Comments on: Ophelia’s Scrapbook: What It’s Like to Be Dead http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joel Simons http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-833 Joel Simons Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:19:25 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-833 I dunno .... as photos of potential suicides go, yours are quite fetching, the mussed-hair variation being only slightly less so than the "About" pic. When did you start writing this blog, and is it entirely on mental health and related matters? (And can one assume that the Philadelphia Weekly gig is a paying one, unlike the blog, enough at least to keep you in the medications of choice? Oops .... rude ... I hardly know you, and if I persist this way, I obviously won't. But I am impressed by the amount of energy (and humor of whatever hue) that you put into it. FYI, I haven't been registered on/for the blog; there's no need to post this message (in fact, I'd prefer you didn't); and, yes Virginia, I do have an affective disorder -- treated and, to some degree, under control. More on that another time peut-etre. (sorry, no accents here that I can see) Meantime, it's been really interesting reading you. (I got here through a Google search on Wayne Fenton. Sad indeed.) With best wishes, Joel Simons New York I dunno …. as photos of potential suicides go, yours are quite fetching, the mussed-hair variation being only slightly less so than the “About” pic.
When did you start writing this blog, and is it entirely on mental health and related matters? (And can one assume that the Philadelphia Weekly gig is a paying one, unlike the blog, enough at least to keep you in the medications of choice?
Oops …. rude … I hardly know you, and if I persist this way, I obviously won’t. But I am impressed by the amount of energy (and humor of whatever hue) that you put into it.
FYI, I haven’t been registered on/for the blog; there’s no need to post this message (in fact, I’d prefer you didn’t); and, yes Virginia, I do have an affective disorder — treated and, to some degree, under control. More on that another time peut-etre. (sorry, no accents here that I can see)
Meantime, it’s been really interesting reading you. (I got here through a Google search on Wayne Fenton. Sad indeed.)
With best wishes,
Joel Simons
New York

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Joe Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:46:53 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-832 Liz, thank you for sharing this. I muse the same. If a time came when my OCD and depression were so bad, my options so unsatisfactory, and the future so grim, I might well take my own life. While some might say, "My Lord, this guy is planning to commit suicide, now, today!", this is simply not the case. For me there is some comfort in knowing that if the OCD and depression become unendurable, I still have an option that is under my control. In the interim, I plug along hoping for a better path towards life since the alternative is a path cut short. Liz, thank you for sharing this. I muse the same. If a time came when my OCD and depression were so bad, my options so unsatisfactory, and the future so grim, I might well take my own life. While some might say, “My Lord, this guy is planning to commit suicide, now, today!”, this is simply not the case. For me there is some comfort in knowing that if the OCD and depression become unendurable, I still have an option that is under my control. In the interim, I plug along hoping for a better path towards life since the alternative is a path cut short.

]]> By: Caitlin O'Connor http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Caitlin O'Connor Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:31:09 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-831 Very Ophelia. And so true - "I can always decided that's enough". Suicidal ideation...(I can't help but sing those two words tot he tune of the chorus of the battle hymn of the republic. Pissed off the other inpatients at group therapy a LOT. *sigh*) Very Ophelia.
And so true – “I can always decided that’s enough”. Suicidal ideation…(I can’t help but sing those two words tot he tune of the chorus of the battle hymn of the republic. Pissed off the other inpatients at group therapy a LOT. *sigh*)

]]> By: Li http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Li Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:17:23 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-830 I put the camera on a flat surface and then leaned over it, hence the double chin. I wanted it to look like I was floating face-down in water. I put the camera on a flat surface and then leaned over it, hence the double chin. I wanted it to look like I was floating face-down in water.

]]> By: Masale.Wallah http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-829 Masale.Wallah Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:02:45 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-829 "If it gets too horrible, I have a way out" I can't tell you how many times I've had that same thought. Not that I'd ever act on it. Or would I? Anyway, what I'm curious to know is how you took this picture. Did you just hold the camera at an arm's length and click away or did you use a timer of sorts? “If it gets too horrible, I have a way out”

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had that same thought. Not that I’d ever act on it. Or would I?

Anyway, what I’m curious to know is how you took this picture. Did you just hold the camera at an arm’s length and click away or did you use a timer of sorts?

]]> By: meg http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-828 meg Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:42:00 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2006/08/31/ophelias-scrapbook-what-its-like-to-be-dead/#comment-828 i get it. 100%. i get it. 100%.

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