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Posted by Tabitha on June 24, 2003, at 14:16:41
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> a)Psycho
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> b)BabbleBABBLE
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?Never thought of it that way-- but I guess it would be about 25% now (yipes).
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> e)other -- Grim, I guess this is as good as it gets.>
> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
Jessie's therapist on _Once and Again_>
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
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This morning! I felt significantly less grim.>
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?Mashed potatoes. Potatoes have been clinically proven to be the most satisfying food you know.
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> 8. Describe your first car.A yellow Chevette, 1980, with brown plaid cloth interior and chronic carbuerator trouble.
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> 9. What question would you like answered?When will I get to the happy fulfilled life? Ever? Will it be worth it?
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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Buy a lovely house with a view of the golden gate bridge, and fill it with beautiful furniture, and a new wardrobe, and if there's anything left, invest it for fixed income for the rest of my life. Well, maybe I should do the investment income thing first, probably.
Posted by slinky on June 24, 2003, at 15:21:21
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
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> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> a)Psycho
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> b)Babblepsycho
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
-0.03
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?no
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
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> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
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> e)otherd+e
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?Roadrunner.. BeeP BeeP !
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> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
Wednesday 3.30 pm
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> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
ice~cream
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> 8. Describe your first car.
Don't drive..chauffeur driven
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> 9. What question would you like answered?
Universal, life and Why
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
Spend it.
Posted by kalyb on June 24, 2003, at 15:41:07
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
> a)Psycho
> b)Babble
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Babble. I do a lot of that.
Psycho just reminds me of shower curtains.
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5%
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Yes. When I was six, I accidentally splashed fountain pen ink over my bedroom wall, and blamed my younger sister.
Ohhh........ you mean the Rorschach ones? I've never been shown one. Officially.
---------------------------------------------------------> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
> c)Not currently in a relationship
> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
> e)other
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Other. It's a new relationship and hope abounds. It's not mad and passionate, but cruising along nicely. I think this one's a keeper.
---------------------------------------------------------> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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Granny Weatherwax.
---------------------------------------------------------> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy.
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I was thirteen. I'd longed to own a Belgian Hare rabbit for two years and saved all my pocket money. My family went to an agricultural show and there was one for sale, and my parents said I could buy her. Afterwards, I rode an old-fashioned steam carousel, sitting astride a painted horse with my cheek pressed to the cold brass barleytwist pole, crying my eyes out in pure happiness.
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> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
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Beer.
---------------------------------------------------------> 8. Describe your first car.
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I've never owned a car.
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Will I die a virgin?
[Second choice: Will I ever own a car?]
---------------------------------------------------------> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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I buy huge houses for my parents and my sister & her husband. I invest the rest. I take a training course, then spend the next 10 years teaching English to children in remote villages in Nepal and the Himalayas.
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Posted by yesac on June 24, 2003, at 15:43:29
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
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> 1. Which term do you relate to more> b)Babble
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?about 17%
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?I don't think so.
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)Oh, this is awful... I'm sitting here trying to think of something and it is very hard. But here's one, not a specific moment, but in college when I was with my squash team was usually good.
>> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
chocolate
> 8. Describe your first car.
grey dodge boxy thing
> 9. What question would you like answered?
Why does life suck? (I know - that's pretty generic)
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?Well, for one thing I know that the depression will come back inevitably. But... I pay off my college loan, then travel around the world for a while. Then I don't know.
Posted by paxvox on June 24, 2003, at 16:58:36
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
Yes.
PAX
Posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 17:20:41
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by paxvox on June 24, 2003, at 16:58:36
I bet that's what you said when they showed you the ink blot too :-)
> Yes.
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> PAX
Posted by fallsfall on June 24, 2003, at 17:45:49
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
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> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> a)Psycho
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
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> 22%
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
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> Never saw one, so I guess the answer is no
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> e)It's the best I've seen in a while
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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> Sean McGuire (Robin Williams) in Good Will Hunting
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> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
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> Yesterday (such as it was) was better than today> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
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> Chocolate> 8. Describe your first car.
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> '64 Chevy Nova slant 6, blue and white, named Laura> 9. What question would you like answered?
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> Is this worth it?
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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> Buy stock in pharmacutical companies that make anti-depressants.
Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 19:58:11
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> 1. Which term do you relate to more?
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> b)Babble babble, strapped into the tower of Babel belt in the beautiful South. Militant pentacostalism fried my brain when I was a child.
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
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> Percentage, hmmm. I am numerically challenged...but I can talk about that problem in a few different languages. Only six months in therapy. I held off for as long as I could, self medicating, suppressing, and lying to myself.
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
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> I never lied, but I was a trifle concerned that I found nearly all of the prints to be ominous and disconcerting.
