Sad Thread (Cheering Up Thread)

Antimatter

is your dog a dangerous criminal, then, VI?

Hunter

Viscount Islands wrote:

Hunter wrote:

Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Heeler)

Clearly my dog came from Australia

Spoiler:

Is your dog a blue heeler?

Looks like it's at least part.

Charles Kinbote

my family dog is part blue heeler

she's a real good dog but she's a doorstop at this point

joshofalltrades

That blue heeler looks like somebody has taken a paintbrush very deliberately to the coat with dramatic strokes

Viscount Islands

I'm pretty sure she's just a mutt with Dalmatian in her.

But yeah she looks a lot like a Blue Heeler.

Hunter

Blue heelers get their color due to dalmatian in their origin. The puppies are born white, and the color comes from a white undercoat with black to make a blueish tone or the red heeler which is white with brown.

Usagi

Charles Kinbote wrote:

#pipe wrote:

@Charles Kinbote do you live in a decent sized city?

If you do a little research you'll probably find there are more animal rescue places around than you'd think. Sometimes they even specialise in specific breeds or types of dog.

My point is "rolling the dice" is not really a valid metaphor because you can probably find the exact kind of dog you want or something very close with a few phone calls or visits.

well, no, but I'll be about two hours from Manhattan

but with a lot of rescue places they end up with dogs that no one really knows too much about--it's furry, it looks like one of maybe two or three breeds, but they can't say much more beyond that

Nah, what I think Pipe might be talking about are breed-specific fostering and rescue associations

Like, for Brittany Spaniels

Or Weimeraners

Or Shiba Inu

Or whatever breed you have your heart set on, and many times if you're really interested and excited these people will arrange to caravan a dog cross-country to you.

Charles Kinbote

oo now that's attractive, thank you

also in looking around at where I might get puppies I've seen a few "Puppy Overnight!" places, which is really really odd to me. is that a usual thing?

Usagi

That doesn't sound like a normal thing, no

Also, please consider getting a not-puppy. Older dogs (even 1-2 years) need the love too duder.

Hunter

Do you expect a guy on the street corner with an overcoat with puppies stuffed under it?

Fyndir

Puppies on the left side of the coat, kittens on the right.

Orikaeshigitae

I have a bunch of stuff weighing on me lately, but the thing that I keep trying to ignore is that my great grandmother had an aneurysm earlier this month, and it's not clear at all - in fact, quite unlikely - that she'll remember me when I go home to visit in a couple weeks. My parents are putting on a happy front but they're seriously upset.

I don't even know what else to write about that. Venting, I guess.

Viscount Islands

My great-grandmother suffers from Alzheimer's and she doesn't remember me anymore.

It really is a shitty, shitty thing.

Staleghoti

joshofalltrades wrote:

Staleghoti wrote:

whoa whoa whoa there already is a pet thread yo

Did not know this sorry

Thread shall return to its sad roots

Yes let us continue to be sad

Didgeridoo

I'm so sorry to hear that, Orik and VI. I can't even imagine what that must be like to have to see. This is a good place for the venting, though

For what it's worth, my thoughts are with y'all.

pooka

Liiya, i've admired and chuckled at your kitty pictures, she was clearly a loved fuzzball.

and i hope that soon you'll have the happy memories pop into your head more than the sad. that goes for everyone who's lost a friend.

Tommy2Hands

my grandmother's dementia is getting pretty bad lately

SLAMMU

Both of my grandparents on my moms side had Alzheimer's. Grandma had the worst of it. Towards the end when we went to visit, she remembered me but not my older brother. Always felt bad about that. She also would become convinced my dad was my grandpa sometimes. Was hard to watch play out.
Grandpa was able to keep it together really well until after she died. After that it was a pretty steep road downhill for him, never was as bad as grandma though. Thankfully (weird to put it like that, but I can't think of another way to express it) he died within 6 months of her, so never really had to see how much he would lose.
Basically Alzheimer's is a terrifying thing that I am at least somewhat likely to get down the road and I do not look forward to that in the least. It really does take away pretty much all that you are.
Hugs Orik and VI.

Melding

My grandpa died not knowing a soul in the world.

Is pretty sad to think about, really. Is why i always feel really bad about forgetting people.

Orikaeshigitae

It's been a rough month. I appreciate the kindness.

Melding

Hey Karl. Gunna hug you so hard when you get here. SO. HARD.

Tonkka

Rottweilers are the best.

Usagi

Dang Orik, that's rough to have to deal with. I hope you can focus on the positive memories you have of her and let that be the lasting impression.

Hugs

Tonkka

Orik you are getting the biggest of bear hugs.

Tommy2Hands

orik I'm gonna kick you in the balls if I ever see you

Melding

It was interesting seeing my grandpa after he had the attack. He kept calling me Trevor, was generally in a good mood, Though he woudl keep getting annoyed that the TV was fuzzy, and "why can't they make a clear TV, it's the 1990s for pete sake!" He was nearly blind you see, but he didn't know.

Saw him a year later, didn't really recognize me then, but was still a nice guy but kept asking if they had any liquor. Can't remember his own wife's name, but still an alcoholic.

Good to know with all the stories i heard about him being an angry man that it was more a product of his up bringing then his actual person.

Orikaeshigitae

Tommy2Hands wrote:

orik I'm gonna kick you in the balls if I ever see you

fuck you, you honkey motherfucker

Tommy2Hands

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

Tommy2Hands wrote:

orik I'm gonna kick you in the balls if I ever see you

fuck you, you honkey motherfucker

<3

Melding

Get a room!

Tommy2Hands

your mother said it was okay if we slept in your room

Melding

Yeah, she would say that.

