Help: Crazy Friend

[Mysterio]

Um, New Mexico. Why does everyone think we are apart of Mexico?

sorry my apologies, I glanced over and only noticed Mexico.

[Slapper]

Wasn't there a movie about this? I think it was called into the wild or someshit

[Royal]

Wasn't there a movie about this? I think it was called into the wild or someshit

Yeah he saw that too, fucked him up obviously.

[kuronosan]

There's a lot of interesting research that suggests hormones used in today's food along in combination with video games and neglectful parents has caused a lot of psychological disorders and disruptions in neurological functions.

I sympathize because my brother is exhbiting similar behavior and he's bipolar. He thinks he's Jesus and swears we're all going to hell for not believing in him. It's funny, but it's just so sad.

Your best bet is to just do the right thing - tell your parents or his parents and tell the school and get him some psychiatric help. He needs it, and will never admit that he does.

I know some people who swear the end of the world is coming and talk like crazy-as-fuck people. I'm tired of how many people in this world are just getting more and more batshit insane.

Get him help before it's too late. He's going to become a danger to himself or someone else soon when he finds out how very few people share his "beliefs". That's when most of these types of people get belligerent - when you don't acknowledge their beliefs. It's a defense mechanism caused mostly by depression and forces them to pretty much lose their temper because they need an outlet to feel superior and you shot down their only one.

[Aerin]

There's a lot of interesting research that suggests hormones used in today's food along in combination with video games and neglectful parents has caused a lot of psychological disorders and disruptions in neurological functions.

FACT: Video games have only killed 2 people so far.

Back on track, rat him out to the school counselor, he needs a shrink (which may screw him up even more, but at least he won't die alone in the wilderness). :ashira:

[kuronosan]

I didn't say anything about video games killing anyone. I said that there is evidence that video games influence or have caused psychological disorders. There are thousands of those, you know.

[Moosey]

I didn't say anything about video games killing anyone. I said that there is evidence that video games influence or have caused psychological disorders. There are thousands of those, you know.

Sure, theres evidence that video games have influenced persons with[i]pre-existing/i] psychological illnesses but I do not believe it causes any mental disturbance if there isn't something already there.

[Feielle]

Wasn't there a movie about this? I think it was called into the wild or someshit

Yeah he saw that too, fucked him up obviously.

Its a book, dammit. The movie came after, because hollywood can't come up with any more good ideas.

Synopsis:

Christopher Mccandless grows up rich, hates it, decides to free his spirit and give up everything. Burns his money, abandons his car, drops off the face of the earth to his family and hitch-hikes to Alaska. Once there, he holes up in an abandoned bus-turned-hunting-shack, and eventually starves to death because he was nowhere near prepared for the idiocy and disgusting lack of planning he visited upon himself.

Hippies revere this crap as the end-all soul-searching journey handbook. My twin sister's boyfriend is planning a similar trip. Looks like your friend is too. Tell him to take special note of the ending, where the protagonist starves to death.

That part bears particular scrutiny.

[Charla]

He was planning on hiking to the coast, but didn't expect there to be a swamp in his way. And he either starved or poisoned himself with some moss, but close enough.

[Mulligan]

Why not just let him do it? Some people have to learn by doing and won't accept people telling them the 'right' way to do things. It may sound crazy, but sometimes you have to do crazy stuff to figure out how you want to live your life. Most likely he will be back after he realizes its not the idealized situation he has invisioned in his head.

That being said, people who say your name constantly while talking to you annoy the shit out of me sean.

[Kylen]

If I were this kid's dad I'd come to a compromise with him: Stick with school until the end of the year, and then agree to sign him up for a summer-long NOLS or Outward Bound course if he passes.

My cousin was an Outward Bound instructor for 3 years and I've done Outward Bound once myself. They have special courses for kids who are having trouble in school or have had run-ins with the law (these are the kinds that she taught), and let me tell you, the vast majority of those kids get their shit straightened out after spending 6-10 weeks straight in the wilderness with no distractions besides their own thoughts. This is especially true after the solo portion - in every OB class they separate everyone and have them camp completely alone for 1-3 days depending on the length of the course; some kids describe the self-reflection that happens then almost like a religious experience.

Unfortunately, you're not this kid's dad, though. I don't think there's much you can really do if you're concerned besides call his dad and let him know of the situation, or talk to your friend directly and try to talk him into a more reasonable approach of fulfilling his being-one-with-nature fantasies.

[Remyo]

tell him to go for it, everyone needs to learn survival skills and wilderness training, it'll be extremely useful for the zombie apocalypse. Tell him he needs to experience all forms of climate (desert, arctic, mountain, etc. etc.)

[guartz]

Good man, this friend of yours. Good man.

[Creeps]

Hopefully he dies and makes room for someone useful and sane

[Exoduso]

On second thought, let natural selection take its course... not a big deal if a snake eats him alive or something.

[Howard Roark]

I didn't say anything about video games killing anyone. I said that there is evidence that video games influence or have caused psychological disorders. There are thousands of those, you know.

i was mental long before i devoted 1000s of hours to ffxi


ps - i heard weed is a gateway drug and homosexuality can be cured