• Shawn
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    And, what about lazy questions are so bad?

    You mods need to loosen up or something before Michael goes bonkers again...
  • Baden
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    You need to tighten up before you go bonkers. Qualify yourself for something. Get a job. I believe @Hanover gives live-in courses in ambulance chasing. He's in Atlanta. You can get there by Greyhound. Do it.
  • Shawn
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    I don't want anyone to take responsibility over a nutcase anymore. One visit in a psych ward in a shitty neighborhood was more than enough to break me down and make me go loony.

    *slowly heals*
  • Baden
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    Foiled again.
  • Shawn
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    It's all been self inflicted my man. But, I'm playing it safe from now on.
  • Baden
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    Yes, better stay away from Hansover anyway unless you like the view from under the floorboards.
  • Shawn
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    Stop scaring the children.
  • Michael
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    You mods need to loosen up or something before Michael goes bonkers again...Shawn

    When did I go bonkers?
  • Shawn
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    I'm not your therapist.
  • god must be atheist
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    Or in other words, there doesn't seem to be some hard limit imposed on the field of philosophy in regards to question asking of a nonsensical order, or not?Shawn

    There are several SEMANTIC errors here; it is not that you ask an unanswerable question, it is that you use English words that don't together make any sense, and that is not something what we call "sensible question". No, it is not in Swahili. But no table a turn hibernates congratulationally, either.

    You seem to want to equate nonsensical questions with questions that are hard or impossible to answer.

    There is a big difference. A hard or impossible question still can have sense, and it can convey meaning and insight. A nonsensical question, such as yours, is void of insight and has no sense.

    This may be ONE thing the moderators are squashing.

    I haven't seen a sample of your questions already banned, but if they are equally as nonsensical, then I am not surprized they are banned, and you ought not to be, either.
  • god must be atheist
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    Oh, shawn, you're wallows.

    If my memory serves me right, you asked a whole bunch of unanswerable existential quesitons relating to psychiatric diseases, that somewhat resembled the following:

    "Why not suicide?"
    "Who else around here is depressed?"
    "What to do with ennui?"
    "I can't exist. Solution?"

    And the like.

    I don't think they are questions a philosopher can answer, be they amateur or professional. They need to be heard by a psychiatrist.
  • Shawn
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    Oh, shawn, you're wallows.god must be atheist

    Yes, I used to be wallows. It is sad, yes? I feel sorry for Shawn being Wallows, and Wallows being Shawn.
  • leo
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    I don't think they are questions a philosopher can answer, be they amateur or professional. They need to be heard by a psychiatrist.god must be atheist

    Plenty of people suffering psychologically have been helped more by words than by medication.
  • Michael
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    Plenty of people suffering psychologically have been helped more by words than by medication.leo

    Psychiatrists offer therapy as well as medication. Either way it's best to seek help from a trained professional, not random losers and one awesome person on the internet.
  • god must be atheist
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    one awesome person on the internet.Michael

    Jey. That's one awesome stink-bomb if I ever saw any. (-:
  • leo
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    Psychiatrists offer therapy as well as medication. Either way it's best to seek help from a trained professional, not random losers and one awesome person on the internet.Michael

    And modern psychiatry is based on many beliefs, some of which are false. Philosophy is partly about questioning authorities, yet psychiatry is one authority you guys blindly bow down to and don't like to philosophize about.

    Maybe you should philosophize about why you don't want to philosophize about that? And maybe you should philosophize about why you see yourselves as random losers.
  • Shawn
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    Since, He is an anti-realist, nothing he says should be taken seriously. He can keep His false sense of superiority.
  • Michael
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    And modern psychiatry is based on many beliefs, some of which are false. Philosophy is partly about questioning authorities, yet psychiatry is one authority you guys blindly bow down to and don't like to philosophize about.

    Maybe you should philosophize about why you don't want to philosophize about that? And maybe you should philosophize about why you see yourselves as random losers.
    leo

    Since, He is an anti-realist, nothing he says should be taken seriously. He can keep His false sense of superiority.Shawn

    There's no sense of superiority or blindness in saying that mental health issues should be addressed by mental health professionals, not by strangers on a philosophy forum.
  • leo
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    There's no sense of superiority or blindness in saying that mental health issues should be addressed by mental health professionals, not by strangers on a philosophy forum.Michael

    If you were to encounter someone in mental distress because they are drowning and they don't know how to swim, would you give them a hand, or would you direct them to a mental health professional, because you're a stranger and not a professional and so you can't help them?

    Mental health professionals used to see homosexuality as a mental disease that should be treated. But homosexuals weren't suffering because they were homosexuals, they were suffering because of the persecution they endured. Was it the right choice then to direct them to mental health professionals so that they could be cured of their homosexuality? People who didn't see homosexuality as a disease were much more helpful towards homosexuals.

    Many people have been worse off after being treated by mental health professionals. Many people have been successfully helped by strangers, or friends, or family. Both can be helpful. Philosophy can be helpful. Exercising can be helpful. All kinds of things can be helpful, mental health professionals do not have all the answers, and they do not always have the right answers.

    Refusing to discuss with someone who suffers and only telling them to go see a mental health professional is often unhelpful.
  • Michael
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    If you were to encounter someone in mental distress because they are drowning and they don't know how to swim, would you give them a hand, or would you direct them to a mental health professional, because you're a stranger and not a professional and so you can't help them?leo

    Helping them out of the water doesn't require expertise in mental health. This is a nonsense analogy.

    Many people have been worse off after being treated by mental health professionals. Many people have been successfully helped by strangers, or friends, or family. Both can be helpful. Philosophy can be helpful. Exercising can be helpful. All kinds of things can be helpful, mental health professionals do not have all the answers, and they do not always have the right answers.

    Refusing to discuss with someone who suffers and only telling them to go see a mental health professional is often unhelpful.
    leo

    That these things can be helpful isn't that we should favour these things over health care professionals. And whether or not these things help will depend significantly on what the mental health problem is. Philosophy and kindness isn't going to help treat the paranoid schizophrenic.

    Mental health professionals used to see homosexuality as a mental disease that should be treated. But homosexuals weren't suffering because they were homosexuals, they were suffering because of the persecution they endured. Was it the right choice then to direct them to mental health professionals so that they could be cured of their homosexuality? People who didn't see homosexuality as a disease were much more helpful towards homosexuals.

    I'm saying that if someone has a mental health issue then they should seek professional help. If I don't believe that someone has a mental health issue (e.g. if they are homosexual) then I won't suggest that they seek professional help. So unless you want to say that Shawn doesn't really have mental health issues then this is a misdirected defence.

    A philosopher can't reason his way into a treatment or cure for mental health issues. That requires training in medicine and psychology. That you think you might know better than them is the real false sense of superiority.
  • Shawn
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    There's no sense of superiority or blindness in saying that mental health issues should be addressed by mental health professionals, not by strangers on a philosophy forum.Michael

    I don't take you seriously, at all. Keep on trying manus.
  • Shawn
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    Just so that were clear, I do have a mental illness. It is almost unbearable to think nowadays. I never imposed it on anyone to solve my issues and never would.

    I have a doctor's visit on top of the existing medication I take for my schizophrenia. I hope to one day feel normal. Life has been so cruel to me. :(
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