Anti-Social Personality Disorder...
I wish i got credit for using what i use in psych in the real world...
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Hippo, you could probably diagnose me with half of that crap, but I'd still call it crap. I personally view psychology as mostly quackery; I think that too many of these "disorders" are just the person's individual personality.
As for the math problem, Liberator, that does sound rather serious. Do you know what specifically sets you off about math? Is it doing calculations, understanding theorems, or just general hatred? My best advice would be to avoid math courses as much as you can, but that also depends on your degree requirements. If you have required math courses, I'd suggest finding a good tutor, one who can sit down with you and understand where you're coming from.
I agree with you about not adding oneself to a group; I would never do that either. Now, having said what I did about psychology above (:P), and with no background in it to speak of, I want to get a better idea of where you're coming from regarding interacting with people. Did you have neighbors around the same age as you, or anyone else around where you lived with whom you played outside? Did you try talking to classmates in school? Why do you think, as close as you can tell, that you were never included? Was it because of less-than-intelligent other kids? I know I was not included in some activities as a child, but for the most part, I didn't overly mind; that probably stems from my own personality, though, since I know it's not what society considers "normal." As for people having talked about you behind your back, just try to put it behind you. People who do that are either jackasses or trying to fit in with the "in-crowd."
P.S. Don't worry about the 9th-grade algebra course. I know many intelligent people who didn't take algebra in grade school; out of 39 people in my 8th grade class, only 6 did. Out of the rest of the class, most did well enough during high school. It doesn't really matter what class level you're in, so long as you're learning the material.
P.P.S. You said you're 26; where are you educationally? Are you working toward a batchelor's degree, or are you taking some sort of graduate classes, or are you doing something else that I don't know much about?
I personally view psychology as mostly quackery; I think that too many of these "disorders" are just the person's individual personality.As for the math problem, Liberator, that does sound rather serious. Do you know what specifically sets you off about math? Is it doing calculations, understanding theorems, or just general hatred? My best advice would be to avoid math courses as much as you can, but that also depends on your degree requirements. If you have required math courses, I'd suggest finding a good tutor, one who can sit down with you and understand where you're coming from.
I agree with you about not adding oneself to a group; I would never do that either. Now, having said what I did about psychology above (:P), and with no background in it to speak of, I want to get a better idea of where you're coming from regarding interacting with people. Did you have neighbors around the same age as you, or anyone else around where you lived with whom you played outside? Did you try talking to classmates in school? Why do you think, as close as you can tell, that you were never included? Was it because of less-than-intelligent other kids? I know I was not included in some activities as a child, but for the most part, I didn't overly mind; that probably stems from my own personality, though, since I know it's not what society considers "normal." As for people having talked about you behind your back, just try to put it behind you. People who do that are either jackasses or trying to fit in with the "in-crowd."
P.S. Don't worry about the 9th-grade algebra course. I know many intelligent people who didn't take algebra in grade school; out of 39 people in my 8th grade class, only 6 did. Out of the rest of the class, most did well enough during high school. It doesn't really matter what class level you're in, so long as you're learning the material.
P.P.S. You said you're 26; where are you educationally? Are you working toward a batchelor's degree, or are you taking some sort of graduate classes, or are you doing something else that I don't know much about?
A.K.A. Mongoose, for you HLP denizens
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That math class is the following:Top Gun wrote:As for the math problem, Liberator, that does sound rather serious. Do you know what specifically sets you off about math? Is it doing calculations, understanding theorems, or just general hatred? I don't know really, I don't hate it, I'm studying computer science for pete's sake, I usually lose somewhere in the calculations I guessMy best advice would be to avoid math courses as much as you can, but that also depends on your degree requirements.my degree calls for a 300 level course called Discrete Mathematics, it's not calculus, but I know my skills are below the requirements. I can barely do what would be taught in an HS algebra 2 course If you have required math courses, I'd suggest finding a good tutor, one who can sit down with you and understand where you're coming from.
