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On August 06 2011 04:30 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:23 StorkHwaiting wrote:On August 06 2011 04:20 Torte de Lini wrote: Whoa, wild shit man! Your condition also sounds psychological, I forget the name, but who the fuck cares!
Austria man, fun shit! Lol torte... he wrote it in the first line of his OP: Hypochondria. That's not a psychological condition o.o Hypochondria is a psychological condition. Perhaps you were thinking of hypotension (low blood pressure)? And the other condition you might be thinking of is Münchausen syndrome, which is like hypochondria with a twist, the twist being that they do it for attention.
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On August 06 2011 03:47 Gatsbi wrote: "And I agreed with her because she is a cunt."
lmao
She is. The year before she left for college, my mother was deathly ill with some awful stomach virus and she was stumbling to the bathroom (which is right beside my room) and I guess her bowels let loose and she defecated right outside of my door. And my cunt sister yelled my name and said "come here" knowing that I would come out of my room and step right in it.
And I did.
On August 06 2011 03:50 StorkHwaiting wrote: Sounds awesome. You, my friend, have taken the fake sick to skip school gag to a whole new level.
On a serious note though, would it help you out at all to tell yourself, "Hey, even if I have cancer, I don't care, I'm going to make the best of my time?" Seems pointless to agonize over it. Your body's gonna do what it wants to do. Eat right, sleep right, exercise right. Beyond that, it's up to fate.
It does seem like I've found myself in an exciting position because I'm a hypochondriac psycho. As for your serious note, I don't view this from a perspective of life and death so much as from a perspective of time. I know I'm going to die, but I want to die when I'm old. Not now. Not in my twenties. I'm too scared right now to die right now.
On August 06 2011 03:51 CTStalker wrote: lol
don't know anything about austria, but i hope the move goes well!
Thank you so much.
On August 06 2011 03:53 ieatkids5 wrote: do you wanna go? from the tone of your blog, it sounds like you're indifferent. just curious.
It's not that I'm indifferent, I just don't know what to expect at all. I'm excited, actually.
On August 06 2011 03:56 DwmC_Foefen wrote: Austria has mountains.
Mountains, fyi, ARE FRICKING AWESOME.
Also I go hiking there every year and go snowboarding there, not every year.
TLDR: MOUNTAINS.
You're from Belgium, I love Jean Claude Van Damme and Eddy Merckx so much. Also the Tintin cartoons.
On August 06 2011 04:01 Knap4life wrote: I bet my ass you gonna enjoy yourself a lot more in Austria than in USA. Much more peaceful and not to mention the gorgeous sights at the Alps. If you enjoy hiking than you gonna love Austria.
I hate the United States. Actually, I just hate the people. And I've never been hiking because Americans are too overworked, underpaid, and too sick from lack of quality healthcare to have any time to do anything. You Europeans have a six week holiday, us Americans have an eight day vacation that we spend doing nothing expect drinking a beer while sitting in a chair. You're also from Slovenia, I've read all the works of your philosopher Slavoj Zizek. I love reading things he wrote and then memorizing them and saying them to people during conversations and feeling smart.
On August 06 2011 04:02 PaC_ wrote: Well I'm living not far away from Linz (about an hour with car) so maybe i can tell you something about the area, depending on what do you want to know. All i can say right know is that upper austrians (cause Linz is located in upper austria) are the most nicest guys amongst all other austrians, at least in my mind, although i'm from styria ^^
Oh, this is perfect. I don't even know where to begin as far as what I want to know. Just tell me everything you want, I'm grateful for any information. Also, what exactly is the German dialect they speak there? We always spoke German when I was a kid, but I don't know how well I'll be understood.
On August 06 2011 04:05 OpticalShot wrote: I went to Vienna when I was in high school, and got to see the Vienna Philharmonic - it was awesome! Maybe it's just Vienna, but I have this impression that Austrian people love classical music. Lots of historic (arts / music related) places to visit.
You may be right about that that. My dad was not a man of education or erudition, but he would always play classical music and yell at me to listen to it while he was drunk. And also another trait all the Germanic people seem to share is that they are fucking obsessed with the weather. My parents would blame every bad mood and Law and Order re-run on the weather.