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter. I'm going to give my Lexapro/Xanax combination a few more weeks before I think about breaking up with them.
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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> Ignatius J. Reilly from "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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> 6. Describe a moment in your life when you were happy.
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> In the past I have had some very good times sailing catamarans, especially at night. The anxiety has got me too tweaked and afraid of enjoying much of anything lately. I did have some good laughs playing badminton in the backyard about a month ago...mostly laughing at myself for how bad I am at it!
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> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
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> Garlic mashed potatoes with cheddar cheese.
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> 8. Describe your first car.
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> 1980 M&M green Toyota Corona (nickname: 5 cent Corona)
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> 9. What question would you like answered?
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> Is it going to be okay?
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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> Give a substantial donation to the shrine of St. Dymphna, buy my brother a house, invest well, have a baby, and move to the Florida Keys with my beau. He can sail all day and I will have a well equipped studio where I can write and be creative with a peaceful mind, for a change.
Posted by shar on June 24, 2003, at 21:41:55
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
lol, what a great quiz! Since I haven't changed my name, I won't bother to complete it. But, I would suggest that question two be the number of years/months you've been in therapy, rather than the percentage. See, if someone says "I've been in therapy 30 years" I can automatically rule out a lot of people that may have just changed names. If someone says 50% of my life, and they are 25, that means they've been in therapy since about age 12.5 years, which is not so unusual these days.
Whether or not you change q2, it's a great idea!
Shar
> This is just for fun. Omit anything you don't want to answer. Or write your own :)
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> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
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> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
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> e)other
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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Posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 21:49:07
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Brio D Chimp, posted by shar on June 24, 2003, at 21:41:55
It's not a guess that poster quiz, it's a get to know you for the people who don't know us all too well already quiz. :)
While you may know me better than most of my IRL friends, there are some new posters who might not, and who I'd like to get to know. So c'mon. Brio did a good job making a quiz that sneaks some telling questions in there. I'm enjoying reading everyone's answers.
Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 21:53:15
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Brio D Chimp, posted by shar on June 24, 2003, at 21:41:55
>lol, what a great quiz! Since I haven't changed my name, I won't bother to complete it.
Yeah, but whether someone's changed their name or not, newcomers (like me) still don't really know anything about folks here. Come on, you play too?
Posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 19:58:11
You wrote: "5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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> > Ignatius J. Reilly from "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole"
That's pretty funny. Bear in mind that this is the guy who once started a business letter with the greeting "Dear mongoloid idiot," or something similar. I'm not sure I could handle worrying about what he was thinking about me. (-:
Mair
Posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 22:42:23
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Sabina, posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
Posted by elbee on June 24, 2003, at 22:47:58
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
Thanks for the quiz.
1. Which term do you relate to more
a)Psycho
2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy? 35%..well maybe more
3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot? Never saw except in psych books
4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
e)other: OK for now
5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
Owen Wilson--oh wait, he's not fictional
7. What's your favorite comfort food?
homemade macaroni & cheese
8. Describe your first car.
Toyota that caught fire. Now I know why you have to change that filter!
9. What question would you like answered?
Why is it so hard to think of answer to more happier/less grim question?
10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
Go camping, travel the world, invest/gifts, go to cooking school
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:52:16
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
OK, I was starting to fall asleep with meds sedation, so I was going to log off but then I saw your little quiz and had to answer before going to bed.
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
> > b)Babble--definitely babble, with a little psycho on the side!
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
> OMG, I hadn't ever thought of it in terms of percentage! I think it has been about 45%!!
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
> Never took an inkblot test.>
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking aroundWell, it is the best love I can find for now, but believe me, when some new innovation comes along, I'm hoping it is a good one for me.
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?Sometimes, I wish I had Sherlock Holmes (Dinah will be able to relate to this one!), who can solve all the riddles and bring all the loose ends together in a succinct solution. But it wouldn't be much fun rambling on with the esteemed Holmes--and his rather quirky social skills would be offputting at times.
No, I'd have to say I'd prefer Atticus Finch.
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)> Will have to think about this and come back to it.
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> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
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Baked potato.
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> 8. Describe your first car.
> Hah! For $100 I bought an old subaru two door that felt like you were actually sitting on the pavement as you drove. It was a real clunker but it was wheels! And I wasn't that young--I only got my first car at 26 years old. Of course, I lived in a big city with good transit, so it was ok, and I used to walk a lot, which was a whole lot better for me. A couple of years later, when I replaced it with an old Honda--which I loved--I couldn't PAY anyone to take the Subaru off my hands. After that I drove another old Honda until it died, and only got my first real new car a couple of years ago.
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> 9. What question would you like answered?
