Question:
I’m new to this NG so I have not followed the "controversy" you mentioned. Your ezine sounds very interesting…Something I’d probably like. Please email me with details and addresss. Dennis White
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is in reply to those people (on this support newsgroup and others) who either object to or do not "get" what I’m trying to do with my zine, anomaly. The website is just a small representation of the print zine, which is the main focus of my energies. I suffer from PTSD, have had episodes of major depression and panic attacks which have required hospitalization. I assure you all I am NOT a "troll" or any other kind of lowlife. Weird I might be–it all depends on your perspective. The purpose behind my publication is to (she said for the fourth time) convey to the rest of the world what it is really like to experience mental illness, psychiatric disorders–however you want to label them. I find labeling repugnant, but that’s the way the world operates. People have an innate need to categorize and compartmentalize everything (and everyone). If you don’t want to tell your story, fine–no one’s making you. But if you’d like to give it a shot–anonymously or with your real name–I would love to hear from you. This publication is growing–in fact, I hope to be getting some funding from the Department of Mental Health’s Consumer Grant Initiative program. Finally, yes, some people will find some of the contents (zine and e-zine "weird", not just due to the subject matter, but to the manner in which it may be presented. Not all of it will be straight narrative. Some of it (as some of you may have noticed) will be satirical or humorous. I don’t know about anyone else, but if I couldn’t sometimes laugh about myself, I’d REALLY be nuts! If you’ve made it this far, I thank you. therese Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
Response:
I am looking for a pen pal who is mentally ill and very smart. You seem to fit that bill. Also, I have written a book that is a subjective narrative of my first manic-psychotic episode way back the year after high school. Interested? Ephraim – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – This is in reply to those people (on this support newsgroup and others) who either object to or do not "get" what I’m trying to do with my zine, anomaly. The website is just a small representation of the print zine, which is the main focus of my energies. I suffer from PTSD, have had episodes of major depression and panic attacks which have required hospitalization. I assure you all I am NOT a "troll" or any other kind of lowlife. Weird I might be–it all depends on your perspective. The purpose behind my publication is to (she said for the fourth time) convey to the rest of the world what it is really like to experience mental illness, psychiatric disorders–however you want to label them. I find labeling repugnant, but that’s the way the world operates. People have an innate need to categorize and compartmentalize everything (and everyone). If you don’t want to tell your story, fine–no one’s making you. But if you’d like to give it a shot–anonymously or with your real name–I would love to hear from you. This publication is growing–in fact, I hope to be getting some funding from the Department of Mental Health’s Consumer Grant Initiative program. Finally, yes, some people will find some of the contents (zine and e-zine "weird", not just due to the subject matter, but to the manner in which it may be presented. Not all of it will be straight narrative. Some of it (as some of you may have noticed) will be satirical or humorous. I don’t know about anyone else, but if I couldn’t sometimes laugh about myself, I’d REALLY be nuts! If you’ve made it this far, I thank you. therese Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
Response:
This is in reply to those people (on this support newsgroup and others) who either object to or do not "get" what I’m trying to do with my zine, anomaly. The website is just a small representation of the print zine, which is the main focus of my energies. I suffer from PTSD, have had episodes of major depression and panic attacks which have required hospitalization. I assure you all I am NOT a "troll" or any other kind of lowlife. Weird I might be–it all depends on your perspective. The purpose behind my publication is to (she said for the fourth time) convey to the rest of the world what it is really like to experience mental illness, psychiatric disorders–however you want to label them. I find labeling repugnant, but that’s the way the world operates. People have an innate need to categorize and compartmentalize everything (and everyone). If you don’t want to tell your story, fine–no one’s making you. But if you’d like to give it a shot–anonymously or with your real name–I would love to hear from you. This publication is growing–in fact, I hope to be getting some funding from the Department of Mental Health’s Consumer Grant Initiative program. Finally, yes, some people will find some of the contents (zine and e-zine "weird", not just due to the subject matter, but to the manner in which it may be presented. Not all of it will be straight narrative. Some of it (as some of you may have noticed) will be satirical or humorous. I don’t know about anyone else, but if I couldn’t sometimes laugh about myself, I’d REALLY be nuts! If you’ve made it this far, I thank you. therese Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.
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