(November 5, 2013 at 10:49 pm)leodeo Wrote: i don't think i will get a girlfriend because even before the military i always been super awkard with girls, i have a very high strung/hyperactive personality which people love me cuz im funny, but girls usually want a guy who is calm and collected.
There a plethora of girls, who prefer different kind of guys. Don't give up!
Quote:ANd now I'm getting older, most people graduate college around age 22, and I feel like the time is passing me by, and I just feel like theres nothing left in this life for me, I just wanna die and go to heaven and be happy.
I'm 24, turning 25 in February, and I have still (at least) two years of university. I lost a year to depression, and I do feel on occasion that I am too old and that younger people have succeeded where I failed. But then I remember that this is a race where I can only compete with myself, and now I've kicked myself in the butt, enrolled in as many classes as I can manage and I'm looking forward to my vocational training this April. Once again, don't give up, especially if you like the subject you're studying.(Besides, you have chosen well, with a degree in computing you should be able to get a job in no time!) Take the time you need to graduate, I think that will be a vital ego boost that you need. Don't worry about others passing you, you need to work within your own limits and make the most of the situation you have at hand.
And regarding the OP:
I study to become a pharmacist, so I view most holistic 'medicine' with a sceptical eye. For instance, today in my 'Pharmacy Management and Economy' class we went through the ethical guidelines for my profession. We did a small group work, focusing on some real cases and what our opinions were. One group got a case where a young mother bought homeopathic 'remedies' instead of asthma medication for her child. I was quite vocal about my opinion regarding the use of homeopathy, especially in a serious case like this. One of my classmates stated that the customer is entitled to her belief, whereas I said it had nothing to with belief, but knowledge. As it was mentioned, the difference between medicine and alternative 'medicine' is that the other one has all the data backing up the effectivity. If you get relief for your chronic headaches thanks to acupuncture, that's wonderful. But critical thinking and knowledge collecting is vital to separate the outright quackery to the placebo effect to actual effectiveness.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
