Christmas Carols For the Psychiatrically Challenged

Schizophrenia ………………….. Do I Hear What I Hear?

Multiple Personality Disorder ….. We Three Queens Disoriented Are

Dementia ……………………….. I Think I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Narcissistic ……………………… Hark The Herald Angels Sing About Me

Manic ………………………… Deck The Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and ….

Paranoid ……………………… Santa Claus Is Coming To Get Me

Borderline Personality Disorder …..You Better Watch Out, I’m Gonna Cry, I’m Gonna Pout, Maybe I’ll Tell You Why

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ….. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells



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:santa:

Hee!

:lol: We need to think of some more!

Multiple Personality Disorder ….. We Three Queens Disoriented Are

LMAO!

I remember a spoof carol I heard a few people sing over the years

We Three Kings of Leceister Square,
Selling knickers for £2 a pair,
They're fantastic, pure elastic
Buy your granny a pair

I heard someone else sing a bit of a song, it started;

We three kings of orient ark,
2 in a Taxi and Three in a car

Originally posted by Ags2000
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ….. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

:rolleyes: I do number and repeat things but not like that, it's mostly just with an action. I know this is supposed to be a funny post but I just can't find the humor in mocking these disorders. It's like making fun of someone for being blind/deaf, ********, etc. Problems like that aren't funny.

Originally posted by Ags2000
Manic ………………………… Deck The Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Busses and Trucks and Trees and Fire Hydrants and ….

Borderline Personality Disorder …..You Better Watch Out, I’m Gonna Cry, I’m Gonna Pout, Maybe I’ll Tell You Why



LOL, those are good. The latter just about says it lately :lol:

I'm sorry,but I don't think it's funny to make jokes,about those who have serious problems.Mental illnesses are just as true problems,as those who have physical illnesses.JMO.

I hope you'll never fall victim to any of these disorders. There's nothing funny about any of them.

What's the grand finale? "Christmas Carols For People In Wheelchairs?"

Me and my counselor think i might have OCD and schizophenia because i have the symptoms, thanks! :rolleyes:

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
Me and my counselor think i might have OCD and schizophenia because i have the symptoms, thanks! :rolleyes:

What OCD symptoms do you have if you don't mind me asking? I just get interested whenever someone mentions OCD because I suffer from it.

Originally posted by Kristina
What OCD symptoms do you have if you don't mind me asking? I just get interested whenever someone mentions OCD because I suffer from it.

I'm not Sarah but I'm answering lol... I dunno if I have it or not, I really should talk to my shrink about it. Whenever I like, brush my hair or something, I need to do it to the other side too. Or if I itch my arm, I have to itch the other too... like everything has to be equal. Then there's the whole brushing the teeth part.. I'll brush my teeth until my gums bleed, even know I know they're clean, but it's like I just keep brushing, and brushing, and brushing...

Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
I'm not Sarah but I'm answering lol... I dunno if I have it or not, I really should talk to my shrink about it. Whenever I like, brush my hair or something, I need to do it to the other side too. Or if I itch my arm, I have to itch the other too... like everything has to be equal. Then there's the whole brushing the teeth part.. I'll brush my teeth until my gums bleed, even know I know they're clean, but it's like I just keep brushing, and brushing, and brushing...

Holy ****...I used to do that. I think I do have that a little bit. I mean, I always did that kind of stuff. I swear to God, everytime I shut off the light in the bathroom, I have to check to make sure no towels or anything are on the heater, make sure nothings in the plug, and if I don't look long enough I make myself do it again. I also have a problem with turning off the light switch, I do it about 5-10 freaking times. That's not all, either. It seriously drives you crazy. I've been doing stuff like that for I don't know how long, and sometimes I even get caught doing it but I've never really said anything...I thought it would just go away. Sometimes I force myself not to do that stuff, but it's so hard :(