I agree with you about not adding oneself to a group; I would never do that either. Now, having said what I did about psychology above (:P), and with no background in it to speak of, I want to get a better idea of where you're coming from regarding interacting with people. Did you have neighbors around the same age as younone that I recall, or anyone else around where you lived with whom you played outside?not really, no Did you try talking to classmates in school?of course, but it didn't amount to much, just the typical bitching about the teachers Why do you think, as close as you can tell, that you were never included?I was something of a party pooper, I guess, I just never was Was it because of less-than-intelligent other kids? I know I was not included in some activities as a child, but for the most part, I didn't overly mind; that probably stems from my own personality, though, since I know it's not what society considers "normal." As for people having talked about you behind your back, just try to put it behind you. People who do that are either jackasses or trying to fit in with the "in-crowd."
P.S. Don't worry about the 9th-grade algebra course. I know many intelligent people who didn't take algebra in grade school; out of 39 people in my 8th grade class, only 6 did. Out of the rest of the class, most did well enough during high school. It doesn't really matter what class level you're in, so long as you're learning the material.
P.P.S. You said you're 26; where are you educationally?I am a junior level undergraduate majoring in computer science focusing in computer information systems(more computers, less math) and have a minor in computer networking that I haven't attributed any course work to yet
Discrete Mathematics. 3 Semester Hours.
Prerequisite: MA 301 or equivalent. Introduces topics in mathematical models, mathematical reasoning, sets, relations and
functions, Boolean algebra, special data structures, and special algebras. Application of these topics teaches nature and purpose of
mathematical models, algebra of logic, sets and groups, and relationships between mathematics and Computer Science.
it has this for a pre-requisite:
MA 301 Pre-Calculus Algebra. 3 Semester Hours. (Lab fee.)
Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra; geometry recommended.
For students preparing to take Calculus sequence. Topics covered include real number system, simplification of algebraic expressions,
functions and graphs, rational and polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, conic sections, binomial theorem,
finite induction, arithmetic and geometric progressions, and business and behavioral science applied word problems.
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Would you believe I was in the same scenario around a year ago?liberator wrote:Top Gun, I'm 26.
I have never really been included in anything, going all the way back to when I was a small child. And I get talked about behind my back in ways that I can tell are unflattering at the least.
I don't recall ever having had friends or playmates. I had my brother, but that was it that I can recall. And he eventually got friends of his own and moved on.
I'm not one for arbitrarily adding myself a group and interacting with them, I view it as rude and self-serving. If they ask, then sure, but they never ask.
As far as GPA goes, that stems almost entirely from a math course that I flunked a couple of semesters ago, I failed because me and math are like oil and water, we don't mix, and it's always been like that. Even in high school, my 9th grade algebra(yes 9th grade, I wasn't advanced enough to take in the 8th grade like everyone else) teacher had to give me a .10 of a point because my average at the end of the year was insufficient to pass the class. When ever I am forced by circumstances to be in a math class, my nerves fail and I get crabby. If I get around math majors I taunt and attack them verbally. Such is the level of anethema that I have with math.
Not 1 year in the army and now I'm your regular average pot-bellied ,jolly old foul-name calling singapore National Serviceman who's having the time of his life and is now something similar to an extrovert. now I only need to master my extreme mood swings and Math and I'm set for the future
Not that I endorse staying in the army or anything, but just saying that sometimes even the worst situations can be changed if you actually put in the effort and think about it a bit...
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O.o The best of luck to ya.liberator wrote: That math class is the following:
Discrete Mathematics. 3 Semester Hours.
Prerequisite: MA 301 or equivalent. Introduces topics in mathematical models, mathematical reasoning, sets, relations and
functions, Boolean algebra, special data structures, and special algebras. Application of these topics teaches nature and purpose of
mathematical models, algebra of logic, sets and groups, and relationships between mathematics and Computer Science.
it has this for a pre-requisite:
MA 301 Pre-Calculus Algebra. 3 Semester Hours. (Lab fee.)
Prerequisite: Two years of high school algebra; geometry recommended.
For students preparing to take Calculus sequence. Topics covered include real number system, simplification of algebraic expressions,
functions and graphs, rational and polynomial functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, conic sections, binomial theorem,
finite induction, arithmetic and geometric progressions, and business and behavioral science applied word problems.
My GPA isn't the best, all I know is that I've never gotten a F in a class so it's not that low, I may've gotten a D- but never a F. If you have to just hold off on the complicated classes untill your confident that you won't bomb it. It may cost a bit more, but should be worth it.
As for women, I have NEVER been on a date or anything like that before so... I have sat with girls on the bus and they're probably the most complicated creatures in the world.
