Reaing OT makes me feel like a sort of internet anthropologist
I'm astonished that people are so useless that they can't even sleep without being needy.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:11, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Next you'll be telling me you're alergic to toothpaste and have a panic attack everytime you see something white with red and blue stripes.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:12, Reply)

...and you obviously aren't scared of anything or anyone, have no health issues of any sort
and a 12" cock
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:13, Reply)

I get scared sometimes but only by things which are scary
I get sick just like everyone else, but I'm fairly robust and get on with stuff.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:17, Reply)

I would think being unable to move and being conscious when this happened would be fairly scary TBH

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:21, Reply)

Of course, likewise some of the scary things I've seen and done
but I don't have panic attacks on the train about it.

In fact now that I think about it, I actually don't really know what a panic attack is.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:24, Reply)

It is something needy people get
Hope this helps.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Think yourself lucky, they're fucking horrible.

(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Is it like an adrenaline rush?

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Some of the symptoms are quite similar according to wikipedia
Interestingly the article also says:

" A growing body of evidence supports the idea that those that suffer from panic attacks engage in a passive style of communication or interactions with others"

like doing all your social interaction through a website?
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:39, Reply)

Maybe we should link this thread to the scientists so they can add it to their growing body of evidence.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:42, Reply)

I've only had the one, I was utterly convinced I was dying.
That's a bit of a sweeping statement that. You and I both know mental health issues aren't as clear cut as that.
(NoeI «:::P:::» «:::E:::» «:::R:::» «:::V:::» «:::E:::», Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I thought it was a pretty even-handed statement actually
I haven't suggested that this is true, or that it accounts for all cases of people having panic attacks.

I just pointed out that some people think there might be a correlation between having these things and being an internet shut-in.

The article seems to imply that they normally have a stand-alone clinical source which could be a wide-range of things and concludes "panic attacks are not usually indicative of a mental disorder." so I'm not sure this is a mental health issue really.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:49, Reply)

Then again
I know the sum total of fuck all about this.
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:50, Reply)

It's bloody horrible
especially as you feel you're going to suffocate and quite often you feel like someone else is in your room, like a proper sense of menace. You can't move and you can't talk and you can't do anything except lie there and freak out.
(berk, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:36, Reply)

Isn't that what normally happens to OMG Gurls after a b4sh?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:44, Reply)

I've just diagnosed berk with
'getting a lift home with PsychoChomp'
( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:45, Reply)

lawls

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:48, Reply)

We all have needs, Wormy.
Tell me, as an internet anthropologist, at what point to these "needs" turn you "needy"?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:14, Reply)

When you create a tribute thread to them on the internet.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:18, Reply)

QOTW is for the raconteurs (snigger)
/offtopic is more about people bored at work, trying to alleviate the boredom by sharing their boring lives. It almost works. You have to admit that you find something compelling about it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:24, Reply)

Thanks for explaining that to me.

( WormuIus, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:35, Reply)

And don't get me started on people with casts on their broken limbs, attention seeking fucks.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:31, Reply)

Or tattoos on their wrists?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 9:42, Reply)

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( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 10:20, Reply)

Attention seeking fucks was what I was referring to.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 3 Nov 2011, 10:46, Reply)