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Ak47 · 07-19-2007, 06:36 AM

I think i fit the description of a "sad, depressed, negative" type person, unfortunately. Though, i think "low status" is a negative label itself. Giving someone who's negative and depressed a negative label is a little less than pro-active if you ask me.

Here's how your points correlate to me if you're interested.

1. Yeah, i get jealous, and yes i hate wanting things that i do not have. However, i truely do not ask for all that much generally. Yes, i do believe the world is a scary and dangerous place to live. I'd imagine (as i'm sure you'll see as an excuse) that childhood locale has a lot to do with this. I think if as a kid you'd been attacked by small groups of people you didn't even know while you were alone as a kid, you'd be a little less trusting of the general safety around you. Here's a twist for you- if none of those kids ever bothered me. Perhaps if the one guy didn't have a baseball bat..., they'd be the "low status" people because they wouldn't have been able to kick the snot out of someone to feel better about themselves and become a "high status person."

2. I don't think this is so true of me. I can usually cope with problems VERY well in the moment; even very serious ones. However, it's only a matter of time before everything comes around and kicks me in the butt with depression and anxiety because my angery/frustration only builds up inside me because i happen to be... not that incline to present or share my emotional feelings.

3. Hit the nail on the head. Except maybe the mental issue aspect. According to the MMPI i tested completely within normal range of every mental category except slightly high in the field of aggression. I usually presume it's my overwhelming amount of sanity that makes me seem so strange to other people; people who have mental problems.

4. Not sure how to approach this one, but i'm not sure it's like me. Yeah, i'd buy a drink for a woman, not because i'd expect some outstanding result though; only because it's trudition to some extent. I do think a lot about myself/things related to me- mainly trying to figure how to mend problems. As for a price of my time- i only have the alotted amount, and it's worth more than most anyone could pay for it.

I think i do fit the label, but not so much the description because i'm coming from the other end. I'm negative because i'm a deep thinker, not a shallow one, which to me is a big difference. Also, i do have moral- which it seems the person you describe wouldn't have all that much.

If you want to meet anyone like this though, probably 5/10 drug abusers (*HEAVY* marijuana abuse or other substances) would fit the description very well (from personal experience). They can't rely on themselves or anything else for relief from their downward spiral of what seems to them to be misfortune and badluck- not realizing that only they can change it. Not a mind flattening gas, pill or powder.

07-19-2007, 06:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ak47 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 142	I think i fit the description of a "sad, depressed, negative" type person, unfortunately. Though, i think "low status" is a negative label itself. Giving someone who's negative and depressed a negative label is a little less than pro-active if you ask me. Here's how your points correlate to me if you're interested. 1. Yeah, i get jealous, and yes i hate wanting things that i do not have. However, i truely do not ask for all that much generally. Yes, i do believe the world is a scary and dangerous place to live. I'd imagine (as i'm sure you'll see as an excuse) that childhood locale has a lot to do with this. I think if as a kid you'd been attacked by small groups of people you didn't even know while you were alone as a kid, you'd be a little less trusting of the general safety around you. Here's a twist for you- if none of those kids ever bothered me. Perhaps if the one guy didn't have a baseball bat..., they'd be the "low status" people because they wouldn't have been able to kick the snot out of someone to feel better about themselves and become a "high status person." 2. I don't think this is so true of me. I can usually cope with problems VERY well in the moment; even very serious ones. However, it's only a matter of time before everything comes around and kicks me in the butt with depression and anxiety because my angery/frustration only builds up inside me because i happen to be... not that incline to present or share my emotional feelings. 3. Hit the nail on the head. Except maybe the mental issue aspect. According to the MMPI i tested completely within normal range of every mental category except slightly high in the field of aggression. I usually presume it's my overwhelming amount of sanity that makes me seem so strange to other people; people who have mental problems. 4. Not sure how to approach this one, but i'm not sure it's like me. Yeah, i'd buy a drink for a woman, not because i'd expect some outstanding result though; only because it's trudition to some extent. I do think a lot about myself/things related to me- mainly trying to figure how to mend problems. As for a price of my time- i only have the alotted amount, and it's worth more than most anyone could pay for it. I think i do fit the label, but not so much the description because i'm coming from the other end. I'm negative because i'm a deep thinker, not a shallow one, which to me is a big difference. Also, i do have moral- which it seems the person you describe wouldn't have all that much. If you want to meet anyone like this though, probably 5/10 drug abusers (HEAVY marijuana abuse or other substances) would fit the description very well (from personal experience). They can't rely on themselves or anything else for relief from their downward spiral of what seems to them to be misfortune and badluck- not realizing that only they can change it. Not a mind flattening gas, pill or powder.