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MsMcDucket
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Hello everyone! New here. Born into it....ugh.
by Lady Zombie inwhere to start?.
i thought about typing out a nutshelled life history but changed my mind.
suffice it to say, i was born into "the truth," attempted suicide at 14, "lost my faith" at this time, beat into submission into carrying on as usual, endured a horrible marriage and equally horrible divorce, and am more or less still in it (appearances only!
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"attempted suicide"... meaning..?
by Gregor ini see this expression being used frequently and i think it would be helpful to parse the possible meaning by the person using it.
because it has such a huge range of possible impressions that could be taken by the reader.
just to illustrate, i will place myself in the #1 category below of person who might use the expression "attempted suicide".. a.
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"attempted suicide"... meaning..?
by Gregor ini see this expression being used frequently and i think it would be helpful to parse the possible meaning by the person using it.
because it has such a huge range of possible impressions that could be taken by the reader.
just to illustrate, i will place myself in the #1 category below of person who might use the expression "attempted suicide".. a.
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MsMcDucket
S.A.D.
http://www.med.umich.edu/depression/suicide_assessment/Guide%20to%20Suicide%20Assessment.pdfSelf-assessments (e.g., Beck Suicide Scale):
Like risk factors, self-rating scale information is used to alert you to intent, deceit and estimates of probability.SAD PERSONS (risk factors):
S ex, A ge, D epression ( especially with global insomnia, severe anhedonia, severe anxiety, agitation, and panic attacks ), P revious attempt, recent E thanol abuse, R ational thought loss, S ocial supports lacking, O rganized plan, N o spouse, S ickness.Other Facts:
Diagnoses (especially major depression, bipolar illness and/or psychosis), available means/weapons, recent life-altering events (death, divorce, etc.), command hallucinations, religious preoccupation, persistent hostile environment, frightened friends and relatives.2.
The Examination: A detailed interview determines immI'm still looking for the actual SAD person's tool/assessment.
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"attempted suicide"... meaning..?
by Gregor ini see this expression being used frequently and i think it would be helpful to parse the possible meaning by the person using it.
because it has such a huge range of possible impressions that could be taken by the reader.
just to illustrate, i will place myself in the #1 category below of person who might use the expression "attempted suicide".. a.
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MsMcDucket
A is a plan.
B is seriously thinking about carrying out the plan.
C is an attempt.
All are symptomatic enough to warrant treatment.
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MsMcDucket
I'm disappointed in your childish responses. I had thought you more mannerly and gracious than those.
I've been tired of yours! You haven't been gracious. You want me to be? Stop being foolish!
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MsMcDucket
Ms. McDucket, you are quite insulting and condescending. This is why I am posting on this thread. I am rather tired of this type of attitude from those like you towards people who know there is a God. I am not saying believe. We know. Just like you know you are a woman, a human being. Now, nothing we say or do is going to convince you there is a higher power. That's fine. But you can stop with the condescending insults. That's basically what I'm trying to say.
Oh cry me a river! You're have been nothing but condescending throughout this whole debate! Are you on a Salvia trip? You love to hear yourself talk even when you sound stupid.
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MsMcDucket
Voodoo and Christianity are the same. They're both based on the belief in magical beings/creatures.
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MsMcDucket
Voodoo and its fight to survive.
Despite Voodoo's noble status as one of the worlds oldest religions, it has been typically characterized as barbaric, primitive, sexually licentious practice based on superstition and spectacle. Much of this image however, is due to a concerted effort by Europeans, who have a massive fear of anything African, to suppress and distort a legitimate and unique religion that flourished among their enslaved Africans. When slavers brought these peoples across the ocean to the Americas, the African's brought their religion with them. However, since slavery included stripping the slaves of their language, culture, and heritage, this religion had to take some different forms. It had to be practiced in secret, since in some places it was punishable by death, and it had to adapt to the loss of their African languages. In order to survive, Voodoo also adopted many elements of Christianity. When the French who were the colonizers of Haiti, realized that the religion of the Africans was a threat to the colonial system, they prohibited all African religion practices and severely punished the practitioners of Voodoo with imprisonment, lashings and hangings. This religious struggle continued for three centuries, but none of the punishments could extinguished the faith of the Africans. This process of acculturation helped Voodoo to grow under harsh cultural conditions in many areas of the Americas.
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MsMcDucket
You're changing the topic when you talk about slavery. The slaves started to believe in Christianity when the White man taught him about it, as did the Mexicans. Many of the Afro-Cubans mixed their religion with Catholisim and came up with Santeria and Voodoo.
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MsMcDucket
FHN you use circular reasoning too! "I have known of God since I was a baby." What kind of crazy statement is that? We are supposed to believe that? Just cause you said it?
You obviously care what we believe because you keep coming up with these bull malarkey statements. Pure bull!