Originally posted by Kristina
What OCD symptoms do you have if you don't mind me asking? I just get interested whenever someone mentions OCD because I suffer from it.
Mainly because i have body spasms and i cant make it stop.. i always feel the need to roll my eyes, nod, squint, make weird noises etc and ive been like that for years. when i was 8 i always felt the need for my eyes to look to the side really fast and it got so bad i started to not even notice i was doing it. and i always have to make i even, like if i roll my eyes one way i have to do it the other way. same with touching... if i touch something with one hand i have to touch it with the other hand. when i use the mouse for my computer, i have to click with both my index and middle finger or else it bothers me. i also have all these weird thoughts, like if im reading a billboard and stop reading it in mid-sentence i'll be like "if i dont finish reading it, i'll be wondering what it said for the rest of my life and i'll never know" or if im writing something down and i put a period i'll think it's not round enough or something and try to get it perfectly round. its annoying. ohno:

Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
I'm not Sarah but I'm answering lol... I dunno if I have it or not, I really should talk to my shrink about it. Whenever I like, brush my hair or something, I need to do it to the other side too. Or if I itch my arm, I have to itch the other too... like everything has to be equal. Then there's the whole brushing the teeth part.. I'll brush my teeth until my gums bleed, even know I know they're clean, but it's like I just keep brushing, and brushing, and brushing...

Yes, I think you have the same thing as me except I'm probably worse off because I've had it for many years. Things have to be balanced and even for me, when somebody touches an end of a table or something I have to touch the other until it feels right. I've been diagnosed with it for almost seven years now, I've been on and off medications. I don't want to take medicine, I suppose I'll put up with it until I have the courage to kill myself. Or is that a weakness I need to get? Haha.

Also when someone coughs or does anything near my right side, even talks... it feels so uncomfortable and uneven. It drives me out of my mind until I can even myself out, by hitting my ear (haha, sounds crazy) and plugging my other one and start coughing so only my left can hear it and it'll be even. My left side is evenness for me. Really complicated sounding but yes, I'm a lunatic. It started off fairly mild when I was younger and it just keeps worsening. I'm also afraid of touching steel with my hands because I'm afraid I'll get shocked, I don't like when people point their finger because it makes me really uncomfortable, I get really bad thoughts in my head that I try to block out and can't, and then I also tell myself if I don't do something a certain amount of times something bad will happen to me. For example I had to clean my room yesterday in fear I might get cancer if I didn't, reaaaally strange sounding and it is... but whatever.

Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
I'm not Sarah but I'm answering lol... I dunno if I have it or not, I really should talk to my shrink about it. Whenever I like, brush my hair or something, I need to do it to the other side too. Or if I itch my arm, I have to itch the other too... like everything has to be equal. Then there's the whole brushing the teeth part.. I'll brush my teeth until my gums bleed, even know I know they're clean, but it's like I just keep brushing, and brushing, and brushing...
Whats funny is that ive always thought i was the only person like that until a few months ago when i read kristina talking about it, i was really surprised and relieved i wasnt the only one.

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
Mainly because i have body spasms and i cant make it stop.. i always feel the need to roll my eyes, nod, squint, make weird noises etc and ive been like that for years. when i was 8 i always felt the need for my eyes to look to the side really fast and it got so bad i started to not even notice i was doing it. and i always have to make i even, like if i roll my eyes one way i have to do it the other way. same with touching... if i touch something with one hand i have to touch it with the other hand. when i use the mouse for my computer, i have to click with both my index and middle finger or else it bothers me. i also have all these weird thoughts, like if im reading a billboard and stop reading it in mid-sentence i'll be like "if i dont finish reading it, i'll be wondering what it said for the rest of my life and i'll never know" or if im writing something down and i put a period i'll think it's not round enough or something and try to get it perfectly round. its annoying. ohno:

The same things happen to me when it comes to touching things. It's really scary... if I stratch in between two of my fingers, I have to do it with all of them. It literally feels like I'm getting cut or something if I don't. :o

