And now, a little seasonal levity...
This seemed so appropriate for the time of year when many people feel like they're losing their minds. I particularly guffawed at #9!
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR THE DISTURBED
1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?
2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are
3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and.....
6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why
9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is
10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, JingleBells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
posted by Zanne @ 11:13 AM
17 comments
17 Comments:
I think I'm coming in somewhere between Manic and ADD right now, stressing to get it all done!
Thanks for the morning laugh, Zanne... now, why is France so far away?
Sassy, deep breaths my friend and just keep laughing! Hugs!!
GF, you're so welcome :D
and I wish I knew (think it's something about that ocean)!!!! tee hee!!
these are great!
this chick on one of the forums i joined has a sig. that says... i have cdo. it's like ocd, but the letters are in order as they should be.
lol
hahahahaha
I really needed a laugh. Excellent, Zanne.
Omg you just pulled me out of my this hole I've been in Zanne, cheers chick, you make me laugh so hard :-)
Kisses XxXxXxXxXxXxX
Kerry, glad you liked them!
Syd, happy to oblige--I definitely owe you!! ;)
Maddie, YAY! Hugs!
This isn't funny. It's offensive on about 1,000 levels. Call me thin-skinned or something, but I wanted you to know that reposting something like this -- that is so old and tired already -- may make some people laugh, but it also makes some people cry.
It is just hard enough to have a personality disorder without having to deal with stereotypes and uneducated people and being laughed at. It hurts. ;(
Z: What carol do you sing if you are afflicted with all of the above. ;) lol
Anon: I have BPD and I'm bipolar with schizoaffective tendencies. Yes, it hurts and I understand that completely. Believe me, I get it. However, sometimes I just have to let go and laugh at myself.
Oopsie, forgot to mention I have OCD, too.
OK-Re: Christmas carols for the Disturbed. To those who took offence and all the others out there-the following may seem like a rant from a lunatic but Zanne could tell you that I am quite sane-well most of the time.
To those of you defined by psychicatric labels. Ask yourself where these labels originated from? They originated from early psychiatry that labeled woman expressing a lot of emotion as "hysterical". (It was considered a disease).
The irony (and few know this) is that the labelling process began with Freud. In his earliest days he actually believed in the stories that so many females were telling him of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Well if I had suffered these abuses, my feelings about the world might be quite strong too "hysterical" an APPROPRIATE response to the circumstances).
Put very simply Freud was ridiculed so much by his colleagues that he bailed. Instead of becoming a voice of reason for these women he created a theory that says women are in love with their fathers instead, that they imagine these sexual thoughts and this "LOVE" causes them to become hysterical. He sold out to be accepted by his peers.
Now whose insane?
Psychiatric labels are simply artificial boxes that have been created by a system focused on illness and oppression, and subsidized by the pharmaceutical companies to do so (look at the statistics regarding the number of women labeled as mentally ill versus men. (And I do believe that there is a time and place for medication)
My thoughts-if you define yourself by these tickie boxes your life will be very confined. What about the other parts of you? Your basic human kindness, courage, strength in the face of major adversity, hope,intelligence, wisdom, passion for what is right, caring and compassion for others, and yes even humour, to help you through the darkest hours?
Where does that story get told? Where does the story of survival against many odds get told?
These are the true stories about who you are, how you got there and who you can become.
I am not as eloquent as Zanne-never will be, however I hope that this comment gives pause for reflection, to all those struggling and for all those of us who have walked that path and now shine freed from the "tickie boxes" because someone believed in us, in our courage, and truly saw us for what who we are, beyond the label.
So to conclude go ahead and ask yourself "Do You See what I See?" ::)
It always amazes me that people that have so much to say, and critize,
always write under the Anonymous.
Are they ashamed of their name or their opinions
Shirlie
Anon: You make a couple of good points. I, as well as countless others, share your outrage about how the medical profession has labeled women especially with diagnosis's that feed right into the pharmaceutical monopoly. However, all I was saying is you gotta lighten up. You gotta have the ability to laugh at yourself every so often.
Btw, I agree with Shirlie. Why spend the time writing such an encyclopedic comment without taking the extra second to claim it? Especially since you're a self proclaimed sane person who apparently nothing to hide. I'm not attacking you. But it is one of those things that make you go hmmm.
Dear Anonymous,
I obviously hit a nerve and if indeed I caused you to cry instead of laugh, I am sorry. Laughter is sometimes a tricky thing. "Are they laughing with me or at me?" In this case, I think you should know that the person who send this to me has been diagnosed with a mental illness, as have I. Can I see a show of hands for those who have experienced depression and taken drugs for it, please?
That being said, I think your second comment strikes at the heart of the true offense, which is the abominal way that the medical profession has labeled emotional and mental conditions, particularly of women. Believe it or not I share your outrage. I am also outraged at the way the pharmaceutical companies have made a profit on these labels that do not always have their grounding in sound medical proof. I agree with your conclusions and your points are well made.
That being said, could I suggest that if you do know me, as you've hinted at, that you do an aquaintance/possible friend a favor and email me if you think I've crossed a line. If you do know me, then I hope you have a sense that I'm not really scary or mean-spirited and you don't have to hide behind an anonymous signature. I wish you well.
*Hey Bent Baby,* welcome back to blogland! Thanks for sharing yourself--your honesty and vulnerability are honoured here! Hugs!
*Shirlie,* I think Anon meant no harm, but I love you for your protective instincts! Hugs!
You crack me up Zanne! I think you are lovely! xo
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That first Anon person needs to lighten up. If he/she is so defensive, hyper-sensitive and easily offended, the internet is the wrong place to be. Zanne is NOT responsible for how you feel about yourself mate. Psychiatric labels are a load of nebulous old rubbish anyway and ought to be laughed at and challenged with a bit of silliness. Do your Work, as we all have to.
Oooooh! Don't get Thally going LOL!
You'll find not an ounce of politically-correct sympathy there!
I think today I shall opt for the manic carol... have had lots of coffee ;-)
Hey Thalia, thanks for the compliment and affirmation!
LBP, thanks on the heads up that I'm not the only one being busted by the politically correct police! and back away from the coffee, unless of course it's what gives you that creative edge of yours, in which case drink up! :D
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