Post by WastedSpace on Jun 5, 2017 17:03:55 GMT -5
Hello, my name is Charlie! I am a young adult female who looks more like a preteen, living with my boyfriend/husband in a trailer towed between Illinois and Missouri by a pickup truck. I haven't been formally diagnosed with any mental disorder, since I don't associate with modern mainstream medical doctors, but I do fit the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, Asperger syndrome, bipolar disorder, and narcissistic personality. Like you stated in your automated welcome message, I've made it an obsession to overcome mental dis-ease without medication. At least not man-made medication.
When I was a small child, I would run off into the woods with a college textbook instead of playing with the other kids. Apparently I told one girl's mother that her child couldn't have an "intelligent conversation" when I was 6. From a very young age, I developed a passion for anthropology, biology, ecology, geology, psychology, and theology. My daydreams revolved around being consciously dissected, or shrunk down to explore anatomy from a microscopic perspective. Disturbing for a 6 year old, right?
I've always been acutely aware of how abnormal I am. Somewhere between 4 and 6 years old, I started pretend-drugging/poisoning people while playing make-believe. And I did already know exactly what a lot of drugs did. Early in life, I developed both an obsession and contempt for the power of chemistry. Thank goodness I found more positive outlets for my passions and skills. By middle school, I had taken a more specific interest in biochemistry, bushcraft, ethnobotany, herbalism, medicine, and physiology. Although my hands are tied legally-speaking by my refusal to attend medical school.
Admin, it seems that you and I have fairly similar ideas. I recently created a new forum for mental patients, drug addicts, and anyone different. So everyone is welcome. My "mental help" approach is from a natural health and wilderness survival perspective though, teaching self-discipline, self-sufficiency, ecological sustainability, and proper nutrition for body, mind, and spirit. So far, I seem to have more posts than you, but no members. You now have one more: me!
When I was a small child, I would run off into the woods with a college textbook instead of playing with the other kids. Apparently I told one girl's mother that her child couldn't have an "intelligent conversation" when I was 6. From a very young age, I developed a passion for anthropology, biology, ecology, geology, psychology, and theology. My daydreams revolved around being consciously dissected, or shrunk down to explore anatomy from a microscopic perspective. Disturbing for a 6 year old, right?
I've always been acutely aware of how abnormal I am. Somewhere between 4 and 6 years old, I started pretend-drugging/poisoning people while playing make-believe. And I did already know exactly what a lot of drugs did. Early in life, I developed both an obsession and contempt for the power of chemistry. Thank goodness I found more positive outlets for my passions and skills. By middle school, I had taken a more specific interest in biochemistry, bushcraft, ethnobotany, herbalism, medicine, and physiology. Although my hands are tied legally-speaking by my refusal to attend medical school.
Admin, it seems that you and I have fairly similar ideas. I recently created a new forum for mental patients, drug addicts, and anyone different. So everyone is welcome. My "mental help" approach is from a natural health and wilderness survival perspective though, teaching self-discipline, self-sufficiency, ecological sustainability, and proper nutrition for body, mind, and spirit. So far, I seem to have more posts than you, but no members. You now have one more: me!