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
Mainly because i have body spasms and i cant make it stop.. i always feel the need to roll my eyes, nod, squint, make weird noises etc and ive been like that for years. when i was 8 i always felt the need for my eyes to look to the side really fast and it got so bad i started to not even notice i was doing it. and i always have to make i even, like if i roll my eyes one way i have to do it the other way. same with touching... if i touch something with one hand i have to touch it with the other hand. when i use the mouse for my computer, i have to click with both my index and middle finger or else it bothers me. i also have all these weird thoughts, like if im reading a billboard and stop reading it in mid-sentence i'll be like "if i dont finish reading it, i'll be wondering what it said for the rest of my life and i'll never know" or if im writing something down and i put a period i'll think it's not round enough or something and try to get it perfectly round. its annoying. ohno:

It's nice to know I'm not the only person unevened by things and has to touch both ends of something. I have those type of thoughts all the time, too. I hate them because sometimes they are so horrible I can't believe I could even think of it, I have to take it back to myself a number of times until I believe it's gone and there's no curse or anything. Or if I don't do something I'll think that something awful will happen.

I hate OCD so much.

Originally posted by Kristina
I also tell myself if I don't do something a certain amount of times something bad will happen to me. For example I had to clean my room yesterday in fear I might get cancer if I didn't, reaaaally strange sounding and it is... but whatever.
Oh my god, i seriously thought i was the only one like that. i think the most ridiculous things like "if i dont sit cross legged, something bad will happen" or if im listening to a song i'll think "if i'm not in the kitchen by the time they sing the next line, something bad will happen" it's not as bad as it was a few years ago, but it still happens and i hate it.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
I also have a problem with turning off the light switch, I do it about 5-10 freaking times.

I do that, too. It drives me nuts. The neighbors probably wonder why the lights keep going on and off.

This other thing I do...it's weird, I always have to look at the lighter part of a corner or something when I'm just sitting there watching tv, and if something bad or scary or something comes on I have to like hold my breath and then look at that light spot and breath there. And I have this whole breathing problem where I have to cough every once in awhile to make it feel even I guess, and when I'm watching tv I CAN'T cough while looking at the people or even when I'm not watching tv. I have to look up at some ****ing corner. That won't last forever, though, it always changes. Once I get myself to stop doing one thing, something else starts.

Originally posted by Kristina
I get really bad thoughts in my head that I try to block out and can't, and then I also tell myself if I don't do something a certain amount of times something bad will happen to me. For example I had to clean my room yesterday in fear I might get cancer if I didn't, reaaaally strange sounding and it is... but whatever.

I do that. I tell myself if I don't do a certain thing, everyone I know is going to die, or I'm going to die, or something bad will happen.

Originally posted by Kristina
I don't like when people point their finger because it makes me really uncomfortable, I get really bad thoughts in my head that I try to block out and can't, and then I also tell myself if I don't do something a certain amount of times something bad will happen to me. For example I had to clean my room yesterday in fear I might get cancer if I didn't, reaaaally strange sounding and it is... but whatever.

I hate when a door closes. I just hate it. I feel like a ****ing psycho because everytime someone shuts a door, I'll start having a ****ing fit... and I'm kinda/sorta like that too. I'll tell myself that if I start crying about something (I cry about everything.. I'm really sensitive, but what do you expect.. I'm about as depressed as one can get) that I'll like, die tomorrow or something. It's almost like I scare myself out of doing something.

And i get really, REALLY irritated by some things people do that have no effect on me or anything. i mean like if they scratch their nails against something like cement or chalk... uggggh. i just get this uncomfortable feeling in my stomach until they scratch something soft. the same thing goes for when i scratch a chalkboard or something, but i can see why because its just me wanting to sooth my nerves, but i have no idea why it bothers me when other people do it.

Originally posted by HuntingtonM15
I do that, too. It drives me nuts. The neighbors probably wonder why the lights keep going on and off.

My sister and mom catch me doing it alot. Sometimes they're like, what the hell...but I've tried to make myself do it only twice. Like...I turn it off, turn it on for a minute so it'll just look like I forgot something, and then turn it off again.