On August 06 2011 04:27 Rayzorblade wrote: Good luck pubbanna. I've stayed in Vienna with friends and it was great. I loved Austria!
I hope you use this time to reflect and really try to focus on your anxiety and fear. Try checking out a few books on cognitive behavioral therapy to help with the hypochondria.
Wish you only the best and keep us updated on your experiences!
I loved your post in my other thread and I think I remember seeing your picture posted somewhere before and you looked like a matinee idol. But you never spell my ID correctly.
On August 06 2011 04:30 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:23 StorkHwaiting wrote:On August 06 2011 04:20 Torte de Lini wrote: Whoa, wild shit man! Your condition also sounds psychological, I forget the name, but who the fuck cares!
Austria man, fun shit! Lol torte... he wrote it in the first line of his OP: Hypochondria. That's not a psychological condition o.o
I'm positive I have some sort of psychological condition. I've had some sort of anxiety ever since I was a kid. I was actually borderline bulimic during my mid-teens. I'd only eat one apple a day and run five miles and ride a stationary bike for an hour with a trash bag with a hole in it over my body and a sweatshirt over that during the summer. My mom got so scared and angry over that and she grabbed me by my neck while I was standing outside on the phone one day and pushed my head down to the ground and screamed "If you don't start eating, I'll make you eat this fucking grass."
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On August 06 2011 04:38 Liquid`Tyler wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:30 Torte de Lini wrote:On August 06 2011 04:23 StorkHwaiting wrote:On August 06 2011 04:20 Torte de Lini wrote: Whoa, wild shit man! Your condition also sounds psychological, I forget the name, but who the fuck cares!
Austria man, fun shit! Lol torte... he wrote it in the first line of his OP: Hypochondria. That's not a psychological condition o.o Hypochondria is a psychological condition. Perhaps you were thinking of hypotension (low blood pressure)? And the other condition you might be thinking of is Münchausen syndrome, which is like hypochondria with a twist, the twist being that they do it for attention.
I think I was just thinking of the wrong name then.
I'd have to consult my books, but I thought it started with hyper or chronic something. Ah well, thanks for the correction guys.
edit: Hypochondriasis! Oh... same thing.
Whoops ;D! That's what I was thinking, my bad, big apologies~
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On August 06 2011 03:47 Gatsbi wrote: "And I agreed with her because she is a cunt."
lmao Ahahaha.
5/5 for quite a chuckle.
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Yah, I gotta admit for a guy who is suffering from a pretty serious psychological condition and worried over your own life, you have a very infectious sort of enthusiasm in your writing pubbanana. And your family stories are fking hilarious.
Cheers to you man. Hope you get well and have a blast in Austria. I hear the girls there are smoking too and cultured. I dno, if not for the hypochondria, it'd sound like heaven to me.
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On August 06 2011 04:47 StorkHwaiting wrote: Yah, I gotta admit for a guy who is suffering from a pretty serious psychological condition and worried over your own life, you have a very infectious sort of enthusiasm in your writing pubbanana. And your family stories are fking hilarious.
Cheers to you man. Hope you get well and have a blast in Austria. I hear the girls there are smoking too and cultured. I dno, if not for the hypochondria, it'd sound like heaven to me.
It's because Teamliquid always puts me in a better mood.
Oh my god, yes, they are very pretty. When I was a kid and we would take our vacations to Germany, I was always blown away by how gorgeous everyone there looked. Even the guys selling apples on the corner looked like they were GQ models.
I remember during one visit to Germany, a family friend had a daughter who was visiting from some university in Italy or something and I was a very small kid and I would sit on the floor and pull her sock off a little bit and she'd giggle and bend down and pull it back up and I kept doing it because I could see down her shirt, sort of.
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On August 06 2011 04:30 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:23 StorkHwaiting wrote:On August 06 2011 04:20 Torte de Lini wrote: Whoa, wild shit man! Your condition also sounds psychological, I forget the name, but who the fuck cares!
