Unusual Things About Yourself

[Debater Slayer]

Don't experience it...or just suppress it?
(I assuming you're human, not a bot.)
You men....so in denial of feelings.

No, I don't experience anxiety at all and only experience anger very rarely and fleetingly—in the form of mild frustration outweighed by distress.

I don't try to suppress any of my emotions because I think doing so would only harm me in the long term.

 

[Aštra’el]

-My favorite color is black. It reminds me of the universe, storms, night, the primordial waters, the deep ocean, caves, Autumn, the imagination, the subconscious, dreams and nightmares, and the unknown.

-I do not allow myself to feel regret.

-I do not allow myself to feel shame.

-Discipline over emotion has become one of my defining characteristics.

-My default setting towards most people is indifference.

-I usually visualize when I listen to music. Scenes play out in my mind. Beautiful. Terrible. Serene. Dystopian. Inspiring. Triumphant. Apocalyptic. Spiritual.

-Storms excite me. Lightning, wind and rain speak to my soul.

-Some people see the desert, and think, “death”. I see the desert… and I feel it throughout my body- welcoming, and beckoning- and I think, “home”. The Sonoran. The Chihuahuan. The Mojave.

-I do not consider myself a “good” or a “bad” person.

-I do not perceive human behavior as “good” or “evil”, or “right” or “wrong”.

-My patron goddess exemplifies focused passion, wisdom, willpower, war, fitness and athletic prowess, strength/ speed/ stamina, combat, competition, discipline over emotion, equanimity, strategy and tactics, pragmatism, perseverance, and victory in battle.

 

[Quagmire]

Easy: my grandparents adopted me, which made me the brother of my mother. In other words, my own uncle. (My mom later adopted me back).

 

[JustGeorge]

I don't experience anxiety or anger; instead, they manifest as distress or depression. I have been in situations where others genuinely panicked and assumed I was relaxed because of my collected (but still distressed) reaction.

I suspect this has developed as a survival and coping mechanism over the years, for better or worse.

I understand. Though I might get temporary glimmers of normal emotions, they tend to fade very quickly.

I have two main emotions: I'm either content, or I'm tired.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I understand. Though I might get temporary glimmers of normal emotions, they tend to fade very quickly.

I have two main emotions: I'm either content, or I'm tired.

"Tired" sounds about right. No panic attacks or angry outbursts. Just numbness and exhaustion.

 

[VoidCat]

I have pokeweed on me grounds.
I thought it was poisonous to livestock.
Humans too, eh.

It is poisonous raw. You can cook the leaves into poke salad which I hear is delicious and not deadly if cooked right but it has to be done right or you die.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

-When I joined the forum, I made a few oddball threads and statements, and some of it could have been attributed to the fact that I kind of had to start some things over to some extent due to some medical problems, and was in that process at the time. It's unknown whether I'll make a 100% recovery, but I think I'm doing a whole lot better. Even if I make a 100% recovery, I know I'll still have to change some things about the way I was before, or else I risk repeating the cycle - in my opinion.

-One of the hardest places in my life, physically but not quite as much mentally, was standing HRT, seeing the effects on my body and the different ways it made me feel and experiencing my heightened emotions, all the while having to fight off two bad bronchitis/flu like illnesses. And all the while not having much of a support system in real life when it came to my actual transitioning.

-I once thought quite highly of the maturity of my spiritual walk, but was humbled by a few cool people I met who were further along than me in their understanding and grasp of the spiritual side, and it showed.

-Sometimes I'll critique people I think well of, if I've seen them try to push me to greater heights, and where I think I might be able to run the chance of doing the same for them. I realize this may be mistook for me having a very tough outer exterior, perhaps, too.

-I had education and a family life my early upbringing, but what I really felt I learned most was from video games - not learning games, like Sesame Street, but games with puzzles and RPG elements. If I said this didn't affect my values later in life, playing games so young, I might be wrong - as I now have a pretty deep interest in Japan, Japanese culture, etc. And may even share just a few ideas and thoughts that I've seen come out of Japan.

 

[Revoltingest]

It is poisonous raw. You can cook the leaves into poke salad which I hear is delicious and not deadly if cooked right but it has to be done right or you die.

Well, how could that possibly go wrong, eh.
Fugu & Pokeweed Surprise would be double trouble recipe.

 

[VoidCat]

Well, how could that possibly go wrong, eh.
Fugu & Pokeweed Surprise would be double trouble recipe.

I hear even when cooked right pokeweed tastes tingly. You know like how hot sauce burns your mouth? Well it aint like that but it makes your mouth tingly.

 

[Revoltingest]

I hear even when cooked right pokeweed tastes tingly. You know like how hot sauce burns your mouth? Well it aint like that but it makes your mouth tingly.

I hear that fugu does that too.
About Fugu & Pokeweed surprise....
A jingle: "They mingle to tingle!"