Originally posted by *A TV People*
My sister and mom catch me doing it alot. Sometimes they're like, what the hell...but I've tried to make myself do it only twice. Like...I turn it off, turn it on for a minute so it'll just look like I forgot something, and then turn it off again.
Yeah, a few years ago my mom saw me constantly nodding my head back and she asked why and i said i just kept getting the urge to. at least she took it seriously until like my dad who just made fun of me when i told him about why i think i have OCD... he was just laughing and saying "so if you put one hand in a fire, you'll want to put in the other one to?" *******.

Originally posted by Kaffeine Kay
(I cry about everything.. I'm really sensitive, but what do you expect.. I'm about as depressed as one can get)
good lord i cry all the time. im too sensitive. ive been crying pretty much every day for the past month. ohno:

Originally posted by Kristina
:rolleyes: I do number and repeat things but not like that, it's mostly just with an action. I know this is supposed to be a funny post but I just can't find the humor in mocking these disorders. It's like making fun of someone for being blind/deaf, ********, etc. Problems like that aren't funny.

Don't you make fun of fat people, consider them gross to look at, and blame McDonalds as the root of the problem? And that's not offensive?

Originally posted by YearbookLoser
Don't you make fun of fat people, consider them gross to look at, and blame McDonalds as the root of the problem? And that's not offensive?

No, I do not make fun of fat people. I'd never say anything to offend anyone about their weight, so don't ****ing act like you know me. No, I do not blame McDonald's as their problem. I said I THINK OF IT, and all that other junk food people eat. Like pizza, and whatever. McDonald's isn't to blame, THEY are to blame. McDonald's doesn't shove the food down their throat.

Originally posted by vintagetvgirl
I'm sorry,but I don't think it's funny to make jokes,about those who have serious problems.Mental illnesses are just as true problems,as those who have physical illnesses.JMO.


Well, since I have a mental illness I don't see the harm in making the joke here. If you don't like the joke, that is your option. This is one way I'm dealing with my problems...with humor.


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Originally posted by Ags2000
Well, since I have a mental illness I don't see the harm in making the joke here. If you don't like the joke, that is your option. This is one way I'm dealing with my problems...with humor.


D What mental illness do you have, JOOC? You have a good point, it's like Cousin Geri on the Facts of Life, being funny in spite of (or because of) her CP.

It's kind of funny (in an ironic way of course) about humor. When we watch Wile E. Coyote blow himself up with tons of dynamite or fall thousands of feet into the canyon and go KaPloomph on the ground, we laugh at that. When we think about that in real life, it's not. I think in humor we suspend a little bit of our ability to think in "real life."

Sanity is the playground for the unimaginative.


:crazy: :happyface

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
What mental illness do you have, JOOC? You have a good point, it's like Cousin Geri on the Facts of Life, being funny in spite of (or because of) her CP.



It has only just been diagnosed in the past year or so. I'm still coming to grips with some of it, and my family is helping me. My sister is the one who sent me the email to cheer me up. I thought it was funny and posted it here. I never thought people would get up in arms over a funny joke,

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Originally posted by Ags2000
It has only just been diagnosed in the past year or so. I'm still coming to grips with some of it, and my family is helping me. My sister is the one who sent me the email to cheer me up. I thought it was funny and posted it here. I never thought people would get up in arms over a funny joke,

D :yeahthat :crybaby: :lol: I thought it was funny because it reminded me of a funny answering machine message I heard a few years ago that was a multiple choice message for the mentally ill ("If you're paranoid schizophrenic, press #1")--I'll have to try to remember what it said, but it was funny.

Manic Depression
Words and Music by Jimi Hendrix
Copyright © 1967, 1997 Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.

Manic Depression's touching my soul,
I know what I want,
but I just don't know how to go about getting it.

Feeling, sweet feeling
drops from my finger, fingers
Manic Depression's captured my soul.

Woman so willing the sweet cause in vain,
you make love,
you break love,
it's-a all the same when it's...
when it's over.

Music sweet music,
I wish I could caress, caress, caress.
Manic Depression's a frustrating mess.
Well, I think I'll go turn myself off an' go on down.