Austria man, fun shit! Lol torte... he wrote it in the first line of his OP: Hypochondria. That's not a psychological condition o.o
Yes it is, ypochondriasis or hypochondria (sometimes referred to as health phobia or health anxiety) refers to excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriasis
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Man, go see a psychologist. They really can teach you how to relate, understand and act with your fears. You need to do this. I suffered from hypochondria for four years. Everyday I had anxiety that I was going to die. Then I finally saw a psychologist and was able to learn.
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On August 06 2011 05:09 pubbanana wrote:I remember during one visit to Germany, a family friend had a daughter who was visiting from some university in Italy or something and I was a very small kid and I would sit on the floor and pull her sock off a little bit and she'd giggle and bend down and pull it back up and I kept doing it because I could see down her shirt, sort of. You sir, are a fucking genius, and I'd pay money to buy a book about your life. Also 5/5, because the flame directed to your sister made me laugh hard.
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You are one of my favorite posters on tl.
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I wish you luck and chill times in Australia!
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On August 06 2011 05:15 g0G0RandOm wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:30 Torte de Lini wrote:On August 06 2011 04:23 StorkHwaiting wrote:On August 06 2011 04:20 Torte de Lini wrote: Whoa, wild shit man! Your condition also sounds psychological, I forget the name, but who the fuck cares!
Austria man, fun shit! Lol torte... he wrote it in the first line of his OP: Hypochondria. That's not a psychological condition o.o Yes it is, ypochondriasis or hypochondria (sometimes referred to as health phobia or health anxiety) refers to excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriasis
reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad the rest of the posts champ
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On August 06 2011 04:40 pubbanana wrote:Oh, this is perfect. I don't even know where to begin as far as what I want to know. Just tell me everything you want, I'm grateful for any information. Also, what exactly is the German dialect they speak there? We always spoke German when I was a kid, but I don't know how well I'll be understood.
Well Austria itself can be considered as a quite nice country to live in. We have a very high standard of living, 5-6 weeks of vacation (as you already said), quite a good health care system and were are very religious (because of that we have quite a few "legal holidays") I know there's a lot of stereotypes about austrians, f.e. that we are laid back and only drinking beer and eating fucking wiener schnitzel all day long (there are a lot more i know) --> well i have to say some of them are kinda true, we are really drinking a lot of beer and eating schnitzel xD
Anyways, some said mountains (and all the stuff you can do on/in/in front of/on top of them) already, the area around linz and wels its rather flat, with only a few hills, but don't panic there are mountains of course not that far away
And the dialect: well i would say there are a lot of different dialects depending in which area of austria you are, and none of them can be considered as real german, as they speak it in germany (well in vienna maybe). But if you speak german we will of course understand you, but you will have some problems to understand us maybe if we don't speak "real" german.
hope that helped a bit
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On August 06 2011 04:40 pubbanana wrote: I was actually borderline bulimic during my mid-teens. I'd only eat one apple a day and run five miles and ride a stationary bike for an hour with a trash bag with a hole in it over my body and a sweatshirt over that during the summer. You describe anorexia. Being bulimic is that disappearing to the bathroom and vomiting in secret after lunch and dinner business.
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On August 06 2011 07:05 PaC_ wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 04:40 pubbanana wrote:Oh, this is perfect. I don't even know where to begin as far as what I want to know. Just tell me everything you want, I'm grateful for any information. Also, what exactly is the German dialect they speak there? We always spoke German when I was a kid, but I don't know how well I'll be understood. Well Austria itself can be considered as a quite nice country to live in. We have a very high standard of living, 5-6 weeks of vacation (as you already said), quite a good health care system and were are very religious (because of that we have quite a few "legal holidays") I know there's a lot of stereotypes about austrians, f.e. that we are laid back and only drinking beer and eating fucking wiener schnitzel all day long (there are a lot more i know) --> well i have to say some of them are kinda true, we are really drinking a lot of beer and eating schnitzel xD Anyways, some said mountains (and all the stuff you can do on/in/in front of/on top of them) already, the area around linz and wels its rather flat, with only a few hills, but don't panic there are mountains of course not that far away And the dialect: well i would say there are a lot of different dialects depending in which area of austria you are, and none of them can be considered as real german, as they speak it in germany (well in vienna maybe). But if you speak german we will of course understand you, but you will have some problems to understand us maybe if we don't speak "real" german. hope that helped a bit
Sounds like a cool country. How widespread is English in Austria? Enough to get around np without local help?