Luckily for me I'm planning to join the Air Force ROTC so I won't have to worry about getting a job, unless I want to eat during the day... You're looking at a future Major or Leutenent Colonel! I hope...
Hope everything woks out!
"If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?"
-Steven Wright
-Steven Wright
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About the Girls thing, I "like said above" have never been on a date, and even though I'm only 16, around here nearly everyone my age has. I could also be called anti-socialite, In the fact that I would rather Go fishing by myself than go to the mall. I don't have a job, and my car basicly sits out there all the time.
The Only Thing faster than Lightning, is My Aim.
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Says you. I failed a math class designed to bring up to speed people who haven't been in a classroom or looked at a math book for literally decades. I can do most basic calculations fine, but when I start trying to do anything that requires more that a half dozen lines on a sheet of paper I lose it. My mind drifts off to more interesting things.aldo wrote:Don't worry, discrete maths is literally a piece of piss; it's pretty much binary/boolean set algebra, there is absolutely nothing to it.
As for the girls thing
I'm 26 and quite literally have never even kissed a girl, much less been on a date or other romantic situation. THAT'S NOT NORMAL.
If I could afford it, I propably would have gone to a shrink. Except that I'm a coward on top of everything else.
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It is. Just wait and see, it's not hard. All you have to do is think you can do it, and you will. But if you put a self-imposed mental block on it, you'll fail. It's that simple.liberator wrote: Says you. I failed a math class designed to bring up to speed people who haven't been in a classroom or looked at a math book for literally decades. I can do most basic calculations fine, but when I start trying to do anything that requires more that a half dozen lines on a sheet of paper I lose it. My mind drifts off to more interesting things.
(and sicrete maths is less than 5 lines of working anyways.... if you can understand binary, AND, OR, NOT, etc, you're halfway there.
Your still young. Just go out and meet people.liberator wrote: As for the girls thing
I'm 26 and quite literally have never even kissed a girl, much less been on a date or other romantic situation. THAT'S NOT NORMAL.
If I could afford it, I propably would have gone to a shrink. Except that I'm a coward on top of everything else.
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Hell, lib, don't worry about the kissing bit. I've never kissed a girl or been on a date myself, and unless I meet the woman of my dreams in the next year or two, I doubt it will happen during that time either. I do hope to get married someday, but I'd have to actually get to know a girl first. I'm just biding my time. There are over three billion women on this planet; don't tell me that there's not one that would be right for you. Just be patient.
As for the shrink thing, I doubt it's because you're a coward. I'm going to guess that it's along the same mindset that I have. I have extreme difficulty talking about my own feelings/personality; I remember despising those questions on college applications that asked you to describe yourself. I always wanted to write, "How the hell can anyone really describe themself?!" Forget the shrink, then; do you have any close family members whom you trust and who would be willing to talk with you about what's going on?
I'm just biding my time. There are over three billion women on this planet; don't tell me that there's not one that would be right for you. Just be patient.As for the shrink thing, I doubt it's because you're a coward. I'm going to guess that it's along the same mindset that I have. I have extreme difficulty talking about my own feelings/personality; I remember despising those questions on college applications that asked you to describe yourself. I always wanted to write, "How the hell can anyone really describe themself?!"
Forget the shrink, then; do you have any close family members whom you trust and who would be willing to talk with you about what's going on?A.K.A. Mongoose, for you HLP denizens
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Top Gun wrote:Hell, lib, don't worry about the kissing bit. I've never kissed a girl or been on a date myself, and unless I meet the woman of my dreams in the next year or two, I doubt it will happen during that time either. I do hope to get married someday, but I'd have to actually get to know a girl first.
As for the shrink thing, I doubt it's because you're a coward. I'm going to guess that it's along the same mindset that I have. I have extreme difficulty talking about my own feelings/personality; I remember despising those questions on college applications that asked you to describe yourself. I always wanted to write, "How the hell can anyone really describe themself?!"
My first Armageddon has died.
2005.11.25 06:22:57 combat Your Tachyon Beam Laser I perfectly strikes Ruined Stargate, wrecking for
733.8 damage.
2005.11.25 06:22:57 combat Your Tachyon Beam Laser I perfectly strikes Ruined Stargate, wrecking for
733.8 damage.