Really ain't no use me hanging around.
Oh, I gotta see you.

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
:yeahthat :crybaby: :lol: I thought it was funny because it reminded me of a funny answering machine message I heard a few years ago that was a multiple choice message for the mentally ill ("If you're paranoid schizophrenic, press #1")--I'll have to try to remember what it said, but it was funny.

I remember that one... :lol: It's funny. I had that on my machine in college.

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Originally posted by Ags2000
It has only just been diagnosed in the past year or so. I'm still coming to grips with some of it, and my family is helping me. My sister is the one who sent me the email to cheer me up. I thought it was funny and posted it here. I never thought people would get up in arms over a funny joke,

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It doesn't bother me...but I guess other people just have different opinions on that stuff. I do that humor thing, too, I make fun of my problems.

:lol:

Originally posted by Ags2000
Well, since I have a mental illness I don't see the harm in making the joke here. If you don't like the joke, that is your option. This is one way I'm dealing with my problems...with humor.


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i find mocking disorders pretty offensive. different than just not liking it.

Doesn't bother me at all, Ags. Sometimes you have to make light of a problem to help you get by. I thought it was funny. :wave:

How is repeating Jingle Bells a hundred times funny? You know some people really might do things like that, for example me. Well, not with jingles bells but I do repeat things a number of times. It's not funny, OCD makes me want to end my life. I don't find any joke about OCD funny, no matter what the case. Or any other disorder, lord knows I have a handful of them and it isn't any fun. Paranoia being another, "Santa Claus is coming to get me" how is that funny? I don't understand. I really do imagine someone is going to break in and kill me when I'm alone, I don't care what fairy tale person is made up in place of it. NOT FUNNY.

Originally posted by Kristina
How is repeating Jingle Bells a hundred times funny? You know some people really might do things like that, for example me. Well, not with jingles bells but I do repeat things a number of times. It's not funny, OCD makes me want to end my life. I don't find any joke about OCD funny, no matter what the case. Or any other disorder, lord knows I have a handful of them and it isn't any fun. Paranoia being another, "Santa Claus is coming to get me" how is that funny? I don't understand. I really do imagine someone is going to break in and kill me when I'm alone, I don't care what fairy tale person is made up in place of it. NOT FUNNY.
Exactly what im saying. some people might think making fun of disorders will help you (hell if i can figure out why you think that but whatever) but i thought it was pretty offensive.

Originally posted by sArAh123¼
Exactly what im saying. some people might think making fun of disorders will help you (hell if i can figure out why you think that but whatever) but i thought it was pretty offensive.

Well, if y'all are offended by it I'm sorry. However, you didn't have to read the thread. You can tell from the title of the thread "Christmas Carols For the Psychiatrically Challenged" that it will probably be a joke, so why read it?

Besides, ever heard that laughter is the best medicine?

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Is OCD that serious? I do some of the things mentioned- like when I'm reading something like an advert if I stop halfway I'm thinking 'I have to read the rest' and then go back to reading it. It's really bad- especially when scanning newspaper articles. If I stop reading something a few days later I sometimes go back looking for what I didn't read. I check all the doors are locked at least 3 times every night, and do some other things too. If I forget something i was about to say, days later i'll be wracking my brain still trying to think off it- stuff like that.

Originally posted by webuster
Is OCD that serious? I do some of the things mentioned- like when I'm reading something like an advert if I stop halfway I'm thinking 'I have to read the rest' and then go back to reading it. It's really bad- especially when scanning newspaper articles. If I stop reading something a few days later I sometimes go back looking for what I didn't read. I check all the doors are locked at least 3 times every night, and do some other things too. If I forget something i was about to say, days later i'll be wracking my brain still trying to think off it- stuff like that.


Yes, OCD and the other disorders can be very serious. There is a difference between what you describe and the disorder itself though. Most people will have little things like happen in their lives. With the disorders, it goes above and beyond and can get in the way of your way of living.



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