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Yeop http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=219532#13
Thanks, man ... I've always admired Switzerland. I wouldn't worry as much if I lived there with your free healthcare and fresh, local food and reliable public transportation.
(: (: (: Well now you get to, fancy that (: (: (:
Ya really dude I've felt like traveling on trains through the alps 'n shit for a while, and I'd really like to pop over next door and see what's up, would that be down? (I got to Uni in Oct so Sept=k_fine)
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Well, I heard austria is near germany, and germany has a lot of good SC2 players.
What i'm saying is that everybody in Austria is great at SC2. Including your old family. Take the oppertunity (^_^)=b
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Well... like I said in one of your other posts, make sure you seek psychological help. Quitting smoking, if you can, will do wonders for your anxiety as well; 1. No more stimulant/depressant factor and nicotine to throw your chemicals off worse than they are 2. Your biggest problem revolves around throat cancer and the acid reflux that makes you more worried you have it... quitting smoking can alleviate both of those things.
Enjoy your trip, just make sure to be proactive about your health. You have had plenty of great advice given to you, but I usually just see that instead of getting help for your condition you just give into getting help for you imagined conditions instead.
Not trying to be an ass, just saying please try to deal with the problem so it doesn't keep ruining your quality of life. (And maybe the next post blog post you put up on TL will be more positive lol)
Again, Hope you enjoy your trip.
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On August 06 2011 07:05 PaC_ wrote: I know there's a lot of stereotypes about austrians, f.e. that we are laid back and only drinking beer and eating fucking wiener schnitzel all day long (there are a lot more i know)
Stereotypes are supposed to be bad. I want to do that
hope the adventure helps you get your head on straight! gl!
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On August 06 2011 07:22 StorkHwaiting wrote:Show nested quote +On August 06 2011 07:05 PaC_ wrote:On August 06 2011 04:40 pubbanana wrote:Oh, this is perfect. I don't even know where to begin as far as what I want to know. Just tell me everything you want, I'm grateful for any information. Also, what exactly is the German dialect they speak there? We always spoke German when I was a kid, but I don't know how well I'll be understood. Well Austria itself can be considered as a quite nice country to live in. We have a very high standard of living, 5-6 weeks of vacation (as you already said), quite a good health care system and were are very religious (because of that we have quite a few "legal holidays") I know there's a lot of stereotypes about austrians, f.e. that we are laid back and only drinking beer and eating fucking wiener schnitzel all day long (there are a lot more i know) --> well i have to say some of them are kinda true, we are really drinking a lot of beer and eating schnitzel xD Anyways, some said mountains (and all the stuff you can do on/in/in front of/on top of them) already, the area around linz and wels its rather flat, with only a few hills, but don't panic there are mountains of course not that far away And the dialect: well i would say there are a lot of different dialects depending in which area of austria you are, and none of them can be considered as real german, as they speak it in germany (well in vienna maybe). But if you speak german we will of course understand you, but you will have some problems to understand us maybe if we don't speak "real" german. hope that helped a bit Sounds like a cool country. How widespread is English in Austria? Enough to get around np without local help?
Depends on where you are and who your are talking too. If you are in some rural area talking to people over 30 then it might be hard, but everyone has to learn english at school and in the more touristic areas almost everyone involved with tourists has basic english knowledge. Without knowing where exactly you are going to live we can't tell you much.
As for the dialect: As already mentioned, austrian dialects are quite different from standard german (even most german dialects are), but in schools you have to speak "Hochdeutsch" (standard german) so everyone is able to speak and understand clean german (maybe with a slight accent) and it is still the official language of the country.
Basically find out where exactly you are gonna live and we'll tell you the details
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