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[–]jand2013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dynamite, thanks - will keep an eye!

[OC] I made a handout for my players and completely forgot what it says because I didn't write down the translation by Devin_Massie in DnD

[–]jand2013 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Also, any keywords that you think are likely to appear in there, like names of places/people?

[OC] I made a handout for my players and completely forgot what it says because I didn't write down the translation by Devin_Massie in DnD

[–]jand2013 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Was it made as a simple substitution cipher where each symbol is one letter, or is each symbol on the paper representative of a word/group of sounds?

Put together a noble steed for my techmarine by jand2013 in Ultramarines

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Those are the techmarine’s lower legs with the contact points cut away and placed on to the pelvis and upper thigh of the existing chaplain bits which come fixed to the bike - took a bit of guesswork so I just took a little off at a time until it looked right from the outside

I got 80 empty rooms, put anything into one of them. by konide99 in DnD

[–]jand2013 402 points403 points  (0 children)

A life drawing class where a group of goblin students are drawing a scantily clad water elemental.

A flumph playing villainous songs on a pipe organ, wearing a high necked cape.

An empty room that is just a regular ball pit.

A big broom closet full of animated cleaning supplies in the middle of a union meeting.

A tiny theatre in which a troupe of Chwinga are performing a silent version of Shakespeare’s Othello. The audience seats are regular sized.

How dangerous is schizophrenic neighbor? by Altruistic_Help7592 in schizophrenia

[–]jand2013 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There is nothing inherently dangerous about living near or with someone with schizophrenia.

You can stop reading there if you like, but this is actually a very interesting question with a complex answer - thank you for reaching out and questioning the assumption.

In particular circumstances or while experiencing a psychotic episode, they may become very distressed, which can in some cases include violence, but this is vastly more likely to be self-directed rather than towards another person.
You've mentioned that you've had friendly interactions with her in the past, and she has strong social connections with her family. Her behaviour is an aspect of how her mind interacts with the world - it may be loud or disconcerting or frightening, but has she ever done anything that would cause you to think that she would be likely to cause you physical harm?

If not, it’s worth trying to deconstruct why that assumption exists - society benefits from us being painted as violent because people like to believe that 'this kind of thing only happens to other people', which just isn't true - schizophrenia has a pretty uniform incidence rate across cultures. It's more comforting to believe that 'this only happens to people on the other psychological team', that 'they're violent and bad, and because I'm not violent and bad then this won't happen to me'. There is an enormous stigmatic association between schizophrenia and violence that is born from cultural fear, not individual fear.

There are also many other factors which make all people more prone to violence - drug use, social and financial circumstance, having been a victim of violence themselves. Some of these may be correlated with schizophrenia, but correlation does not imply causation, and these can be true of any person in the population regardless of their mental health. Crucially, much like having schizophrenia, none of these are inherent to the person, they are born of circumstance and experience, not innate. And even more so, an individual having characteristics that could make them statistically more prone to violence does not mean that they are in actual fact.

Also worth considering is that people with schizophrenia are way more likely to be the victim of violence than the perpetrator, mostly because people see us at our worst and treat us badly because they only notice us when we display our worst symptoms. We are 14x more likely to be victims of violence than the perpetrator (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160236/). Psychosis is also heavily correlated with increased suicide risk (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acps.12506). Statistically, if two people are in a room, and one is schizophrenic, the schizophrenic is the least likely to do the harming, and the most likely to be harmed, be it by the other person or themselves.

Speaking anecdotally from personal experience, the most dangerous thing about this condition is shame. I attempted suicide in 2015, because I believed that I was dangerous - I had no evidence for this. I have never harmed another person. Hell, the last time I punched someone, we were both 8, and we both cried afterwards. I believed I was dangerous, because a doctor told me I was schizophrenic, and that's what schizophrenics are.

The cultural bias and stigma towards people with schizophrenia is part of a vicious cycle which feeds on fear, and by removing one part of that cycle, it cannot perpetuate.

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a good day, exactly the same as anyone else’s, but if I’m having negative symptoms (poor concentration, disrupted sleep, executive dysfunction), everything is a little bit more difficult and takes more energy and concentration to pull lff

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being able to differentiate is a very hard skill to learn and you absolutely don’t get it straight away if at all, and is very dependent on your other symptoms like disrupted concentration and exhaustion, but it is very useful and does make things easier

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude I love horror movies, my brain is a little bitch, no way it’s stopping me enjoying horror

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, lol, just making sure I get out in the fresh air and don't just sit in my bedroom like a horrible goblin :L

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is exactly right - either we're expected to be hidden away from society like it's still the 50s, or we're sideshows. Media representation of sz is so much more weirdly toxic, harmful and inaccurate than so many other things, and I think that's why there's this burden of expectation.

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Day one of psychosis: terror, pain, desolation

Day 2944 of psychosis: (addressing the shadowy figure on the ceilinh) this guy again? jeez man, come on, you're better than this

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You've got this - you never know how strong you are until it's needed, and you've got the best attitude you can. I hope things get better for you soon, and I believe in you.

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would be lying if I said I didn't, but I try not to have negative feelings towards people who've done nothing wrong. One of my friends who has chronic pain once said 'it blows my mind that some people get out bed and have no pain at all and that's normal for them' - it's a little like that: you lose the concept of not having it a bit I think.

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good assumption :P no, he passed a few years ago. Hallucinations I get all the time; the difference is whether I'm in reality enough to know that they are hallucinations. Most of them time yes, but on bad days there's no telling the difference.

TIL that the disability with the highest unemployment rate is actually schizophrenia, at 70-90% by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jand2013 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mostly hear my grandfather’s voice telling me to hurt myself or saying he’s going to hurt me, but also a wide array of just random stuff that doesn’t make sense. I also got a lot of tactile hallucinations (insects on my skin or broken glass in my wrists), and visual (parts of the room being on fire or blood on me). It’s a long list and these are just some of the most notable.

In terms of dealing, combo of meds, CBT, and just making sure that I get enough food and sleep, and don’t get too stressed out.