therapy might help a lot. I used to have very negative feelings towards therapy, but decided to try it anyway. I'm now undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy and it's helping me out a lot. Just talking to someone about my problems helps a lot and starting with therapy has opened my eyes to the reason for a lot of my problems. I'm still depressed, but I can tell you that going into therapy helps a lot. I used to have the same feelings as you towards psychiatrists. Luckily I'm now over it. What you have to realise is, that what you said is true. They do have an agenda, thought it isn't secret. What they want is to help you. They do analyze everything you say, they have to, how else are they going to help you? :wink: I am very lucky with the doctor helping me out, she is a very nice person and I feel really comfortable around her, which helps me with being open about my problems. You should (just like you are doing through your post) try to find out if everything you say stays in that room. If so, be honest about everything! Being honest helps, because obviously the diagnosis has to be accurate. Besides that, you will eventually feel way more comfortable with the doctor once you told everything, been totally honest. Sadly I can't give any advice regarding clinics and such, because I'm dutch. Therapy is refunded by insurance... Good luck with your problems. If you ever need someone to talk to, just pm me. (I don't mind if you send really longs pm's) And try to find some help. Trying to solve your problems by yourself is nice and all, but there is no shame in asking someone for a helping hand. :wink: Ps. I read the whole post.