Keralin (periplaneta americana) Registration Date: 02-09-2019 Date of Birth: 07-15-1982 (41 years old) Local Time: 04-27-2024 at 09:09 PM Status: (Hidden)

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Additional Info About Keralin Location: OH, USA Bio: Thinker, feeler, empath, atheist, and chronic badass. I'm an unwilling collector of multiple chronic illnesses, most significantly Crohn's disease, autonomic and small nerve fiber neuropathies (POTs and peripheral neuropathy), intractable chronic pain, and Bipolar disorder, the combination of which have lead me down an interesting path. Sex: Female Keralin's Signature "No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary." -Kurt Vonnegut Keralin's Most Thanked Post Post Subject Post Date/Time Numbers of Thanks RE: use of language and depression 05-21-2019, 02:27 PM 2 Thread Subject Forum Name use of language and depression Other Stuff Helpful References * Post Message I notice a small change in my choices of words when I'm depressed but I generally use a bit too much sarcasm and "negative" words regardless of my mood state. It's just part and parcel of my personality...or maybe I'm perpetually depressed although I often get the feeling that if a person doesn't fit within a narrow range of an arbitrary set of attributes (temperament, personality, mood), there's a propensity to pathologize that person's mind. I'm even guilty of doing this to myself, and that's the damage of being 'labeled' as mentally ill. The push to diagnose everyone outside of that 'ideal' range probably has a lot to do with the advent of SSRI's, but that's another discussion. Related to linguistic analysis, on the flip side of depression, I've actually identified some ostensibly manic periods during the past several years just based on the way I write, or how often I published something. It is kind of neat. I have an app called Woebot, sort of a DIY CBT training app. It's fun but is it helpful? Not really. There's something to be said for face-to-face human interaction when it comes to therapy. AI may be better at logging information to track patterns (that's my interest in it) and predict future behaviors but an AI can't pick up on non-verbal cues and interpret them in a meaningful way - at least not yet.  I asked my Google assistant if 'she' would be my friend. Response: "You're like the laptop to my wi-fi. We make a great team!" Good for a laugh, at least. Keralin's Received and Given Thanks   Thanks Received Thanks Given Last week 0 0 Last month 0 0 Last 3 months 0 0 Last 6 months 1 0 Last 12 months 8 6 All Time 535 477   Most thanked by UnicornSmudge 201 38% Dragon 162 30% Echo66 38 7% Alone 29 5% jameswilliam 23 4%   Most thanked UnicornSmudge 162 34% Echo66 98 21% Dragon 58 12% Abzilla 26 5% Alone 20 4%