You win this round!

Ringo

Apparently two of my cousins have relapsed are back on their drugs of choice. One just flunked out of grad school, and the other is getting evicted from her apartment. Complete family meltdown expected soon as nobody's volunteering to take them in.

My Dad told me this today in order to cheer me up. "See Ringo? Being suicidal and depressed isn't as bad as being tossed on the street by your friends and family because you've got a coke habit!"

It kinda worked. I love my Dad.

Dark Raven X

Hunter wrote:

Do you expect a guy on the street corner with an overcoat with puppies stuffed under it?

"Got sumthin' might interest ya, huh huh huh"

I Win Swordfights

Okay. I really need to make this post. It's okay not to read it. But I need to make it.

Spoiler:

So I've been having problems with drugs lately. Ambien, vicodin, valium, ativan, weed. I don't really remember last week. I keep stumbling upon conversations I don't remember having and things I don't remember doing.

On Friday I took too many ativan, started hallucinating, had a really bad panic attack, took a bunch of ambien and vicodin, my ex girlfriend called 911 and I went to the hospital, was given charcoal, stomach pumped

I don't really know what to do. I'm seeing a psychiatrist already, have been for three years. I thought after I graduated it'd be all sunshine and roses, and it was for a few weeks. But as school looms closer, I'm starting to lose it.

I'm scared and I don't know what to do. My parents know about all of this. And right now I'm okay, if terrified of myself, but I just don't know what to do.

Okay thank you for your time.

Solar

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I have a bunch of stuff weighing on me lately, but the thing that I keep trying to ignore is that my great grandmother had an aneurysm earlier this month, and it's not clear at all - in fact, quite unlikely - that she'll remember me when I go home to visit in a couple weeks. My parents are putting on a happy front but they're seriously upset.

I don't even know what else to write about that. Venting, I guess.

Viscount Islands wrote:

My great-grandmother suffers from Alzheimer's and she doesn't remember me anymore.

It really is a shitty, shitty thing.

Those things are both terrible guys

Sympathies and all that

Solar

I Win Swordfights wrote:

Okay. I really need to make this post. It's okay not to read it. But I need to make it.

Spoiler:

So I've been having problems with drugs lately. Ambien, vicodin, valium, ativan, weed. I don't really remember last week. I keep stumbling upon conversations I don't remember having and things I don't remember doing.

On Friday I took too many ativan, started hallucinating, had a really bad panic attack, took a bunch of ambien and vicodin, my ex girlfriend called 911 and I went to the hospital, was given charcoal, stomach pumped

I don't really know what to do. I'm seeing a psychiatrist already, have been for three years. I thought after I graduated it'd be all sunshine and roses, and it was for a few weeks. But as school looms closer, I'm starting to lose it.

I'm scared and I don't know what to do. My parents know about all of this. And right now I'm okay, if terrified of myself, but I just don't know what to do.

Okay thank you for your time.

I think you should consider stopping taking drugs. Several of those are painkillers I see, do you have a prescription? if you do, I guess you should see your doctor. If you don't, I'd advise you to stop taking them, though of course it's your choice man. I aint judging.

I Win Swordfights

Two of the drugs are prescription.

I know it's an issue. I can just stop buying the vicodin and valium.

I'm just scared. I dunno.

Dark Raven X

Yo Sword, lets sit on these beanbags and rap.

Just gimme a minute to google those drug names so I have the generic brands. Blow by blow here:

Spoiler:

A'ight. So the Ativan - is that prescribed? It's a short term thing, even if the box makes no mention of it. The intention with any insomnia treating drug is to knock you out to get you into a normal sleeping pattern, not to become a permanent crutch. Try and get off that first. I'm an insomniac myself, and it's a bitch, but I really don't want to take any medication for it.

I know Vicodin. ;D Is there a reason for that, or are you just addicted to it? That is hard to get off. Seriously. You might need professional help. Like, the kind where they lock you in a padded room for a few days.

Valium and Ativan are both benzos, so how come you're on both? They're used to calm people down, for anxiety or aggression, stuff like that. Do you need that?

Weed. Meh. I should decry it, being a totally pro health pro. But really, it's healthier than loads of legal stuff. In combination with all the stuff you're taking though, yeah...

There is a whole fucking lot of depressants here. If you're getting drunk on top of all this, it is really bad for your mental health. And your health health.

Is this all prescribed? Is there a reason to take it? If not, quit it. >

And are you taking anything for depression? Cause FYI, none of this stuff is for depression. Quite the opposite.

Solar

Being scared is natural man. You just went through a rough time when you had to go to the hospital, that's understandable. But like you say, it's the drugs that are the problem. Sounds like you might have an addiction to them, and if you do that is never going to be healthy. If you can't stop buying and taking Vicodin then that is only going to go badly.

You've already told your family and psychiatrist I guess. There's not much I can say, though in my experience these things don't just go away and if you want to change them you need to be proactive about it. I hope it all turns out OK for you man, you can always come on the forums and post about if you just need someone to talk to.

I Win Swordfights

Lexapro for depression, I just didn't mention it. It's prescribed.

I don't think I'm addicted to vicodin. I just like drugs, I guess.

The ativan was for my anxiety also prescribed, I was on klonopin before (which I much much much preferred and am gonna switch back to). My psychiatrist just wanted to try Ativan instead. I just found it easier to take too much and get loopy and forget things.

The valium is for fun, it's entirely recreational for me. The ativan doesn't really help my anxiety at all. The klonopin was the only benzo that did what I needed it to do and I miss it. I see my shrink again on the fifteen of this month, so I'm gonna switch back.

I don't drink.

Weed is weed.