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> Have to think about this one.
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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> Obsess about what to do with it!!
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:53:19
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 10:29:30
OMG--you said Atticus Finch too!! I swear I didn't read your answers before I responded.
Posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 22:55:54
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:52:16
No doubt showing my literary ignorance.
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:56:41
In reply to Re: Ooh, I like. (grin) » Dinah, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 13:17:29
>Little does he know I'm dreaming of Gregory Peck.
LOL--who are we imagining when we are with our therapists--what a funny image.
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:59:26
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » paxvox, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 17:20:41
>I bet that's what you said when they showed you the ink blot too :-)
LOL
Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 23:04:09
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Sabina, posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
Yeah, I'm guessing he wouldn't get far on this board (too many PBC's by far) but the book always makes me laugh. I found the reference you mentioned:
"Mr. I Abelman, Mongoloid, Esq."
Well, he said 'Esquire', at least?
Posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 23:05:59
In reply to Re: Ok, who on earth is Atticus Finch » noa, posted by Dinah on June 24, 2003, at 22:55:54
Scout's father in "To Kill a Mockingbird"-- a great book and a great movie, and Gregory Peck just died last week, sigh.
Posted by Sabina on June 24, 2003, at 23:26:19
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Brio D Chimp, posted by noa on June 24, 2003, at 22:53:19
...but I didn't know if sitting around making soap dolls would really do the trick for me in the long term.
Posted by shar on June 25, 2003, at 0:51:15
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> This is just for fun. Omit anything you don't want to answer. Or write your own :)
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> 1. Which term do you relate to more
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> a)Psycho--49% because I am.
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> b)Babble--51% because I do.
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> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
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>Well over 50%.
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> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
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>Amazingly, never had that test. So, by default, no.
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> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?
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> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
Definitely this one.
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> b)This is the one I've waited for True Love
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> c)Not currently in a relationship
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> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
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> e)other
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> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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>Hard one. Probably Hannibal Lecter. Then we could continually surprise each other.
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> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
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>Thank you for that last bit. My proudest moment was graduating, actually going up to get the degree for my Ph.D. Never went to any of my other graduations.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
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>Too many to list. Probably all Mexican or Tex-mex with the occasional hot fudge sundae (if they make it look like the picture of it!).
> 8. Describe your first car.First car I ever bought all by myself was a 1970 VW beetle, yellow. Loved it. It got beaten to death on the side of the interstate one night after its accelerator broke.
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> 9. What question would you like answered?
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>What's the point?
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> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
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>Give to charity. Give to myself, pay bills, etc. Give to those in my family who are needy. Invest the rest under my mattress. Don't give any to the IRS. I understand when you have that much, you don't need to pay taxes.>I bet next time nobody will want to know!
Posted by Snoozy on June 25, 2003, at 0:58:42
In reply to PSB Getting to know you quiz, posted by Brio D Chimp on June 24, 2003, at 9:53:19
> 1. Which term do you relate to more
>> a)Psycho
> 2. What percentage of your life have you been in therapy?
>>Hmm. I think I need to work out an equation for this one, as there has been time in therapy and also time when I have seen a therapist.
> 3. Have you ever lied about what you saw in an inkblot?
>>Does saying "a dancing elephant" instead of what I was thinking - you can take that little blot and stick it.... count as lying?
> 4.Which best describes your relationship with your medication?>>Both a & d
> a) It's grim but I'm not a quitter.
> d)We're still together but I keep longing for something new and I'm looking around
> 5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
>>Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
> 6.Describe a moment in your life when you were happy. (May substitute felt slightly less grim ;)
>>Probably when I got my first "real" job - one that I really wanted.
> 7. What's your favorite comfort food?
>>Usually chocolate> 8. Describe your first car.
>>VW
> 9. What question would you like answered?
>>Why do some of us suffer so much?
> 10. You wake up and realize your depression/anxiety,etc. seems to have disappeared. Later that day you win 10 million dollars in the lottery. What do you do with it?
>>Not depressed AND I win the lottery? What else can it be but - the end of the world (and I guess I'd be feeling fine!)
Posted by jane d on June 25, 2003, at 9:20:39
In reply to Re: PSB Getting to know you quiz » Sabina, posted by mair on June 24, 2003, at 22:15:20
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> You wrote: "5. What fictional character would you like to have as therapist/counselor ?
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> > > Ignatius J. Reilly from "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole"
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> That's pretty funny. Bear in mind that this is the guy who once started a business letter with the greeting "Dear mongoloid idiot," or something similar. I'm not sure I could handle worrying about what he was thinking about me. (-:
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> MairBut at least you wouldn't have to wonder about it. :-) Were you around on the book board when that book was discussed?
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