Ultrathread I: Thread of the Year - 2014

[whall15]

I watch The Checkout. I think that's it for the moment.

 

[Misanthrope]

Seen Wolf Creek once. Not been able to watch it again

I tend to find that torture porn/slasher flicks don't scare me at all. They may make me a tad squeamish, but there's nothing frightening about them because their very ludicrousness makes them farce.

Give me a tense, psychological thriller any day. Plenty of darkness, the unknown lurking around a corner, silences etc.

It's why I get scared played games like Silent Hill or Amnesia, but not so much in games like Dead Island where the gore is over the top.

 

[Dragon2010]

I tend to find that torture porn/slasher flicks don't scare me at all. They may make me a tad squeamish, but there's nothing frightening about them because their very ludicrousness makes them farce.

Give me a tense, psychological thriller any day. Plenty of darkness, the unknown lurking around a corner, silences etc.

It's why I get scared played games like Silent Hill or Amnesia, but not so much in games like Dead Island where the gore is over the top.

This x1000.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

agros cartoon connection and cheese tv

 

[thorson1987]

agros cartoon connection and cheese tv

Rugrats and Rockos Modern Life.

 

[Dragon2010]

Let's start a topic of debate. If you have a mental health issue, do you think it should be compulsory to medicate it?

 

[Misanthrope]

Not at all. While medication can help a great deal in some cases, the effectiveness and side effects vary so much case to case that it would be cruel to force people to be medicated.

In the case of dangerous individuals, I'm on board with it, but the average Joe certainly shouldn't be forced to mess with the chemical balance of their body.

 

[muzby]

I'll throw a curve ball in here and say that there a a large number of people who suffer from mental health issues self medicate in other ways, via booze & drugs..

whether they intentionally do it or not is up for debate, but it happens quite regularly

 

[Rhino_NQ]

tis true, I have a disability in not being able to talk to hawt women so I fill the void time inw hen I go out by drinking stupendous amounts of booze

 

[Dani]

I gave a disability of not being able to dance, wine helps me to believe otherwise.

 

[Misanthrope]

I'll throw a curve ball in here and say that there a a large number of people who suffer from mental health issues self medicate in other ways, via booze & drugs..

whether they intentionally do it or not is up for debate, but it happens quite regularly

I know that's true in my case. Can't get my medication here, so I just drink whenever I feel the worst coming on.

Ironically, my worst depression/anxiety days are usually immediately after a big drunken attempt at staving off depression :crazy:

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I'll throw a curve ball in here and say that there a a large number of people who suffer from mental health issues self medicate in other ways, via booze & drugs..

whether they intentionally do it or not is up for debate, but it happens quite regularly

Self medication is the best medication.

Medicating myself with beer right now.

 

[Bazal]

Let's start a topic of debate. If you have a mental health issue, do you think it should be compulsory to medicate it?

Absolutely not

 

[Dragon2010]

Not at all. While medication can help a great deal in some cases, the effectiveness and side effects vary so much case to case that it would be cruel to force people to be medicated.

In the case of dangerous individuals, I'm on board with it, but the average Joe certainly shouldn't be forced to mess with the chemical balance of their body.

I agree with this. I think unless they are dangerous, should be free choice.

Those who do pose a danger, should be medicated. Both for their own sake, and those of the general public. It's sad, but if it prevents issues, then it's required.

Not that they should be named and shamed. I know it's a touchy issue with many moral/privacy issues at stake.

I'll throw a curve ball in here and say that there a a large number of people who suffer from mental health issues self medicate in other ways, via booze & drugs..

whether they intentionally do it or not is up for debate, but it happens quite regularly

No doubt, but in this case. I'm talking purely about pharmaceutical medicine to manage such issues, so they don't pose a threat and are properly managed.

tis true, I have a disability in not being able to talk to hawt women so I fill the void time inw hen I go out by drinking stupendous amounts of booze

I used to be like that, would struggle to talk to girls, now, I'm fine with it. I'm a much more confident person. Takes time I guess.

Got complimented by a pretty hawt girl the other day as well, so those things help. (Confidence).

I gave a disability of not being able to dance, wine helps me to believe otherwise.

I can't dance, I can't dance to save my life.

I know that's true in my case. Can't get my medication here, so I just drink whenever I feel the worst coming on.

Ironically, my worst depression/anxiety days are usually immediately after a big drunken attempt at staving off depression :crazy:

The withdrawal/let-down phase is massive and it commonly known to cause such issues.

Self medication is the best medication.

Medicating myself with beer right now.

I medicate my self with chocolate and banana protein shakes.

 

[Dragon2010]

Absolutely not

What if this person un-medicated poses a risk to either themselves or those around them?

 

[muzby]

so 5 years, 9 months for old rolfie..

nowhere near long enough, if you ask me...

 

[umina panther]

Rape of a child should be death

 

[Bazal]

What if this person un-medicated poses a risk to either themselves or those around them?

Then they should be in a place where they can get help, not drugged up as though that'll solve it

 

[thorson1987]

so 5 years, 9 months for old rolfie..

nowhere near long enough, if you ask me...

Read somewhere that they weren't going to give him the max otherwise he would've died in prison.

That's a f**king joke, merkin should rot in there.

Trust British courts

 

[Eelementary]

Let's start a topic of debate. If you have a mental health issue, do you think it should be compulsory to medicate it?

Please define your parameters for "medicate it" - does this include seeing a psychiatrist, or even a therapist/psychologist?

I'm not against actual, medical drugs to be applied to people with mental health concerns, but it needs to be their own voluntary choice to make to take them - unless they decide to forgo medication and pose a genuine risk to others and themselves (after all, the duty of care should also encompass the sufferers).

But using my depression as an example, having so-called "doctors" try to medicate the problems away "because it was in my best interests" did me bo good at all.